Let's see; let's call 5 nights = 15 hours. Now you can buy a complete set in
any color you want for $59 so your 15 hours labor saved you $39 which means
you "earned" $2.60 per hour or less than 1/2 minimum wage.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Laukaitis" <jim5@us.ibm.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 10:31 AM
Subject: magnetic numbers
> How about this $20 soultion:
> I printed out standard numbers from some font in a favorite desktop
> program, and cut them out (7" or so tall).
> I went to the local arts and crafts store, bought the magnetic
> material in white (black car) I even splurged an extra $2 and got orange
> for the letters, and I pulled out the old x-acto knife.
> It took about 5 nights. I made two of each number, and when you look
> closely at them, they look like someone cut them out with an x-acto knife.
> They work just fine. I took that long because sometimes the kitchen table
> had to be used for other things.
>
> Disclaimer: I will not be help responsible for anyone who doesn't use
> common sense to put some cardboard between the magnetic material and thier
> kitchen table. Nor will I be help responsible and loss of blood, limbs or
> life.
>
> Jim
> email: jim5@us.ibm.com
> 2000 Maxima SE
> hopefully a 1967 MGB-GT
> "my karma ran over your dogma"
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