My Lady and I are hosts/docents at a lighthouse on the Oregon
coast and I've "been to sea" for a few years. This has created an
awareness of lighthouse-related things and one of these is the
legend that keepers sometimes went insane "from the isolation
and loneliness of lighthouse duty". It's now generally attributed
to handling the mercury used ... in large quantities ... as a lubricant
in some light rotation mechanisms.
The same applies to the "mad as a hatter" phrase. They used
mercury in the hat manufacturing process.
WAY off topic ... sorry.
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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