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Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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lugnet.general, lugnet.storage
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Date:
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Tue, 27 Jun 2000 01:43:39 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> Christopher Weeks <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message
> news:FwrEwM.JDs@lugnet.com...
> > 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!
>
> :-) 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?? :-))))
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 laminated steel, IIRC.
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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