[Novalug] OT - Re: Emotional Support (you asked for it)

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Thu Dec 4 21:51:57 EST 2008


On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Roger W. Broseus wrote:

RWB >Bonnie,
RWB >
RWB >Let yourself go and have some real fun: put one of them into a microwave
RWB >oven and turn it on for a couple seconds. Be careful when removing the CD
RWB >from the microwave oven: it will be hot. (Of course one should not leave a
RWB >microwave oven on very long without a load, e.g., a cup of water, etc.,
RWB >because you can burn-out the magnetron (microwave generator). Old Window$
RWB >CDs are even more fun to do this with.

Yes 

I made solstice decorations out of a bunch of 'bad burns' several years 
ago. however i suspect that they put off toxic fumes. so the solution was 
to place each one silver side down in a saucer of water and give it around 
12 seconds. no fumes.

Thanks for thinking of me.




RWB >
RWB >Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
RWB >   Email: RogerB@bronord.com
RWB >   Web Site: www.bronord.com
RWB >
RWB >
RWB >
RWB >novalug-request@calypso.tux.org wrote:
RWB >>    4. disposing of CD's - emotional support needed (Bonnie Dalzell)
RWB >> ------------------------------
RWB >> Message: 4
RWB >> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:33:47 -0500 (EST)
RWB >> From: Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell@qis.net>
RWB >> Subject: [Novalug] disposing of CD's - emotional support needed
RWB >> To: novalug mailing list <NOVALUG@calypso.tux.org>
RWB >> Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0812032028310.4509@shell.qis.net>
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RWB >> 
RWB >> I am cleaning up stuff (re post about Pentium II). I have a whole lot of
RWB >> CD's for OLD Linux installs. Factory made Mandrakes, factory made
RWB >> Redhats, etc. (I went through a number of Lineces before Ubuntu).
RWB >> 
RWB >> It is really hard to just throw these things away.
RWB >> 
RWB >> Anyone have a use for them?
RWB >> 
RWB >> Any help will be appreciated.
RWB >> 
RWB >> I guess I can hang them on one of the outdoor spruce or cedar trees for
RWB >> as Solstice Decor - they are pretty colors.
RWB >> 
RWB >> I did throw out around 30 bad floppies today so I am making some
RWB >> progress.
RWB >> 
RWB >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RWB >>                         Bonnie Dalzell, MA
RWB >> mail:5100 Hydes Rd PO Box 60, Hydes,MD,USA
RWB >> 21082-0060|EMAIL:bdalzell@qis.net
RWB >> 
RWB >

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