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Christmas pressie list?
Dec 09, 2009
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Oh, I like the sharp sand exfoliating face scrub - could be useful for hairy arsed DIYers!
Number three actually exists !
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Somehow that doesn't have quite the appeal of the V8 engined one - rather lacking the sexy touch !!
Rob
That reminds me to ask -- in the WD40 or maybe electrolube area, was there a product called "Rocket"? Or did one of them come in a can with a picture of a rocket on it? I'm sure I remember my Dad using the phrase "a squirt of rocket".
It was originally marketed as 'Rocket WD40' - and the can had missile-like chequer-board markings on it...
Can't remember when it lost the 'Rocket' bit ?
Adrian
Thanks. That would be it.
some time in the last forty years -- maybe someone can narrow it down...
I remembered it originally as that too - and I think it said on the tin that it was used on the Atlas rocket project.. A quick google and:
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into a Word document. On the 42nd page I found two real gems:
? Cleans raccoon traps
? Helps remove stuck prosthetic leg
So next time you need to clean your raccoon trap, WD40 it is! ;-)
I still think of it with 'Rocket', hence my one-time sig. about the war on Iraq having 'Rocket WMD-45' and 'political lubricant' in it.
Perhaps Apollo 13...?
It works on zips
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