[Novalug] OT - Re: Emotional Support (recycling CDs)

[Dennis Durham]

After you have had the fun of microwaving your CDs, I can still use  
them for my nightlight project if you want to save them for me. ;-)

Dennis

On Dec 4, 2008, at 9:51 PM, Bonnie Dalzell wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Roger W. Broseus wrote:
>
> RWB >Bonnie,
> RWB >
> RWB >Let yourself go and have some real fun: put one of them into a  
> microwave
> RWB >oven and turn it on for a couple seconds. Be careful when  
> removing the CD
> RWB >from the microwave oven: it will be hot. (Of course one should  
> not leave a
> RWB >microwave oven on very long without a load, e.g., a cup of  
> water, etc.,
> RWB >because you can burn-out the magnetron (microwave generator).  
> Old Window$
> RWB >CDs are even more fun to do this with.
>
> Yes
>
> I made solstice decorations out of a bunch of 'bad burns' several  
> years
> ago. however i suspect that they put off toxic fumes. so the  
> solution was
> to place each one silver side down in a saucer of water and give it  
> around
> 12 seconds. no fumes.
>
> Thanks for thinking of me.
>
>
>
>
> RWB >
> RWB >Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
> RWB >   Email: RogerB at bronord.com
> RWB >   Web Site: www.bronord.com
> RWB >
> RWB >
> RWB >
> RWB >novalug-request at calypso.tux.org wrote:
> RWB >>    4. disposing of CD's - emotional support needed (Bonnie  
> Dalzell)
> RWB >> ------------------------------
> RWB >> Message: 4
> RWB >> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:33:47 -0500 (EST)
> RWB >> From: Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net>
> RWB >> Subject: [Novalug] disposing of CD's - emotional support needed
> RWB >> To: novalug mailing list <NOVALUG at calypso.tux.org>
> RWB >> Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0812032028310.4509 at shell.qis.net>
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> RWB >>
> RWB >> I am cleaning up stuff (re post about Pentium II). I have a  
> whole lot of
> RWB >> CD's for OLD Linux installs. Factory made Mandrakes, factory  
> made
> RWB >> Redhats, etc. (I went through a number of Lineces before  
> Ubuntu).
> RWB >>
> RWB >> It is really hard to just throw these things away.
> RWB >>
> RWB >> Anyone have a use for them?
> RWB >>
> RWB >> Any help will be appreciated.
> RWB >>
> RWB >> I guess I can hang them on one of the outdoor spruce or cedar  
> trees for
> RWB >> as Solstice Decor - they are pretty colors.
> RWB >>
> RWB >> I did throw out around 30 bad floppies today so I am making  
> some
> RWB >> progress.
> RWB >>
> RWB >>  
> ~ 
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> RWB >>
> RWB >
>
> ~ 
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