30 Jul
2012
30 Jul
'12
2:13 p.m.
Whale oil is somewhat expensive and hard to find. I believe watchmakers used it.
Paul
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:57 PM, JP Hindin <jplist2008 at kiwigeek.com> wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012, Mike Loewen wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012, William Donzelli wrote:
I must be a bit late coming to this... what's core oil? What would ADMs
want with 'whale oil'?
I can't work out if this is a joke, or not. There's just enough esoterica
in vintage computers that I'm not positive.
Much obliged;
- JP
On a related note, a friend of mine found in his
collection a full
sealed can of whale oil, from ADM, no less. We are not sure what to do
with it.
Look for a squeaky whale?