CD wrappers
Jim Beaver
question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere else
to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
exceed his grasp, etc.
How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
always go through.
jb
Bill Baldwin
>On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 18:21:04 -0700, "Jim Beaver"
>>How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
>>
>>There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem
>>to always go through.
>
>Just a single light slit, use the same blade to lift the wrap up and
>then tear it off.
Yep. A blade is the most effective if you have one handy. Xacto knife, razor
blade, paring knife, or similar. If not, a paper clip also works. Bend out a
prong and run it along the crevice. It'll dig in under the plastic and then
you can run it to the edge, tearing as you go.
M.Buscher
>I realize even the denizens of this ng have their limits and that this
>question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
>requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere else
>to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
>exceed his grasp, etc.
>
>How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
>
>There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
>always go through.
Being a model maker I always have an Xacto knive on my desk.
Just a single light slit, use the same blade to lift the wrap up and
then tear it off.
Max
Lynn Star
You know where it's folded, like at the end of a christmas present box into
that little triangular pattern. You know what I'm talking about. It kind of
looks like an X.
Anyway. Justs stick the end of a pen into that little flap. Slide it through.
Comes right off. For the little sticker?
Just pick at the edge with your fingernails. Then peel.
Easy. I buy CD's all the time though, so I am kind of a pro at this.
X S G o d d e s s
s t e p i n s i d e a n d u n d u l a t e
Jake Schmidt
news:7nb4e3$6opg$1...@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com...
> I realize even the denizens of this ng have their limits and that this
> question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
> requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere
else
> to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
> exceed his grasp, etc.
>
> How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
>
> There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem
to
> always go through.
I don't have an answer for you, but it does make me think back to the day
when CDs didn't have that annoying sticker on the top that has to be removed
before the jewel box can be opened.
> jb
Jake
Seanette Blaylock
>question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
>requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere else
>to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
>exceed his grasp, etc.
>How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
>There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
>always go through.
I usually need sharp objects [knife, scissors, etc.].
Seanette Blaylock
Reply to sean...@spammers.drop.dead.impulse.net
[make obvious correction]
Paul Guertin
> How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
With my pocket knife.
Paul Guertin
p...@sff.net
Rain1235
>
>always go through.
There's a little tool you can buy that is designed to do this easily. I had
one, but lost it (it's small). I'm not good at physical descriptions, but it's
about an inch long and fits perfectly over the width of the CD case. It has a
blade inside it, so all you do is slide it along, and hey presto--it's open
(including the sticker thing).
But what I really hate opening is anything packed in that heavy duty plastic
stuff. Like, say, a walkman* or whatever. When you finally do get a little
tear in it and rip it open, it ends up cutting your skin on the follow through.
Very aggravating.
Alan
*Sorry, I care not a whit for protecting Sony's trademark. "Walkman" has long
ago passed into generic terminology--I mean, does anyone really say "personal
stereo" or whatever the generic term is?
John Dean
Jake Schmidt <jakes...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Jim Beaver <JUMB...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> >
> >
>
> when CDs didn't have that annoying sticker on the top that has to be
removed
> before the jewel box can be opened.
>
years, CDs a couple decades. So who decided to call the containers 'jewel
boxes' and why?
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Nick Spalding
> I realize even the denizens of this ng have their limits and that this
> question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
> requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere else
> to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
> exceed his grasp, etc.
>
> How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
>
> There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
> always go through.
Reminds me of a comic on TV at the time when CDs were just on the
market, with lots of hype about how high-quality, long-lasting, robust
etc. they were. He went on about how you could drop it on the floor,
spill beer on it, stand on it, hit it - and you still couldn't get it
out of the box.
--
Nick Spalding
J. Weaver Jr.
>
> How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
Run your thumbnail down the edge of the little black bar on the left
edge of the front of the case, where the bar meets the clear plastic
cover. You can almost always get deep enough into the slot to slice the
shrinkwrap.
You're on your own for the stupid little name sticker on the top,
though... -JW
Scott Robert Dawson
>I realize even the denizens of this ng have their limits and that this
>question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
>requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere else
>to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
>exceed his grasp, etc.
>
>How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
>
>There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
>always go through.
>
>jb
Three words: Swiss army knife. (You can do anything with one! I've got
the one with the built-in voltmeter and juice press... :) )
Seriously, though, many CDs have a tear-away strip, the end of which
is theoretically accessible to a fingernail or knife blade. You can
then pull, and the wrapper splits.
Another question about CD packaging: do you folks in the States still
use those 'longboxes' extensively for retail CD packaging? IIRC, they
were intended to allow CDs to be easily browseable in LP-depth racks.
In Canada they were never widely used, and I only rarely see one now.
CDs are simply packaged in their jewel cases. Sometimes a shop with
older display racks places then in a longbox-sized plastic frame which
is removed at the checkout stand when you pay.
Scott Robert Dawson, Toronto
Parolu Esperante!
Dan Hanson
clear plastic front and the black hinge, and run it back and forth quickly.
I've never failed to slice the plastic open in more than a couple of seconds
this way.
Mark Hanson
Jim Beaver wrote:
> How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
>
> There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
> always go through.
X-Acto knife. Slice, no more wrapper.
Wildstar
(Scott Robert Dawson) wrote:
>Another question about CD packaging: do you folks in the States still
>use those 'longboxes' extensively for retail CD packaging? IIRC, they
>were intended to allow CDs to be easily browseable in LP-depth racks.
>In Canada they were never widely used, and I only rarely see one now.
Yeah, and next summer, pa's going to put in this new fangaled
contraption called an indoor ti-o-let. We're all real excited about
it. We're going to be the first ones on the block to have indoor
plumbin'.
Suzanne Marie Saunders (LIS)
>Another question about CD packaging: do you folks in the States still
>use those 'longboxes' extensively for retail CD packaging? IIRC, they
>were intended to allow CDs to be easily browseable in LP-depth racks.
>In Canada they were never widely used, and I only rarely see one now.
were some musicians (but my brain refuses to come up with an example) who
said publicly that cardboard longboxes were a waste of trees and refused
to have their music packaged in them; I don't know if this had any
influence on their use or if stores just bought displays more suited to
CDs (several years after most chain stores, at least, had ceased to carry
vinyl records).
>CDs are simply packaged in their jewel cases. Sometimes a shop with
>older display racks places then in a longbox-sized plastic frame which
>is removed at the checkout stand when you pay.
I still see the plastic frames fairly frequently, both to re-use
the older displays boxes and as some measure of anti-theft device.
Suzanne
--
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http://www.crosswinds.net/~segnbora/
Scott Robert Dawson
Marie Saunders (LIS)) wrote:
[snip]
> I haven't seen one (here in Florida) in six or seven years. There
>were some musicians (but my brain refuses to come up with an example) who
>said publicly that cardboard longboxes were a waste of trees and refused
>to have their music packaged in them; I don't know if this had any
>influence on their use or if stores just bought displays more suited to
>CDs (several years after most chain stores, at least, had ceased to carry
>vinyl records).
[snip]
> I still see the plastic frames fairly frequently, both to re-use
>the older displays boxes and as some measure of anti-theft device.
> Suzanne
That's pretty much what I thought. I just remember, though, that
during their heyday, most Canadian stores did not carry them, and a
Canadian distribution of a CD would not be in one when the
corresponding United States distribution was. We would get them
sometimes on import CDs.
Scott Robert Dawson, Toronto
Parolu esperante!
Anton Sherwood
: : How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
Scratchie <upse...@ziplink.net> writes
: Pocket knife. God bless the Swiss army!
or in my case the Coast company.
Say, what about our comrades in the land of knife control?
: And may whoever invented that extra "top label" on the CD (the one that's
: inside the shrinkwrap) be condemned to a very special circle of Hell.
Why they can't just stack 'em sideways in the bin ...
--
Anton Sherwood *\\* +1 415 267 0685 *\\* http://www.jps.net/antons/
Rich Clancey
[...]
+ But what I really hate opening is anything packed in that heavy duty plastic
+ stuff. Like, say, a walkman* or whatever. When you finally do get a little
+ tear in it and rip it open, it ends up cutting your skin on the follow through.
+ Very aggravating.
That's when a sharp X-axto or snap blade knife comes in very
handy. The worst example though is the snap blade packages
themselves! The blades are insanely sharp and come packaged in
plastic blisters that are hardened against direct nucular strikes. If
you already have a knife, you have a fighting chance of cutting the
package open, but if you don't, and try to wrestle it open, you run
the risk of slicing your hand off. I have a friend who was badly hurt
this way.
Bill Baldwin
>(Scott Robert Dawson) wrote:
>
>>Another question about CD packaging: do you folks in the States still
>>use those 'longboxes' extensively for retail CD packaging? IIRC, they
>>were intended to allow CDs to be easily browseable in LP-depth racks.
>>In Canada they were never widely used, and I only rarely see one now.
>
>contraption called an indoor ti-o-let. We're all real excited about
>it. We're going to be the first ones on the block to have indoor
>plumbin'.
Heh. Yer pa's a maroon, then. Yer hole house is gonna stink!
Wildstar
wrote:
That's what I thunk. But Pa says no. He's plum loco.
Randy Poe
> How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
Excellent trick taught me by a friend: scrape it along
the edge of some industrial-strength countertop. The
kind they issue you at work, and it has to have a
sharp edge, not a rounded one.
If you don't have one of those handy, the blade of
a scissor also works, but might scratch the case.
Same move: scrape it along the bottom edge of the
jewel case.
- Randy
David Samuel Barr
>
> Another question about CD packaging: do you folks in the States still
> use those 'longboxes' extensively for retail CD packaging? IIRC, they
> were intended to allow CDs to be easily browseable in LP-depth racks.
> In Canada they were never widely used, and I only rarely see one now.
Longboxes were mostly eliminated by 1991, though a few holdouts still
used them until 1992.
They were instituted by the record stores, which didn't want to overhaul
their display units and wanted instead to be able to put the CDs in the
existing LP bins. (There was also some concern that the size of the CD
would encourage theft, which is why so many stores had their cassette
racks behind locked glass doors.) Some of the big chains then went to
the record companies and demanded that the latter pay for them to
convert their stores to CD-specific display unit; needless to say, the
record companies were not inclined to comply. Eventually, though, the
stores gave in and reconfigured at their own expense, eliminating the
need for the longboxes.
The record companies were glad to be rid of the longboxes, since they
added an average of 60 cents per unit to each CD. The album cover
printers are the ones who got hit at both ends, though, because not only
did the demand for 12" LP jackets drop off precipitously, they had to
invest in retooling or purchasing new equipment to make the longboxes.
Then, after only a few years, all that equipment became obsolete.
Mike Pollock
news:19990724040044...@ng-cd1.aol.com...
> There's a little tool you can buy that is designed to do this easily. I
had
> one, but lost it (it's small). I'm not good at physical descriptions, but
it's
> about an inch long and fits perfectly over the width of the CD case. It
has a
> blade inside it, so all you do is slide it along, and hey presto--it's
open
> (including the sticker thing).
That would be the EZ-CD. Here's one place that sells them:
http://www.webworks-one.com/cgi-bin/tame/cdessentials/open.tam
--Mike
Briar Rose
>always go through.
(a) Try for about 3 seconds to get shrinkwrap off
(b) Get annoyed in a very meta-way
(c) Hand to significant other
(d) Take back open CD
(e) Bestow kiss
Takes about 2 minutes. It's not entirely clear to me why the movement
from step c to step d is so fast, though.
:) Connie-Lynne
--
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Barbara Gordon: Same thing we do every night, Pinky.
--The New Batman/Superman Hour: Firefly
Briar Rose
>Three words: Swiss army knife. (You can do anything with one! I've got
>the one with the built-in voltmeter and juice press... :) )
Which reminds me: I would *love* to find a voltmeter that doesn't
require a battery, or even one with a "left on and unused for longer
than 5 minutes" automatic turn-off. I've taken to keeping extra
batteries in my toolbox because I always forget to turn it off when
I'm done with it, but I'd rather find a multimeter that thinks
for me.
Nick Spalding
> Which reminds me: I would *love* to find a voltmeter that doesn't
> require a battery, or even one with a "left on and unused for longer
> than 5 minutes" automatic turn-off. I've taken to keeping extra
> batteries in my toolbox because I always forget to turn it off when
> I'm done with it, but I'd rather find a multimeter that thinks
> for me.
Get an old-fashioned one with an actual meter movement in it. Mine,
bought in 1976, does have a battery in it but only for resistance
measurement. That battery has never been replaced and still works
fine.
--
Nick Spalding
Dennis Matheson
I picked up one of these at the checkout line one time. Quite a bit
cheaper than someone mentioned elsewhere in the thread; I paid about a buck
for it. Works great.
--
"You can't run away forever; but there's nothing wrong with getting a good
head start." --- Jim Steinman
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Randy Poe
> Which reminds me: I would *love* to find a voltmeter that doesn't
> require a battery, or even one with a "left on and unused for longer
> than 5 minutes" automatic turn-off.
Analog, my friend, analog.
*I* still have one of those.
- Randy
Matt Ackeret
Scratchie <upse...@ziplink.net> wrote:
>Nick Spalding <spal...@iol.ie> wrote:
>: Reminds me of a comic on TV at the time when CDs were just on the
>: market, with lots of hype about how high-quality, long-lasting, robust
>: etc. they were. He went on about how you could drop it on the floor,
>: spill beer on it, stand on it, hit it - and you still couldn't get it
>: out of the box.
>
>stand on it or anything else either. At least they really are "compact"!
You must have fragile CDs. Sure, not stand on it (well at least I'm not
going to risk mine to try), but they are relatively indestructible. Out of
several hundred CDs, only one or two skip, and several of the total have
noticable scratches on them.
--
mat...@area.com
Matt Ackeret
Lynn Star <xsgo...@aol.comgoddess> wrote:
>Yeah, ok guys. Easiest way.
>
>You know where it's folded, like at the end of a christmas present box into
>that little triangular pattern. You know what I'm talking about. It kind of
>looks like an X.
>
>Anyway. Justs stick the end of a pen into that little flap. Slide it through.
> Comes right off. For the little sticker?
I can get at the folded corners with my fingernail, or stick my fingernail
in the the gap between the two halves of the jewel box where it opens
normally and run it back and forth to cut the plastic..
Also there's the strip on most that is the intended opening device..
remember, recycle the wrap!
--
mat...@area.com
Bossman
>
> I realize even the denizens of this ng have their limits and that this
> question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
> requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere else
> to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
> exceed his grasp, etc.
>
>
> There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
> always go through.
>
...And isn't jewell case one of the poorest designs out there.
Did they ever try the drop test?
It this the best hinge they could come up with?
After over ten years, couldn't they 'revise' it?
Michael
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Beckett209
wrote in:
>Message-id: <379c8464...@news.asacomp.com>
>Now, somebody here ought to be able to come up with some home-made
>substitute. For instance, some little-used kitchen tool we all have and
>never dig out of the kitchen drawer.
What about that little stick thing that you "start" orange or lemon peels
with? Or one of the corncob holders shaped like little corn ears?
Except you run the risk of being stabbed in the hand by all of those
fondue forks from the early 70s as you're rummaging in the junk drawer....
Beckett
Briar Rose
>Briar Rose wrote:
>> Which reminds me: I would *love* to find a voltmeter that doesn't
>> require a battery, or even one with a "left on and unused for longer
>> batteries in my toolbox because I always forget to turn it off when
>> I'm done with it, but I'd rather find a multimeter that thinks
>> for me.
>Get an old-fashioned one with an actual meter movement in it. Mine,
>bought in 1976, does have a battery in it but only for resistance
>measurement. That battery has never been replaced and still works
>fine.
Hm. How would I tell this?
My old multimeter (Radio Shack, 1967 or thereabouts (it was inherited))
had a needle, but wouldn't function without a battery in it, regardless
of what I was measuring. It walked away one day, and I've been using
a digital one ever since (a friend had three, gave me one).
Hey, I just realized I've never had to buy any of my multimeters. I
guess I shouldn't bitch about the batteries. :)
Jake Schmidt
news:379c8464...@news.asacomp.com...
> Zetan's Book of Enlightenment reveals that on Sun, 25 Jul 1999 15:37:52
> -0400, Mike Pollock wrote:
>
> >That would be the EZ-CD. Here's one place that sells them:
> >http://www.webworks-one.com/cgi-bin/tame/cdessentials/open.tam
>
> substitute. For instance, some little-used kitchen tool we all have and
> never dig out of the kitchen drawer.
My suggestion is called a "knife"...
In all seriousness, considering the number of extremely intelligent people
whose posts I read everyday, are there that many people out there yet that
don't understand the process of sticking a sharp object in the seam of the
plastic? It's not a real complicated process...
For those of you like myself, who like to put the new CD in the car stereo
immediately after purchasing, the closest sharp object is usually my car
key. Stick it in the fold of the plastic on the edge of the jewel box and
slice the plastic open. Peel that stupid sticker off the top and put it in
the player. That's it--you're done.
Jake
blake murphy
>> ket...@seemysig.com
>wrote in:
>>Message-id: <379c8464...@news.asacomp.com>
>
>>Now, somebody here ought to be able to come up with some home-made
>>substitute. For instance, some little-used kitchen tool we all have and
>>never dig out of the kitchen drawer.
>
> What about that little stick thing that you "start" orange or lemon peels
>with? Or one of the corncob holders shaped like little corn ears?
> Except you run the risk of being stabbed in the hand by all of those
>fondue forks from the early 70s as you're rummaging in the junk drawer....
> Beckett
i usually use a penknife, something which no gentleman should be
without.
your pal,
blake
Rain1235
<jakes...@earthlink.net> writes:
>For those of you like myself, who like to put the new CD in the car stereo
>immediately after purchasing, the closest sharp object is usually my car
>key. Stick it in the fold of the plastic on the edge of the jewel box and
>slice the plastic open. Peel that stupid sticker off the top and put it in
>the player. That's it--you're done.
Someone else who has noticed how useful a key is in a pinch. If you somehow
got stuck back in the Stone Age with nothing but what's in your pockets, those
keys would be extremely handy...
Alan
David Samuel Barr
>
> i usually use a penknife, something which no gentleman should be
> without.
...except in those municipalities where if you are found carrying one
you will be arrested on a concealed weapon charge.
J. Michael Looney
The 2nd amendment applies to edge weapons as well as fire arms.
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J. Michael Looney <j...@spellbooksoftware.com> wrote:
>
>On 27-Jul-1999, David Samuel Barr <dsb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> > i usually use a penknife, something which no gentleman should be
>> > without.
>>
>> ...except in those municipalities where if you are found carrying one
>> you will be arrested on a concealed weapon charge.
>
>The 2nd amendment applies to edge weapons as well as fire arms.
... but not in all municipalities.
--
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Astrophysics Institute
University of Oslo
J. Michael Looney
On 27-Jul-1999, col...@toliman.uio.no (Colin Rosenthal) wrote:
> >> ...except in those municipalities where if you are found carrying
> >> one
> >> you will be arrested on a concealed weapon charge.
> >
> >The 2nd amendment applies to edge weapons as well as fire arms.
>
> ... but not in all municipalities.
>
> --
> Colin Rosenthal
> Astrophysics Institute
> University of Oslo
Well, yeah. Should have said, "In the United States of America....."
Mark Pruett
<dsb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>blake murphy wrote:
>>
>> i usually use a penknife, something which no gentleman should be
>> without.
>
>...except in those municipalities where if you are found carrying one
>you will be arrested on a concealed weapon charge.
>
What sort of ridiculous place won't let you carry a pocketknife? I
mean, they don't stop you from carrying one on international flights,
so what's the matter with having one in your pocket?
I'm desperately curious to find out which cities are so paranoid
that they won't let citizens carry pocketknives.
Mark Pruett
Cary Kittrell
<
< My old multimeter (Radio Shack, 1967 or thereabouts (it was inherited))
< had a needle, but wouldn't function without a battery in it, regardless
< of what I was measuring. It walked away one day, and I've been using
< a digital one ever since (a friend had three, gave me one).
<
Feel lucky. Feel very, very lucky. If none of the functions worked
without a bettery, then your meter was Not What It Seemed. That
style of meter is simply that -- a meter. Twirling the switch
around would put various resistances in series with the meter, to
read voltages, or shunt some current around the meter for the
various amperage scales. Neither of these types of measurement
requires a battery.
The only function that does require a battery, other than measuring
resistance, is of course transmission. Are flashes of actinic blue-white
light keeping you awake all night? If so, you've misplaced the
transponder for your alien implant. Alternatively, do you get
crank anonymous calls requesting you to "PLEASE speak clearly into
the potted plant"? CIA. Or if every time you look around, you're
being followed by a man who resembles Austin Powers, only geekier,
that's a Bill Gates clone, and you've accidentally given away your
Microsoft Invasive Covert Research over Nanometer Transmission
Array (MICRONTA).
You never read this...
--
cary kittrell the truth is out there
steward mirror lab but the X-files are more fun.
university of arizona
Cybersybar
Dirksen Federal Building, Chicago Illinois, 1 1/4" blade on a mini-Swiss
Army/keychain fob, temporarily confiscated (and I'm an officer of the court).
Municipal Court, 400 W. Superior, Chicago IL. (not divorce court or anything
where you might expect tempers to flare, but Building Court). I had to hide it
outside the building and later retrieve it, because they wouldn't even let me
check it.
Cyber(Thanks again, Mr. McVeigh)sybar
Cybersybar
>For those of you like myself, who like to put the new CD in the car stereo
>immediately after purchasing, the closest sharp object is usually my car
>key. Stick it in the fold of the plastic on the edge of the jewel box and
>slice the plastic open. Peel that stupid sticker off the top and put it in
>the player. That's it--you're done.
Doesn't the stupid sticker impede the ability of the player to function
properly?
Cyber(Technologically challenged)sybar
Cybersybar
>..And isn't jewell case one of the poorest designs out there.
>Did they ever try the drop test?
>It this the best hinge they could come up with?
>After over ten years, couldn't they 'revise' it?
Did you ever have to buy a replacement album cover? Have you had to buy
replacement jewel boxes? Don't you love capitalism? Actually, I like the
cardboard sleeves better than jewel boxes (e.g. Phish "A Live One", Widespread
Panic "Light Fuse, Get Away", the 'recent' Coltrane re-releases) or the combo
cardboard sleeve with molded plastic CD holder insert.
Cyber(plus, you can't clean herb on em)sybar
Beckett209
wrote in:
>Message-id: <7nl7j3$t9m$1...@news.ccit.arizona.edu>
{{snip amusing and informative multimeter dissertation}}
Cary, I'm so glad you're back!! :)
Beckett
Bill Baldwin
On 24 Jul 1999, Suzanne Marie Saunders (LIS) wrote:
>
> In Canada they were never widely used, and I only rarely see one now.
> were some musicians (but my brain refuses to come up with an example) who
> said publicly that cardboard longboxes were a waste of trees and refused
> to have their music packaged in them;
Then of course there was the Spinal Tap album _Break Like the Wind_. That
was packaged in a long box 2 inches longer than all the others. As band
member Derek Smalls (aka Christopher Guest) explained, recycling is good and
their box gave you 2 inches more to recycle.
Cary Kittrell
<
[...]
<For those of you like myself, who like to put the new CD in the car stereo
<immediately after purchasing, the closest sharp object is usually my car
<key. Stick it in the fold of the plastic on the edge of the jewel box and
<slice the plastic open. Peel that stupid sticker off the top and put it in
<the player. That's it--you're done.
Yeah, and to make Brontosaurus Flambe, all you have to do is
simply catch a brontosaurus. That "stupid plastic sticker"
has been painstakingly crafted by a team of crack design sadists.
It's guaranteed to tear into no fewer than seven sub-strips,
none of which will adhere to anything other than your thumb,
no matter how hard you try to rub them off on the wall.
I am *inevitably* screaming curses by the time I finally
get a jewel box opened, and I don't even do that every
time Ross Perot appears on my TV.
Incidentally, this is merely one more example of the
worldwide NWO psychology experiment involving paper containers.
Has anyone on a.f.c-a EVER had successfully executed a
"push tab", "peel strip", or any variant of "to open, simply..."?
Of course not. Those perforations comprise the strongest single
section of the box.
-- cary "and don't get me started on pull tabs" kittrell
Rain1235
>has been painstakingly crafted by a team of crack design sadists.
>It's guaranteed to tear into no fewer than seven sub-strips,
>none of which will adhere to anything other than your thumb,
>no matter how hard you try to rub them off on the wall.
>I am *inevitably* screaming curses by the time I finally
>get a jewel box opened, and I don't even do that every
>time Ross Perot appears on my TV.
LMAO--so true!!
Alan
David Samuel Barr
>
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 06:58:41 -0400, David Samuel Barr
> <dsb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >blake murphy wrote:
> >>
> >> i usually use a penknife, something which no gentleman should be
> >> without.
> >
> >...except in those municipalities where if you are found carrying one
> >you will be arrested on a concealed weapon charge.
> >
>
> What sort of ridiculous place won't let you carry a pocketknife? I
> mean, they don't stop you from carrying one on international flights,
> so what's the matter with having one in your pocket?
>
> I'm desperately curious to find out which cities are so paranoid
> that they won't let citizens carry pocketknives.
I don't have a list of them at hand, but don't you recall the rash of
stories that hit the newspapers and TV newsmagazine shows of the
various places around the country that were actively arresting people
found carrying pocketknives, box cutters and just about anything else
sharp? That's not to say that they were actively rousting people who
looked like they might be carrying them, but if they happened to stop
you for some reason and found it on you you could be charged with
carrying a concealed weapon.
David Samuel Barr
>
> Yeah, and to make Brontosaurus Flambe, all you have to do is
If you try to rip it away impatiently, it may do just that, however, if
you start at the corner and peel it away slowly it comes off in one
piece and leaves no residue at all.
Shell
David Samuel Barr wrote:
>
> Mark Pruett wrote:
> > I'm desperately curious to find out which cities are so paranoid
> > that they won't let citizens carry pocketknives.
>
> I don't have a list of them at hand, but don't you recall the rash of
> stories that hit the newspapers and TV newsmagazine shows of the
> various places around the country that were actively arresting people
> found carrying pocketknives, box cutters and just about anything else
> sharp?
Sorry, no. I haven't seen or heard anything of the sort; not that I
couldn't have missed them. Any - er - actual cites? Cities involved?
Anything to nibble a search down to a reasonable size?
> That's not to say that they were actively rousting people who
> looked like they might be carrying them, but if they happened to stop
> you for some reason and found it on you you could be charged with
> carrying a concealed weapon.
That's always been true of knives, even folding knives, *of a certain
size*. In Pontiac, MI in the 80s as I recall you could carry concealed
pocketknives up to a certain size; then there was a clause that allowed
you to carry a somewhat larger knife, folding or not, so long as it was
in a sheath in plain view; over a certain size you simply coudn't carry
them around at all. I have no idea how a person would transport one of
they fancy replica swords from one place to another; presumably a sealed
box.
Shell
My 3-inch serrated sailing knife sails through airport security every
time. I never have figured out why this is so.
Jeff Carrie
>
>{{snip amusing and informative multimeter dissertation}}
>
>Cary, I'm so glad you're back!! :)
> Beckett
So am I, where the hell's my five bucks?
J.S.C.
(Jeff Stiffed Cash)
Rich Clancey
+ I realize even the denizens of this ng have their limits and that this
+ question is not as easy to answer as the Einsteinian logic queries or the
+ requests to know the number of days there have been, but I have nowhere else
+ to turn. Don't feel bad if this one is beyond you. Man's reach should
+ exceed his grasp, etc.
+ How do you get the shrinkwrap off a new CD?
+ There must be some way more effective than the 8-10 minute process I seem to
+ always go through.
One solution is to make up your mind you dont really want it
off, and learn to enjoy it wrapped. That way you only need to buy one
CD.
Cybersybar
>Then of course there was the Spinal Tap album _Break Like the Wind_. That
>was packaged in a long box 2 inches longer than all the others. As band
>member Derek Smalls (aka Christopher Guest) explained, recycling is good and
>their box gave you 2 inches more to recycle.
Correction. The role of Mr. Smalls (the Bass Player and composer of Jazz
Odyssey) was played by Harry Shearer. Mr. Guest played Nigel Tufnel, he of the
unique guitar solos.
Cyber(It's such a fine line . . .)sybar
Matt Ackeret
Bossman <mitc...@image-link.com, mitc...@att.net> wrote:
>...And isn't jewell case one of the poorest designs out there.
No. The lame plastic things they put DVDs in are far far far worse than
jewel cases. (Actually, I like jewel cases, so I should really be saying
there isn't much better than jewel cases. Definitely NOT the cardboard
containers, which damage upon normal use like paperback books.)
I wish I could rent/buy all DVDs in jewel cases but they come in these HUGE
things that fold open sort of like a book.
>Did they ever try the drop test?
>It this the best hinge they could come up with?
Yeah, the hinge could be better, but overall I really like them. They could
be about half as thick as they are, but now I'm purposely nitpicking.
--
mat...@area.com
Jake Schmidt
news:7nlh36$25s$1...@news.ccit.arizona.edu...
> In article <7njg2p$6f$1...@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net> "Jake Schmidt"
<jakes...@earthlink.net> writes:
> <
> [...]
> <For those of you like myself, who like to put the new CD in the car
stereo
> <immediately after purchasing, the closest sharp object is usually my car
> <key. Stick it in the fold of the plastic on the edge of the jewel box and
> <slice the plastic open. Peel that stupid sticker off the top and put it
in
> <the player. That's it--you're done.
>
> simply catch a brontosaurus. That "stupid plastic sticker"
> has been painstakingly crafted by a team of crack design sadists.
> It's guaranteed to tear into no fewer than seven sub-strips,
> none of which will adhere to anything other than your thumb,
> no matter how hard you try to rub them off on the wall.
> I am *inevitably* screaming curses by the time I finally
> get a jewel box opened, and I don't even do that every
> time Ross Perot appears on my TV.
So true. I have seen people just ignore the sticker at first and pop the
case out of the hinges and use the sticker as the hinge. It's also easier to
remove the sticker after doing this, and then you just pop the case back
onto the hinges. It sounds somewhat difficult, but after a few tries it
seems like second nature.
<snip>
> -- cary "and don't get me started on pull tabs" kittrell
My pet peeve? People that don't remove the entire sticker and just cut it
along the top.
Jake
Jake Schmidt
news:19990727190631...@ng-ca1.aol.com...
> Jake wrote:
>
> >For those of you like myself, who like to put the new CD in the car
stereo
> >immediately after purchasing, the closest sharp object is usually my car
> >key. Stick it in the fold of the plastic on the edge of the jewel box and
> >slice the plastic open. Peel that stupid sticker off the top and put it
in
> >the player. That's it--you're done.
>
function
> properly?
It's funny that you should bring that up--as soon as my message showed up on
my server, I reread it and wondered if anyone would notice that--then I
decided that no one would. I should have known better...
;)
> Cyber(Technologically challenged)sybar
Jake
Bill Baldwin
You're right, of course. I believe it was Mr. Tufnel then that explained the
longer long box.
I lent my copy of This Is Spinal Tap to my (then) boss 11 years ago. Still
trying to get it back. (Not, I should add to forestall any misunderstanding,
that the video has footage of Tufnel explaining the longer long box. It's
just that if I'd seen the mockumentary more recently, I would have been less
likely to make a basic error about the characters.)
StarChaser <Anti spam feature in address.>
>Michael writes:
>
>>..And isn't jewell case one of the poorest designs out there.
>>Did they ever try the drop test?
>>It this the best hinge they could come up with?
>>After over ten years, couldn't they 'revise' it?
>
> Did you ever have to buy a replacement album cover? Have you had to buy
>replacement jewel boxes? Don't you love capitalism? Actually, I like the
>cardboard sleeves better than jewel boxes (e.g. Phish "A Live One", Widespread
>Panic "Light Fuse, Get Away", the 'recent' Coltrane re-releases) or the combo
>cardboard sleeve with molded plastic CD holder insert.
I -hate- the cardboard sleeves, and the fiberglass with clear plastic
window things...they scratch the CD's. I've got several computer
software ones that have been destroyed due to that. The cardboard with
molded plastic CD holder is an ok compromise, but I prefer the normal
CD case. Even with its myriad flaws.
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StarChaser <Anti spam feature in address.>
<dsb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Cary Kittrell wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, and to make Brontosaurus Flambe, all you have to do is
>> simply catch a brontosaurus. That "stupid plastic sticker"
>> has been painstakingly crafted by a team of crack design sadists.
>> It's guaranteed to tear into no fewer than seven sub-strips,
>> none of which will adhere to anything other than your thumb,
>> no matter how hard you try to rub them off on the wall.
>> I am *inevitably* screaming curses by the time I finally
>> get a jewel box opened, and I don't even do that every
>> time Ross Perot appears on my TV.
>
>If you try to rip it away impatiently, it may do just that, however, if
>you start at the corner and peel it away slowly it comes off in one
>piece and leaves no residue at all.
>
By that time, the CD has gone the way of vinyl records, and everyone
else is listening to patterns of sound captured in left handed
swoopfloomers. I've tried patiently peeling it off, and it means that
it just divides into the aforementioned seven substrips that much
slower...
Ed Lynn
(StarChaser <Anti spam feature in address.>) wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 08:08:06 -0400, David Samuel Barr
><dsb...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>Cary Kittrell wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, and to make Brontosaurus Flambe, all you have to do is
>>> simply catch a brontosaurus. That "stupid plastic sticker"
>>> has been painstakingly crafted by a team of crack design sadists.
>>> It's guaranteed to tear into no fewer than seven sub-strips,
>>> none of which will adhere to anything other than your thumb,
>>> no matter how hard you try to rub them off on the wall.
>>> I am *inevitably* screaming curses by the time I finally
>>> get a jewel box opened, and I don't even do that every
>>> time Ross Perot appears on my TV.
>>
>>If you try to rip it away impatiently, it may do just that, however, if
>>you start at the corner and peel it away slowly it comes off in one
>>piece and leaves no residue at all.
>>
>By that time, the CD has gone the way of vinyl records, and everyone
>else is listening to patterns of sound captured in left handed
>swoopfloomers. I've tried patiently peeling it off, and it means that
>it just divides into the aforementioned seven substrips that much
>slower...
I've personally never had a problem with the method David describes,
but a friend of mine will seperate the jewel cover from the rest off
the jewel box and remove the plastic strip that way. Just lift up the
lower left corner of the jewel cover--the hinge--so it detaches from
the jewel box. Piece of cake for those who have difficulty geting the
strips off.
Cary Kittrell
<Cary Kittrell wrote:
<>
<> Yeah, and to make Brontosaurus Flambe, all you have to do is
<> simply catch a brontosaurus. That "stupid plastic sticker"
<> has been painstakingly crafted by a team of crack design sadists.
<> It's guaranteed to tear into no fewer than seven sub-strips,
<> none of which will adhere to anything other than your thumb,
<> no matter how hard you try to rub them off on the wall.
<> I am *inevitably* screaming curses by the time I finally
<> get a jewel box opened, and I don't even do that every
<> time Ross Perot appears on my TV.
<
<If you try to rip it away impatiently, it may do just that, however, if
<you start at the corner and peel it away slowly it comes off in one
<piece and leaves no residue at all.
<
Well, OK -- I swear I've been peeling at rates that would
be detectable only by Mossbauer spectroscopy, but I'll try
to go even slower. But I still suspect that they're
employing an advanced space-age glue designed to stick only to
a) polyacrylate, and b) you.
-- cary "*$&#@#!!!!ing box!" kittrell
Matt Ackeret
Bob Ward <bob...@email.com> wrote:
>ON Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:01:19 -0500, "Jake Schmidt"
><jakes...@earthlink.net> WROTE:
>
>
>>My pet peeve? People that don't remove the entire sticker and just cut it
>>along the top.
>>
>>Jake
>>
>>
>
>would it annoy you for someone else to leave the sticker on THEIR
>CD's?
For the same reason that seeing other people's VCRs flash 12:00 is annoying.
--
mat...@area.com
minmei
remove necessary to break the jewel case. Be it a small crack or snapping
off one of the hinges.
minmei
Cary Kittrell <ca...@afone.as.arizona.edu> wrote in message
news:7nptt5$1ik$1...@news.ccit.arizona.edu...
Bill Baldwin
>Reasons of aesthetics. It looks like crap, it covers some of the cover
>art, it looks like crap, it tends to leave sticky edges flapping loose
>and it looks like crap.
Also, it looks like crap.
Rilchiam
>mean, they don't stop you from carrying one on international flights,
>so what's the matter with having one in your pocket?
My pepper spray was confiscated by airport security.
Remember, I'm pulling for you; we're all in this together. ---Red Green
Rilchiam
>"push tab", "peel strip", or any variant of "to open, simply..."?
>Of course not. Those perforations comprise the strongest single
>section of the box.
>
>
>
In my 29 years, I've opened a hella lot of tissue boxes, and I think only
two were opened flawlessly. When I was a kid, my mom told me it was a skill I
would master when I got older, but I'm still waiting.
Rilchiam
>
>explode and send capsaicin everywhere? I don't know, just asking.
Maybe. But they were primarily concerned that I might use it to incapacitate
the cabin crew and gain entrance to the cockpit.
StarChaser <Anti spam feature in address.>
wrote:
<grin> Right, I forgot that part. Thanks for reminding me...
Paul Guertin
> My pepper spray was confiscated by airport security.
In the event of depressurization, could a can of pepper spray
explode and send capsaicin everywhere? I don't know, just asking.
Paul Guertin
p...@sff.net
Mike Pollock
Knives, but it doesn't have an EZ-CD opener gizmo on it. It just has a bunch
of knives and screwdrivers and crap.
--Mike.
Dr H
Mark Pruett wrote:
}
}> What sort of ridiculous place won't let you carry a pocketknife? I
}> mean, they don't stop you from carrying one on international flights,
}> so what's the matter with having one in your pocket?
}>
}> that they won't let citizens carry pocketknives.
In my city the local county and municipal buildings have checkpoints
at various places within (ie., outside courtrooms; sherrif's offices,
etc.) You are not allowed to carry so much as a nailfile or pocket
bottle-opener past these points, much less a pocket knife, no matter
how small.
Dr H
Drew Davis
>But what I really hate opening is anything packed in that heavy duty plastic
>stuff. Like, say, a walkman* or whatever. When you finally do get a little
>tear in it and rip it open, it ends up cutting your skin on the follow through.
> Very aggravating.
I sometimes wonder if the heavy duty packaging, which is rendered unusable
for anything after opening, is used by manufacturers to make a patron think
twice about returning an item to retailer for refund.
I recently bought a Braun electric shaver. The box has to be cut open,
the resulting pieces of cardboard are good for nothing. A friend noticed
my purchase and offered a hardly used electric razor to me for nothing.
The ruined box may have tipped my decision to keep my purchase.
-Drew
__dreadavis_at_psn_dot_net_______oOOo_(.)(.)_oOOo__hangin'_out__
Briar Rose
>I sometimes wonder if the heavy duty packaging, which is rendered unusable
>for anything after opening, is used by manufacturers to make a patron think
>twice about returning an item to retailer for refund.
>I recently bought a Braun electric shaver. The box has to be cut open,
>the resulting pieces of cardboard are good for nothing. A friend noticed
>my purchase and offered a hardly used electric razor to me for nothing.
>The ruined box may have tipped my decision to keep my purchase.
Target, at least, has no problem putting returned items with ripped
boxes back out on the shelves. They tape it up, slap a sticker on
it that says something along the lines of "returned item certified
in good condition" and put it back out on the shelf.
I've been burned a few times by their returned items, which I found
often have parts missing. I still buy from Target, but if an item
is not in its original factory package, I open it and check the item
myself. So certainly a ruined box is a factor in my decision whether
or not to _purchase_ a returned item. Not that my decision to buy
has any bearing on your decision to return.
I haven't noticed this of other stores. What do they do with returned
items? Send them back to the manufacturer? Hold them back for
"clearance" and "floor model" sales? A little of both?
:) Connie-Lynne
--
"Tonight we'll share some timely tips on how to beat the heat using
only an air conditioner, some ice cubes, and a swimming pool."
--Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
Deborah
> In my city the local county and municipal buildings have checkpoints
> at various places within (ie., outside courtrooms; sherrif's offices,
> etc.) You are not allowed to carry so much as a nailfile or pocket
> bottle-opener past these points, much less a pocket knife, no matter
> how small.
True story: When I was a college freshman, I went to meet by cousin (by prior
arrangment) one afternoon at his office. Now, he happened to be an attorney who
worked in one the courthouses in Government Center in Boston. I had a suitcase
with me, which was carefully searched at the checkpoint for dangerous objects,
and sure enough, they found one: my Mickey Mouse pocket watch.
They actually made me wait while they called my cousin's office. There ensued
a conversation along these lines:
"Mr. Cone, do you know a Deborah Finn?"
"Yes, she's my cousin; I'm expecting her."
"Are you aware that she has a pocket watch?"
"Um, yes. It's a Mickey Mouse pocket watch."
(It was an off-to-college present from my parents, and had been displayed among
the extended family.)
"Someone could make a time bomb with one of these things, you know. But we'll
let her come up if you vouch for her."
Fortunately, he did vouch for me. But I had to take a lot of teasing about
being a terrorist with a Mickey Mouse pocket watch.
Best regards from Deborah
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Cary Kittrell
In article <379CB401...@image-link.com> mitc...@image-link.com, mitc...@att.net writes:
[...]
<
< ...And isn't jewell case one of the poorest designs out there.
< It this the best hinge they could come up with?
< After over ten years, couldn't they 'revise' it?
<
Too true. Jewel box hinges are the telomeres of the inorganic
realm. After so many opens -- or one drop -- PING! Apparently,
as with their biological counterpart, this keeps your jewel box
from suddenly beginning to reproduce wildly, flooding the
market and dragging the cost of replacements down to a
fair-market level (0.02 yen).
Note that even a jewel box firmly bound in its original shrinkwrap
strait jacket [1] will suffer hinge rupture if dropped from heights
greater than the factory pre-set level (typically ten angstroms).
And increasingly jewel boxen actually come from the manufacturer
pre-broken for your convenience (this costs extra).
-- cary "anyone need 92 jewel box bottoms?" kittrell
[1] invented by Wilbur Strait, George's second cousin
twice removed on his mother's side.
Cary Kittrell
In article <37a3484b...@news.erols.com> nat...@hotmail.com (Ed Lynn) writes:
<
[...]
<
<I've personally never had a problem with the method David describes,
<but a friend of mine will seperate the jewel cover from the rest off
<the jewel box and remove the plastic strip that way. Just lift up the
<lower left corner of the jewel cover--the hinge--so it detaches from
<the jewel box. Piece of cake for those who have difficulty geting the
<strips off.
<
AAARRGH! I freaking HATE it when someone comes up with what is
clearly the Only Correct Answer, and you never woulda thunk of
it in a thousand CDs. And it's doubly elegant because a third
fo the time or so, that hinge has been thoughtfully pre-broken
for your convenience.
That clearly is It. Thank you. Off to buy some test cases.
-- cary "bend the straw" kittrell
deepstblu
> I haven't noticed this of other stores. What do they do with returned
> items? Send them back to the manufacturer? Hold them back for
> "clearance" and "floor model" sales? A little of both?
If we could say with a straight face that it was defective, it could go
back to the vendor. If it was missing purchasable parts or the box was
badly mangled, it tended to go on a shelf by the manager's desk for sale
to employees at a steep discount. That's where I got my $30 bread
machine: $18 to the store for the unit, $12 by mail to the manufacturer
for the missing dough hook.
Rick B.
blake murphy
>
>Mark Pruett wrote:
>}
>}> What sort of ridiculous place won't let you carry a pocketknife? I
>}> mean, they don't stop you from carrying one on international flights,
>}> so what's the matter with having one in your pocket?
>}>
>}> I'm desperately curious to find out which cities are so paranoid
>}> that they won't let citizens carry pocketknives.
>
> In my city the local county and municipal buildings have checkpoints
> at various places within (ie., outside courtrooms; sherrif's offices,
> etc.) You are not allowed to carry so much as a nailfile or pocket
> bottle-opener past these points, much less a pocket knife, no matter
> how small.
>
>Dr H
>
the courthouses in the district of columbia are the same way. i
almost lost mine on jury duty once (they held it, but i wasn't done at
5:00 pm).
your pal,
blake
minmei
mitc...@att.net writes:
> [...]
> <
> < ...And isn't jewell case one of the poorest designs out there.
> < Did they ever try the drop test?
> < It this the best hinge they could come up with?
> < After over ten years, couldn't they 'revise' it?
Actually, Wal-Mart sells replacement CD boxes (usually in their computer
supplies dept.) they are wonderful, made from a softer plastic that bends a
little. They're usually 10 for $5 or so. Never broken one yet. Though as
someone else mentioned I do have a rather large supply of crystal bottoms
for sale if anyone's interested.
minmei
minmei
have a court date (dead-beat dad's are a wonderful thing, just found out he
owes me $8000). Anywho, I make my husband and bf empty their pockets b4 we
leave. And I check my purse. Ends up being 1 buck knife, 1 sm swiss army
knife, and a leatherman (mine), a LARGE swiss army knife, and a pair of
thread cutting fold up scissors (my bf's), and a medium SA knife, and
leatherman (my hubby). If the court cops catch you with any of the above
they take them, tag them, and you can get them back when you leave.
Personally I don't think ANY of the above "weapons" could do a lick of harm
except maybe my buck knife. Oh, and the pepper spray my bf carries (forgot
that).
Though on a couple of occasions I've forgotten to do a weapon's check and
not realized it till after I was already in court for the day. I have one
of those purses with about 1 zillion pockets all zippered, the cops usually
just check the big ones.
minmei
mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com
> Anywho, I make my husband and bf empty their pockets b4 we
"minmei" <dp...@snet.net.nospam> elsewhere writes:
> Challenger: I was in my bedroom (I was 16) making out with my future 1st
> and 2nd husbands (they were 15).
On behalf of everyone else here at a.f.c-a, whaaaa? I mean, are just
the woman I was praying for the either 1980's or is something weird
going on?
M.
Dana Carpender
mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com wrote:
Wow, her post *did* get you in a tizzy. Care to rephrase?
--
Dana W. Carpender
Author, _How I Gave Up My Low Fat Diet and Lost Forty Pounds!_
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John Colton
wrote:
>
>In article <379CB401...@image-link.com> mitc...@image-link.com, mitc...@att.net writes:
> [...]
><
>< ...And isn't jewell case one of the poorest designs out there.
>< Did they ever try the drop test?
>< It this the best hinge they could come up with?
>< After over ten years, couldn't they 'revise' it?
><
>
>Too true. Jewel box hinges are the telomeres of the inorganic
>realm. After so many opens -- or one drop -- PING! Apparently,
>as with their biological counterpart, this keeps your jewel box
>from suddenly beginning to reproduce wildly, flooding the
>market and dragging the cost of replacements down to a
>fair-market level (0.02 yen).
>
>Note that even a jewel box firmly bound in its original shrinkwrap
>strait jacket [1] will suffer hinge rupture if dropped from heights
>greater than the factory pre-set level (typically ten angstroms).
>And increasingly jewel boxen actually come from the manufacturer
>pre-broken for your convenience (this costs extra).
>
>
LOL - Thanks for the very humorous post.
One of my proudest moments came in a Radio Shack store, when I
discovered they were giving away jewel cases. I suspect that there was
a mail-in rebate promotion, where you pay ~ $10 for 10 cases, then
mail off the receipt and wait a while for your money to return.
However, at this particular store, the guy behind the counter didn't
know about the mail-in part, and was just giving the rebate on the
spot. I asked him how the rebate worked, he said, "uh... <turning to
the other guy> do you know Tony? Hmm, I guess we just deduct the price
from your purchase." Moreover, I asked him if there was a limit-- I'll
give you one guess at his answer! :)
I had pity on the store, and only walked out with ~30 free jewel cases
(I may have paid tax on them, though). Looking back, I probably should
have taken *all* of them (~100), but as it is, I've still got ~20
empty cases in my apartment.
John
Anton Sherwood
: > > Anywho, I make my husband and bf empty their pockets b4 we
(where did that come from?)
: > "minmei" <dp...@snet.net.nospam> elsewhere writes:
: > > Challenger: I was in my bedroom (I was 16) making out with my future 1st
: > > and 2nd husbands (they were 15).
: mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com wrote:
: > On behalf of everyone else here at a.f.c-a, whaaaa? I mean, are just
: > the woman I was praying for the either 1980's or is something weird
: > going on?
Dana Carpender <dcar...@kiva.net> writes
: Wow, her post *did* get you in a tizzy. Care to rephrase?
And at mid-afternoon, too. I think M tried to say:
"...are you just the woman I was praying for, for the entire 1980s..."
--
Anton Sherwood *\\* +1 415 267 0685 *\\* http://www.jps.net/antons/
mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com
> : > "minmei" <dp...@snet.net.nospam> writes:
> : > > Anywho, I make my husband and bf empty their pockets b4 we
>
> (where did that come from?)
>
> : > "minmei" <dp...@snet.net.nospam> elsewhere writes:
> : > > Challenger: I was in my bedroom (I was 16) making out with my future 1st
> : > > and 2nd husbands (they were 15).
>
> : mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com wrote:
> : > On behalf of everyone else here at a.f.c-a, whaaaa? I mean, are just
> : > the woman I was praying for the either 1980's or is something weird
> : > going on?
> And at mid-afternoon, too. I think M tried to say:
> "...are you just the woman I was praying for, for the entire 1980s..."
Than you, Anton -- yes, I have to get my keyboard repaired, it keeps
omitting vital words and those cogent phrases that would reduce anyone
who disagrees with me to quivering jelly.
M.
minmei
my scandalous stories.
minmei
Dana Carpender <dcar...@kiva.net> wrote in message
news:37A7700A...@kiva.net...
> mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com wrote:
> > "minmei" <dp...@snet.net.nospam> writes:
> > > Anywho, I make my husband and bf empty their pockets b4 we
> > "minmei" <dp...@snet.net.nospam> elsewhere writes:
> > > Challenger: I was in my bedroom (I was 16) making out with my future
1st
> > > and 2nd husbands (they were 15).
> > On behalf of everyone else here at a.f.c-a, whaaaa? I mean, are just
> > the woman I was praying for the either 1980's or is something weird
> > going on?
> Wow, her post *did* get you in a tizzy. Care to rephrase?
> Dana W. Carpender
Cary Kittrell
<On 2 Aug 1999 20:23:03 GMT, ca...@afone.as.arizona.edu (Cary Kittrell)
<>
<>
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<>
< LOL - Thanks for the very humorous post.
Thank you. It was a big hit over on rec.humor.cecil-adams too.
< One of my proudest moments came in a Radio Shack store, when I
< discovered they were giving away jewel cases. I suspect that there was
< a mail-in rebate promotion, where you pay ~ $10 for 10 cases, then
< mail off the receipt and wait a while for your money to return.
< However, at this particular store, the guy behind the counter didn't
< know about the mail-in part, and was just giving the rebate on the
< spot. I asked him how the rebate worked, he said, "uh... < turning to
< the other guy> do you know Tony? Hmm, I guess we just deduct the price
< from your purchase." Moreover, I asked him if there was a limit-- I'll
< give you one guess at his answer! :)
<
< I had pity on the store, and only walked out with ~30 free jewel cases
< (I may have paid tax on them, though). Looking back, I probably should
< have taken *all* of them (~100), but as it is, I've still got ~20
< empty cases in my apartment.
<
I had a similar Radio Shack moment. I was buying a Big Bag o' Diodes
or something like that (outside: "100% functional!". inside:
"(some units may not work)"). An older man from the local reservation
was trying to get the cheapest battery checker he could find, to
try to get his pickup going. He had picked out one of these little
throwaway battery testers and was trying to pay for it. The clerk,
who apparently had slid too far down the western slope of the bell
curve to make it at MacDonalds, was LOUDLY and S L O W L Y
and most patronizingly explaining how the truck's battery would
surely burn up the meter. He wasn't quite going "Heap big battery
burnum up baby meter real quick quick", but he wasn't all that
far from it either.
I went up and quietly said "Actually, that will work fine. The
voltage is all that matters". He just sneered. I tried again:
"His truck battery's twelve volts. This tester will do 12
volts. The amperage really doesn't matter". He said "Look
Jack, let's make a bet. We'll take this baby out and put
it on *your* car battery. When it smokes, you've bought it,
right?" "And if I'm right?" "Then you can have anything
in this store, free".
Like you, I ultimately had mercy. I just made him give me
the `100% functional diodes ("some units may not work")'.
-- cary
StarChaser <Anti spam feature in address.>
wrote:
>I had a similar Radio Shack moment. I was buying a Big Bag o' Diodes
<snip amusing story of really dumb Radio Shack <"Yesterday's
Technology Tomorrow!"> employees>
Had a friend who had a CB scanner...he wanted some new crystals for
it, he found two of them, took them to the counter...the computer cash
register was down, and it took three people, one of whom was the
manager, WITH a calculator, 10 minutes to figure out that
4.98$ x 2 = 9.96. THEN they were going to try to figure out the sales
tax of 6.5%. We said 'Forget it' and left...<Yes, I could have told
them the answer, or even shown them on the calculator, but the sight
of these three people groveling over a 1$ calculator, without even all
the fancy buttons to confuse people, was -way- too amusing...>
Cary Kittrell
minmei writes:
<> In article <379CB401...@image-link.com> mitc...@image-link.com,
<> [...]
<
<Actually, Wal-Mart sells replacement CD boxes (usually in their computer
<supplies dept.) they are wonderful, made from a softer plastic that bends a
<little. They're usually 10 for $5 or so. Never broken one yet.
Oooh, thanks for that info. I'm there. Do they have the new no-thicker-
than-one,-really style for two-CD boxen?
< Though as
< someone else mentioned I do have a rather large supply of crystal bottoms
< for sale if anyone's interested.
That was me. Just looking for a girl with crystal tops...
Incidentally, Jake Schmidt and Ed Lynn both pointed out an alternative
technique for removing that sticker along the top which is
attached with the same substance the Brood Queen used to stick Newt to
the wall of the cave. They suggested first dislocating the bottom
hinge, then opening the box like a butterfly fillet. I rushed home
to try it -- pop the hinge, spread the halves...yes, yes, omigod...YES!
The label peels off, so easily, so sweetly, pristine and gloriously intact --
and the CD falls on the floor. Data side down.
I'm working on it.
--
cary kittrell Of course, once anthrax is an illegal
steward mirror lab weapon, then other weapons will be
university of arizona illegal.
-- read on `misc.survivalism'
Rich Clancey
+ Zetan's Book of Enlightenment reveals that on Thu, 29 Jul 1999 04:17:45
+ GMT, StarChaser <Anti spam feature in address.> wrote:
+ >By that time, the CD has gone the way of vinyl records, and everyone
+ >else is listening to patterns of sound captured in left handed
+ >swoopfloomers. I've tried patiently peeling it off, and it means that
+ I vote for something more along the lines of those Prayer Fans in the
+ Heechee books.
I give up. What's a Heechee book? What's a prayer fan?
Rich Clancey
+ rilc...@aol.com (Rilchiam) wrote:
+ > My pepper spray was confiscated by airport security.
+ In the event of depressurization, could a can of pepper spray
+ explode and send capsaicin everywhere? I don't know, just asking.
I don't know, but a can of Right Guard (tm) will leak at a
phenominal rate if carried on board and stowed under the seat. Not a
bad smell (like celery, it's much different when concentrated) but one
does not care to attract that sort of attention somewhere over the
Atlantic.
Rich Clancey
[human drama snipped]
+ "Mr. Cone, do you know a Deborah Finn?"
+ "Yes, she's my cousin; I'm expecting her."
+ "Are you aware that she has a pocket watch?"
+ "Um, yes. It's a Mickey Mouse pocket watch."
+ (It was an off-to-college present from my parents, and had been displayed among
+ the extended family.)
+ "Someone could make a time bomb with one of these things, you know. But we'll
+ let her come up if you vouch for her."
Now just a dad-blasted minute here. How can you make a time
bomb out of a pocket watch? Has this ever been done?
StarChaser <Anti spam feature in address.>
wrote:
Could be worse...a friend of mine was on a flight that the connection
was delayed like 2 hours for, so they gave everybody dinner...a
MEXICAN dinner. Later in the flight, everybody on the plane began to
'leak at a phenomenal rate', and were wishing that the oxygen masks
would come down...
Bill Baldwin
I take it you've never watched MacGyver?
mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com
> Rich Clancey wrote:
> > Now just a dad-blasted minute here. How can you make a time
> >bomb out of a pocket watch? Has this ever been done?
>
> I take it you've never watched MacGyver?
Or _Speed_?
M.
Jake Schmidt
news:7o9tv3$cdr$1...@news.ccit.arizona.edu...
<snip>
> Incidentally, Jake Schmidt and Ed Lynn both pointed out an alternative
> technique for removing that sticker along the top which is
> attached with the same substance the Brood Queen used to stick Newt to
> the wall of the cave. They suggested first dislocating the bottom
> hinge, then opening the box like a butterfly fillet. I rushed home
> to try it -- pop the hinge, spread the halves...yes, yes, omigod...YES!
> The label peels off, so easily, so sweetly, pristine and gloriously
intact --
> and the CD falls on the floor. Data side down.
>
> I'm working on it.
Hey, we're not responsible for errors--it's gotta be a carefully
choreographed process.
;)
> --
> cary kittrell Of course, once anthrax is an
illegal
> steward mirror lab weapon, then other weapons will be
> university of arizona illegal.
> -- read on
`misc.survivalism'
Jake
Anton Sherwood
: > > Now just a dad-blasted minute here. How can you make a time
: > >bomb out of a pocket watch? Has this ever been done?
: "Bill Baldwin" <ju...@micronet.net> writes:
: > I take it you've never watched MacGyver?
mlo...@lobo.civetsystems.com writes
: Or _Speed_?
_MacGyver_ was gone before I ever heard of it, but I'm fairly certain
that _Speed_ did not go into the engineering details.