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Article #20Re: Where in Perth can I get one of those CD cracker/destroyer things?
From: Patrick Hamlyn
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:11
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:11
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David R Brooks <davebXXX@iinet.net.au> wrote: >spodosaurus wrote: >> I've seen these around in years passed. They look like a miniature >> toasted sandwich maker. You put a data cd that you want to destroy >> inside, close the lid, and squeeze the handles together and the device >> cracks the cd. Where can I get one of these in Perth? I've checked one >> officeworks and one kmart and neither had them, though I'm almost >> certain when I first saw it it was at one of these places. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ari >I use my bare hands :-) Squeeze the edges together, *and look away*. >Shatters into many small bits. Also releases into the air many tiny fragments of the shiny metallic layer. These drift around and get on everything, in eyes, etc, v.hard to clean up. Not recommended. Looking away is not guaranteed to prevent one of these tiny floating slivers of foil drifting into your eye. -- Patrick Hamlyn posting from Perth, Western Australia Windsurfing capital of the Southern Hemisphere Moderator: polyforms group (polyforms-subscribe@egroups.com)
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