To socket or not to socket?

[Batz Goodfortune]

Y-ellow Magnus 'n' y'all.

At 04:37 AM 02/13/00 +0100, Magnus Danielson wrote:
>From: "Batz Goodfortune" <batzman at all-electric.com>

>> Well after five minutes of playing with the stuff I have here, my hands
>> have a bit of a small of the stuff on them but there doesn't seem to be any
>> residue. There can't be much residue. This stuff I have is over 40 years
>> old and it's still like new. Except for the bits of dirt mixed in with
it. :(
>
>That can be an issue possibly.

It's only that it's 40 years old and has been bounced off a lot of dirty
things in it's time. But I'm sure that given a fine enough siv, you could
probably siv out all the dirt. It's basically some kind of liquid.

>> Total insulator.
>
>Here I was thinking about leaky current sensitive things like integrator
>curcuits and like.

Dunno. You'd have to test for all this stuff given the circuit involved I
guess but I don't think there would be too much trouble in general. 

>> Try toy shops. At one time it was dirt common. Like Slinkies. Fortunately
>> some friends of mine run a specialty toy shop so I've just emailed them
>> this morning to see if they can get me some. Then I'll be able to tell you
>> more.
>
>Well, what worries me is that they toy stuff does not match the electrical
>specs as one would like. I'm more into the industrial side of it.

Possibly, but I'm led to believe that it's the same stuff pretty much. The
Americans and British took it back with them and someone gave it to their
kids to play with. Then someone thought. "Hey I could turn a buck with this
stuff." From what I understand the only difference is that it comes in
different colours these days. 

>> Whatever it is, this  stuff is hell-fun to play with. It's a total freak
>> out. You know the movie "Flubber?" Well this is better. :) And unlike
>> flubber, this stuff exists. I haven't played with it for years but it
>> freaks me out every time. Even my dog was playing with it. She must have
>> thought it was alive or something.

>Animal testing are a touchy subject, you know that ;)

And my animal is very testing. :)

>> Thanks for making me get it out again Magnus. I can see what I'll be doing
>> for the rest of the day. :)
>
>Well, I have a tendency to get people to do work... I have yeat to be
promoted
>to boss thought ;)
>
>Chairman of a working group is the furthest I have gone in that sence ;)

Just give them each a lump of this stuff. Like Harry Bissell's band
members, you'll be suddenly chairman of a not-working group. :)

be absolutely Icebox.

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