A woman came into the store yesterday and asked me if we sold lead mesh. Lead mesh? She meant something like screening material, only made from lead. I explained that lead mesh would likely be illegal due to toxicity, but in any event we have none. We do sell aluminum screen, I offered. She wondered if aluminum would block out frequencies as well as lead does? You know, the frequencies that 'they' are using to mess with your mind and all? She said that she had heard that lead is what you really need. This became one of those moments when decent human beings sympathize with another who is clearly disturbed. I, on the other hand, summoned our store expert on unwanted radio transmissions, a guy named Bruce, who happened to be walking by. While poor Bruce got up to speed on insidious radio transmissions, I disappeared. Bruce, who is an intrepid fellow, told her that the assistant manager was our "go to" guy on this subject and called him to help. Then Bruce vamoosed. When I last saw the poor woman, she was holding about fifty sheets of sandpaper on her head, evidently testing their frequency-blocking power. I believe I read that 200 grit works best. Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky