[AT] Waaay OT

[Larry D. Goss]

Thanks H. L.  That looks like the right story -- without the homey twist
of the farmer in his barn.  That looks like a company I'd buy stock in;
if for no other reason than that they're working on a solution for bad
cell phone manners.  It was a bit disturbing to have a cell phone go off
during a preacher's eulogy at a funeral.  It was even worse when the
lady answered the phone and proceeded to carry on a conversation.

Larry



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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of H. L. Staples
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Waaay OT



Larry there may be some truth to his story.



 http://makeashorterlink.com/?R513348CC



Take a look if you like.



H. L. 



On 3/11/2006 9:24:47 PM, Larry D. Goss (rlgoss at evansville.net) wrote: >
I know just enough about this subject to be REALLY dangerous. Have any >
of you heard anything about this? Or is this simply > someone's wishful
> thinking? > > SUPPOSEDLY, some "farmer" somewhere discovered that he
didn't > have cell > phone reception when he was in his barn. He then
discovered that the > lack of reception was associated with a bar of
cold hardened copper he > was using as a door stop (or some similar
mundane use). He has > discovered a way of putting the cold hardened
copper into paint so it > can be applied to ordinary walls in office
buildings, schools, churches, > theaters, funeral parlors... Think of
the possibilities! -- to > automatically keep cell phones from
disturbing meetings or events held > in certain locations simply by
covering the walls with a special paint. > > Is there any truth to this?
> I'm well aware that the ordinary way of > hardening copper is to cold
work it, so what's > with the "cold hardened" > emphasis in the story?
And what's the hardening of copper got to do > with it blocking cell
phone signals -- but not pagers? And why copper > instead of lead? Or is
the whole thing a shaggy dog story?
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