🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 13:53:13 +0800, I said, "Pick a card, any card"
and spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> instead replied:

>Je�us wrote:
>> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:55:42 +1100, David TY proclaimed:
>> 
>>>stickem in the oven for an hour at 200 degrees. (in a sealed metal
>>>container)
>> 
>> Have you actually tried this?
>> Sounds like a good way to make a loud bang type noise, not to mention
>> contaminating your oven with toxic plastic material immediately
>> afterwards, that is impossible to remove...
>
>There's loads of advice on Usenet that people give that they would never 
>in a million years practice themselves. Reminds me of the 'my video card 
>doesn't fit' thread with the 'just take a hacksaw and trim the 
>connectors' advice, followed shortly thereafter by 'it still doesn't 
>work'...

My advice to you of using acetone does work, you know. I've used it
for years. It melts the magnetic material from the tape and turns it
into brown goo which will, indeed, harden if you leave the cap off
of the acetone can when you are finished.

>Anyway, the Kensington thing was complete shite, and our paper shredder 
>died (we're still searching for the receipt as it was under warranty) so 
>we went to office works and got one that did cds and paper and had a 
>five year warranty (it's currently $100 off). It works great. The Dick 
>Smith one (also at Tandy) requires you to fold every sheet of paper in 
>order to fit through the narrow slot, and the thought of a thousand 
>paper cuts did not appeal to me.

You opted for the one that had the narrow slot. Too bad. It does
take the CDs and floppy disks, though.
--
Ray