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Re: [6pack] Perished brake lines

To: Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [6pack] Perished brake lines
From: "Foster, Stan" <stan.foster@hp.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:50:32 +0000
Precisely !.



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:49 PM
To: Foster, Stan
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [6pack] Perished brake lines

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Foster, Stan wrote:

> It really has two meanings, one is to die as in they all perished at sea.
The
> other is often applied to soft materials like rubber and leather when they
> become brittle and dry with age and start to deteriorate and break up. It
> would not be applied to a solid part for example like a shaft or a bearing.

Right - shafts and bearings get "knackered".

:-)

> Stan


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