[modeleng] Re: Is this a record?
- From: "Phill Smith" <steam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:56:13 +0800
I'd call that a win!!
I don't think there's much chance of that record being beaten..... Ever. I
wonder how/if it could be recorded in the Guiness Book of Records....
Cheers,
Phill.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 4:39 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Is this a record?
> HI All,
> As it's a bit quite at the moment, a bid for a record.
>
> Somewhere about 15 years ago I won a small Transistor Radio in a
> competition. It was the type where it has one battery for the Radio
> Section and another watch type battery for a small digital clock.
>
> The upshot is that after initial use the radio got relegated and then
> never used and the 9 volt radio battery removed to stop corrosion.
>
> The other day when looking for something else in the workshop, the radio
> surfaced. To my amazement the clock was still going. The digital figures
> are getting a bit feint but the time was still correct.
>
> So the watch battery must have been going for at least 15 years.
>
> Is this a record or can somebody beat it?
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
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