[CTS] Re: Hardrive Problem?

  • From: Cuffy10@xxxxxxx
  • To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 22:37:24 EDT

In a message dated 5/21/04 7:26:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx 
writes:
used dry ice 
That's an old trick but dry ice is scarce anymore. An old machinist at home 
when I was a kid had a monopoly on drilling spring leaves for overload springs 
on heavy trucks and trailers. To add leaves to support a bigger load they had 
to drill the new leaves to accept the center bolt that held the spring 
together. The old boy was the only one for miles around that could drill a 
spring 
leaf and wouldn't let anybody watch him do it...... not even his sons that 
worked 
with him in the shop.
They found an envelope in the safe after he died....... he drilled down 
through small blocks of dry ice to keep the bit cool so it wouldn't lose it's 
temper and stop cutting. The dry ice he used came from the incinerator bin 
behind 
the drugstore......... it came in with the 2 1/2 gal tubs of ice cream they 
used to make your choclate frappe'



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