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| Thread ID: 102104 | 2009-08-07 04:45:00 | Belated Death Notice. | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 799022 | 2009-08-07 04:45:00 | John S. Barry, an executive who masterminded the spread of WD-40, the petroleum-based lubricant and protectant created for the space program, into millions of American and worldwide households, died on July 3 2009 in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego. He was 84. :crying |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 799023 | 2009-08-07 05:00:00 | Why didn't they use CRC? ;) | Richard (739) | ||
| 799024 | 2009-08-07 05:17:00 | What a man. WD-40 is great stuff. I wonder if he came up with anything else. Interesting that it is petroleum based, no doubt that is why it is so good at removing tar (bitumen) from cars and the like. It's a shame that we all grow old and then die, me !!! not too far away. |
Bryan (147) | ||
| 799025 | 2009-08-07 08:05:00 | That's sad, it stands for Water Displacement the forieth try worked, the previous 39 did not. The moral of the story, is never give up ! |
Digby (677) | ||
| 799026 | 2009-08-07 08:19:00 | What a man. WD-40 is great stuff. I wonder if he came up with anything else. Interesting that it is petroleum based, no doubt that is why it is so good at removing tar (bitumen) from cars and the like. He didn't come up with WD-40 he was just the guy who marketed it and did a bloody good job, it was invented about 15 years before he came to the company. The Guy who invented it was Norm Larsen (en.wikipedia.org), who also had a hand in the creation of CRC 5.56 |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 799027 | 2009-08-07 09:03:00 | Is there much practical difference between wd40 and crc? I tried a quick google but found nothing. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 799028 | 2009-08-07 09:10:00 | A locksmith told me you can use WD-40 on lock mechanisms, but not CRC, which will gum up the lock mechanism. | Sick Puppy (6959) | ||
| 799029 | 2009-08-07 09:39:00 | I heard he just slipped away.... Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 799030 | 2009-08-07 10:09:00 | A locksmith told me you can use WD-40 on lock mechanisms, but not CRC, which will gum up the lock mechanism. You shouldn't use either for that you should use dry graphite as it doesn't collect crap like liquid lubricants do |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 799031 | 2009-08-07 10:44:00 | Why didn't they use CRC? ;) CRC only came later, a pale and innefectual copy of the real thing (powered by marketing). |
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