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Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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lugnet.general, lugnet.storage
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Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:36:22 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> > This may be one place where the US is behind the rest of the world. Most • large
> > appliances in the US are indeed made of enameled steel at least on the
> outside.
> Yes, and I think I know why. It's a lot easier to pressform steel into
> whatever shape you want, and is seen as recyclable as well.
Ha! Your naïveté is cute, but misplaced. One must never underestimate the
power of the refrigerator-magnet lobby. Plastic appliances...puh-leez!
Chris
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| (...) Exactly my train of thought--the primary purpose of refrigerators is as magnetic bulletin boards[1], the bigger, the better. --Bram 1) mostly for displaying magnets, but also for the stuff the magnets happen to be holding up. Bram (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
| | | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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| Christopher Weeks <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:FwrEwM.JDs@lugnet.com... (...) Most (...) the (...) :-) That, and the fact that the average American would probably switch to plastic the moment someone invents a magnet that attracts (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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| Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:FwrBKH.5yD@lugnet.com... (...) large (...) outside. (...) extent, (...) an (...) think) (...) Yes, and I think I know why. It's a lot easier to pressform steel into whatever shape you (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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