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#249010 - 11/02/2005 21:19 Useless fact #388457
g_attrill old hand Registered: 14/04/2002 Posts: 1172 Loc: Hants, UK	I just opened a self-seal envelope in the dark and re-discovered one of those useless oddities I read about years and years ago. Still brought a nerdy smile to my face. Try it! Gareth
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#249011 - 11/02/2005 22:52 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: g_attrill]
msaeger carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	Huh ? _________________________ Matt
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#249012 - 11/02/2005 23:09 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: msaeger]
AudunE journeyman Registered: 08/10/2004 Posts: 53 Loc: Trondheim, Norway	The glue will emit light when you open the envelope... _________________________ - Audun E -
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#249013 - 12/02/2005 01:00 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: AudunE]
msaeger carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	Ahhh I have never heard that one thanks _________________________ Matt
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#249014 - 12/02/2005 05:53 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: msaeger]
boxer pooh-bah Registered: 16/04/2002 Posts: 2011 Loc: Yorkshire UK	If it's anything like the envelopes from our stationers, the glue will have dried out and probably the glow with it!!!! _________________________ Politics and Ideology: Not my bag
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#249015 - 12/02/2005 14:28 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: AudunE]
DWallach carpal tunnel Registered: 30/04/2000 Posts: 3810	In the dry air of winter (or, what passes for winter in Houston), we don't generally bother with a humidifier. Still, it's dry enough for static electricity to start kicking in. If I take off my sweater with the lights out, I'll see lots of nice sparks illuminating the inside of the sweater. Amusing question: what's the source of the glue-light? Chemical? Electrical?
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#249016 - 12/02/2005 15:53 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: DWallach]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	It's chemical. When you rip it open you're breaking chemical bonds in the glue which release the energy as light.
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#249017 - 12/02/2005 21:00 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: tman]
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3996 Loc: Manchester UK	Quote: It's chemical. When you rip it open you're breaking chemical bonds in the glue which release the energy as light. I'm going to have a go at work next week, although I'll have to find somewhere dark to try it. _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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#249018 - 13/02/2005 07:19 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: andym]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	Quote: ...although I'll have to find somewhere dark to try it. Yeah, that's gonna look really good when someone walks into a darkened stationery cupboard and finds you giggling while repeatedly opening envelopes... _________________________ -- roger
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#249019 - 14/02/2005 06:48 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: andym]
frog51 pooh-bah Registered: 09/08/2000 Posts: 2091 Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland	Remember to take some polo mints, so that while you're there, you can snap them to add to the illuminations _________________________ Rory MkIIa, blue lit buttons, memory upgrade, 1Tb in Subaru Forester STi MkII, 240Gb in Mark Lord dock MkII, 80Gb SSD in dock
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#249020 - 15/02/2005 04:49 Re: Useless fact #388457 [Re: Roger]
canuckInOR carpal tunnel Registered: 13/02/2002 Posts: 3212 Loc: Portland, OR	And be careful of who you invite into the dark closet with you, too.
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