ptegler@cablespeed SEZ -
> Maybe it's only my personal experiences, but it truly seems
> like the less you use them, the more they rebel, and want to be
> finicky, new leaks start, and stuff breaks.
That's the nature of mechanical devices. If they aren't used,
they get "bed sores". One of the simplest, most elegant expressions
of this I've ever read was in the owner's manual for a Victor
Victrola, circa 1910's:
"The Victrola thrives on use."
'Nuff said. :-)
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David Breneman | "Just because something doesn't
Distributed Systems S/W Analyst | do what you planned it to do
Airborne Express, Inc. | doesn't mean it's useless."
david.breneman@airborne.com | - Thomas Edison
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