Words that send a shiver down your spine...

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Re: Words that send a shiver down your spine...

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With a tip of the hat to the post above:

"The check's in the mail"

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Yes, you can unplug that, it isn't being used...
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Re: Words that send a shiver down your spine...

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Darklord wrote: 27 Feb 2025 14:21 With a tip of the hat to the post above:

"The check's in the mail"

:)
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mrbombermillzy wrote: 27 Feb 2025 11:44 This may be a bit too close a call for some:

'Battery has leaked, but its been removed now, so the board should be ok.'
:chairsmack: :chairsmack: :chairsmack:

That's one each from the A500+ and two Varta's on memory expansion boards!
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JezC wrote: 27 Feb 2025 16:55
mrbombermillzy wrote: 27 Feb 2025 11:44 This may be a bit too close a call for some:

'Battery has leaked, but its been removed now, so the board should be ok.'
:chairsmack: :chairsmack: :chairsmack:

That's one each from the A500+ and two Varta's on memory expansion boards!
Yikes!!!
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Re: Words that send a shiver down your spine...

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JezC wrote: 27 Feb 2025 16:55
mrbombermillzy wrote: 27 Feb 2025 11:44 This may be a bit too close a call for some:

'Battery has leaked, but its been removed now, so the board should be ok.'
:chairsmack: :chairsmack: :chairsmack:

That's one each from the A500+ and two Varta's on memory expansion boards!
:lol:

I thought that one would hit a nerve!
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Re: Words that send a shiver down your spine...

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mrbombermillzy wrote: 27 Feb 2025 19:09
JezC wrote: 27 Feb 2025 16:55

:chairsmack: :chairsmack: :chairsmack:

That's one each from the A500+ and two Varta's on memory expansion boards!
:lol:

I thought that one would hit a nerve!
Indeed!
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Re: Words that send a shiver down your spine...

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"That bang sounded a bit like an exploding battery..."

(a few months later I open a Mac Classic, and find the exploded battery that completely ruined the mainboard and even caused the metal frame to rust)
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"Cut the red wire..."

<snip>

"But first............."


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In mathematics, '"it can be shown that...".

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