On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Tom <tba...@nmia.com> wrote: > > Years ago, when I was a teenager, I worked in a gas station, and to > show you how long ago this was, we actually put the gas in the > customers' cars for them! They never even had to get out of the car! > And while the car was being gassed up, we also checked the engine oil, > the tire pressure, anything else we were asked to, and of course we > always cleaned the windshields (I know this sounds fantastic to the > current generation, who will accuse me of lying, but honest, you > really did get service like that, at ALL gas stations up through about > the late 1970s, when civilization declined into self-serve > everything). > > It was while washing the windshields that I became acquainted with the > ugliness of cigarette smoke residue. I don't know how many drivers who > smoked asked me if I could please try to get some of that cloudy gumbo > off the inside of their windshield, so they could see through it a > little better. They would get out of the car, I would get in with my > spray bottle of cleaner and rag, and I'd spray and rub and spray and > rub trying to get that sticky, awful goo off the glass. And mostly all > I accomplished was to smear it around. We never found anything that > could really get it off. If anything confirmed my decision never to > smoke, that was it. Knowing that the inside of a smoker's lungs was > coated with that same filthy goo, even worse than the windshields, > drove home the health hazards of tobacco, as if the stinking clothes > of the driver and the smelly upholstery of his car weren't enough. > > Trying to get that crud out of the inside of a computer, where fans > have sucked it in and deposited it all over, must be a real chore, if > it's really possible at all (how can you scrub or even wipe off all > those tiny electronic components). It sounds like all the disassembly > and monkeying around with the computer's parts might be as detrimental > to its workings as the smoke residue. > > I would never knowingly buy the computer of a smoker. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ >
Not that hard actually. And the monkeying around with the computers innards is good for learning and satisfying to the user. I would not let smoke residue stand between me and a real bargain. That would be silly. You might find your dream machine under the tar, some one should save it!. But I don't know many people any more who smoke anyway. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
