Re: Embarrassing!!! But how hard do I have to push??

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From: Stuart Summerville
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:13

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We Aussie blokes are all big & tough!! :)

sTu.

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:01:08 GMT, Nick Bishop <nick4mony@my-deja.com> 
wrote:

>In article <3a5e63c4@news.iprimus.com.au>,
>  "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Adam Sutton <csyas@comp.leeds.ac.uk> wrote
>> in message news:Wus76.157$I5.6088@stones...
>
>> > (or the DIMM for that matter)
>>
>> Yeah, you're not likely to snap them putting them into the socket.
>>
>> I find it hard to believe that even a real klutz would manage to put
>it in
>> reversed, but I have seen someone do that with a VGA video connector.
>>
>
>Amusing: I've heard of someone reversing a Molex power connection to a
>hard drive - he's a big tough Aussie bloke.  Well, the hard drive was
>absolutely fried.  Circa 1995.
>
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From: stuarts@adacel.com (Stuart Summerville)
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