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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 23:21:03 GMT
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Christopher Weeks <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> > Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> > > 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.
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> > 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.
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> Ha! Your naïveté is cute, but misplaced. One must never underestimate • the
> power of the refrigerator-magnet lobby. Plastic appliances...puh-leez!
:-) That, and the fact that the average American would probably switch to
plastic the moment someone invents a magnet that attracts plastic. Hmmm ...
I wonder how long it'll take for them to invent something that attracts
ABS?? :-))))
Of course, any adult could argue innumerable reasons why metal refrigerators
are better than plastic ones. Has anyone seen the difference in damage
bills for metal refrigerator doors vs. plastic ones? :-)
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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| (...) They already have--and most of us post here. ;) Run, everyone, before the Frigidaire people come to turn you all into refrigerator doors! narf LFB PS: The interior of the units are probably all made of ABS--but the exteriors are usually (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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