In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Hankey,
Robert" <[log in to unmask]> writes
>     Here is a story about my tape recycling.
>
> A few years back when we still used mag tapes, I had a good friend who
> was to be married. I thought a good use of some of the tapes that we
> didn't use anymore was to (with some help) unwrap them from there
> spools (one 2400' reel made a remarkably large pile) and use them as
> decorations on and in the car they were going to use for there
> honeymoon. I didn't think they would not take the tape off of there
> car before they left, but they didn't. It wasn't too many miles into
> their trip that the tape became so entangled in the axles of the car
> that it ended up ruining their brakes.
>
>     Bob Hankey
>     Keystone Aea 1

Of course, nowadays everyone has disk brakes, so this shouldn't happen
any more.... :-)

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