Posted by WinField on 07/25/06 17:42

AZ Nomad wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:23:18 -0700, WinField <doghouse@operamail.com> wrote:
>
>>Almost 105 billion people knew how to re_align the 8-track heads,
>>though
>>no one could get it perfect.
>

AZ Nomad wrote:
> 105 billion people? What have you been smoking?

I thought you'd never ask, Nomad. 8*)
Here is the sentence I smoked ...

>>Lostcub@la_la_land.com wrote:

[The cassette] "killed the 8-track ONLY (my emphahsis) because no one
knew how to re align the heads after cleaning, which caused the cross
talk. Hint, it was a little screw at the bottom of the player."

Ha! One of the most absurd statements I have read recently.

Now that my "high" has worn off, I'm ready for YOUR estimate of how many
folks knew how to align 8-track heads. :~P



- winf

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