Sheesh, Herb ... give all the techo stuff a rest ;-)) It's a tongue in cheek comment. It must be true that engineers have less fun ... <--- Joke, smile, vbg, LOL
Herb Chong wrote: > the size and quantity of graphite that bothers a person is far, far larger > than the size that would bother electronics. just dust from the writing is > enough. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: OT: pencils in space (was Re: another istD issue) > > > Why should fragments escape from the sharpener. Surely a technological > society > > that can find a way into space can make a sharpener that will contain the > > shavings. I've a 1950's era aharpener that does that quite well with > pencils, > > and with some modification (duct tape over the joints) it should be good > enough > > for a round trip to the moon.
