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Corranga
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by Corranga » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:55 pm
graeme wrote:Well, there's 30 seconds of my life I'll never get back...
Greg, you owe me 30 seconds.
Somehow I managed to read the whole topic so closer to 2 minutes here...
On a related side note, I bought my dad James Bond 007 paper clips as a stocking filler, weird things, shaped like the 00 and the 7 from the logo...
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Tom
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by Tom » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:09 pm
GregR wrote:So, how many uses do you reckon a paperclip gets before its turned into something artistic by someone?
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actually, we're just covering work hardening in metals (dislocation motion), for example, when you bend a paperclip back and forwards till it snaps... I think it's between 6-8 times till it breaks...
ha ha, i said work hardening.. that should raise a few titters
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by Dominic » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:41 pm
Tom wrote:GregR wrote:So, how many uses do you reckon a paperclip gets before its turned into something artistic by someone?
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actually, we're just covering work hardening in metals (dislocation motion), for example, when you bend a paperclip back and forwards till it snaps... I think it's between 6-8 times till it breaks...
ha ha, i said work hardening.. that should raise a few titters
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by GregR » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:42 pm
You love it in here, don't you Dom? - its like you're dirty little thread of shame
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Tom
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by Tom » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:49 pm
Dominic wrote:Tom wrote:GregR wrote:So, how many uses do you reckon a paperclip gets before its turned into something artistic by someone?
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actually, we're just covering work hardening in metals (dislocation motion), for example, when you bend a paperclip back and forwards till it snaps... I think it's between 6-8 times till it breaks...
ha ha, i said work hardening.. that should raise a few titters
6 times
good man!
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by Dominic » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:51 pm
