5 Dec
2012
5 Dec
'12
1 p.m.
From: Alexandre Souza - Listas <pu1bzz.listas at gmail.com
Does Dad need fixin' for putting puter where
daughter can abuse it? Years ago my friend set up his Tandy 2000 >w/the vertical floor
standing fixture. She, ~ 1 year old, thought graham crackers would work as well in the
floppy >drive as disks would. Live and learn.
? And it worked? Did she found a nice supply of fresh (and edible) discs? :oO
? :o)If
C: It was effectual in causing dad to get his puter off the floor. In that sense it
worked.
??? I doubt such a youngin is capable of arriving at your conclusion logically. If she was
of the habit of leaving her graham crackers in the drive, then coming back and eating them
later, perhaps then at some point she might try to dine on floppy media. A long shot, only
likely in the even the computer was not used for a length of time. Dad would certainly
have heard a particularly nasty sound once he turned it on, and would have extracted it.
?Perhaps there's a profound discovery herein. Perhaps graham crackers might be the
ideal media everyone has been searching for.
?I sure hope you all in Brazil don't feed your chillinz old floppy disks when supplies
get low (A JOKE). We who were born in bigger cities have, or at least I have, dined quite
regularly on plaster chips (and slabs!) in our youths. But the texture is far to be
desired over floppy platters.