Posted by AZ Nomad on 07/25/06 17:57

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:42:42 -0700, WinField <doghouse@operamail.com> wrote:



>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
Maybe one in ten thousand. Maybe one in thirty of those cared
enough to bother.

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