Posted by Peter Ceresole on February 04, 2008 at 09:15:53 from 80.176.146.133 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Brand names - Meta Fuel posted by John Wilson on February 04, 2008 at 05:49:14:
box of 'little squares of jelly' labelled 'Meta Fuel'. from Singapore� which Roger tells Susan he is not going to eat, as the cubes are 'methylated'.
Meta fuel; not jelly-like when I encountered it, but white solid. Metaldehyde. Just as well Roger didn't eat it, as it's jolly poisonous. When I was young, we used to use it for all kinds of things, like recycling lead soldiers by melting them into a Horlicks tin. It was also the staple fuel for small model steam engine boilers, and those 'jet boats' that would putt-putt across the bath.