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Ablang
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:41 am Post subject:
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Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that result
from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any
birds (or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
What do you do? I hope you don't just throw them in the
garbage.
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"You're so ambitious, aren't you?...You know what you look
like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a
rube. A well-scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste....Good
nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you're not more than
one generation from poor white trash, are you?"
-- Dr Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
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Bobby
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:18 am Post subject:
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"Ablang" <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that result
from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any
birds (or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
What do you do? I hope you don't just throw them in the
garbage.
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Check the archives. Someone posts this question at least once a month. |
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Rod Speed
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:27 am Post subject:
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Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that
result from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any birds
(or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
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Urban myth. And I dont want to scare them anyway.
Tad impractical with my very large trees anyway.
Throw them in the garbage.
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More fool you. |
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tallulah
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:57 am Post subject:
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they would make a cool mobile or wall covering, but you'd have to
collect a lot of them. AOL must have sent me 100 or so. A woman can
keep one in her purse for a mirror that doesn't show your age. Remember
the 331/3 records that they melted and shaped into bowls in the 70s?
you could put them into your oven, ruin your oven, and then get a brand
new oven. CDs are very useful.
Ablang wrote:
| Quote: | Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that result
from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any
birds (or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
What do you do? I hope you don't just throw them in the
garbage.
===
"You're so ambitious, aren't you?...You know what you look
like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a
rube. A well-scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste....Good
nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you're not more than
one generation from poor white trash, are you?"
-- Dr Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
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The Real Bev
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:04 am Post subject:
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Ablang wrote:
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Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that result
from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any
birds (or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
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That's probably a crock. My mom had a mirror-finished pot on her patio
that a bluejay persisted in attacking for weeks.
| Quote: | What do you do? I hope you don't just throw them in the
garbage.
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I've tossed some up into the liquidambar tree as Xmas decorations. I've
also tied a couple to the back of my bicycle as reflectors. The rest go
into the recycling bin. Their problem now.
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Cheers,
Bev
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"The federal government has taken too much tax money from the
people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty
with the Constitution." -- Ronald Reagan |
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Mike Richter
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:15 am Post subject:
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Ablang wrote:
| Quote: | Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that result
from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any
birds (or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
What do you do? I hope you don't just throw them in the
garbage.
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They are said to repel birds when hung in trees, free to spin about.
There is a Japanese kit (from Gakken) to build a Berliner phonograph -
the first disc recording device. I haven't put mine together yet, but am
told that it will write to and play back from a CD.
They also have a reproduction Edison cylinder machine, but that
obviously does not work with discs, CD or otherwise.
Mike
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mrichter@cpl.net
http://www.mrichter.com/ |
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George Grapman
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:32 am Post subject:
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| Put one over your coffee to it it warm. |
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John Chewter
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:44 pm Post subject:
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Sequins for giants would be another use?
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:27:12 +1100, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com
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Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
news:t03lq05a9ro34gpkodob0j5pk7st8k0f6p@4ax.com...
Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that
result from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any birds
(or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
Urban myth. And I dont want to scare them anyway.
Why not? I get out my Hallowe'en costume around once a month just to
keep them on their toes.
Joel
Tad impractical with my very large trees anyway.
What do you do?
Throw them in the garbage.
I hope you don't just throw them in the garbage.
More fool you.
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John Chewter
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:
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Playing poker with Auntie at Christmas?
One CD = 100 Matches
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:44:45 +0000 (UTC), "John Chewter"
john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote:
Sequins for giants would be another use?
Or huge sequins for regular sized people ........
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:27:12 +1100, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com
wrote:
Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
news:t03lq05a9ro34gpkodob0j5pk7st8k0f6p@4ax.com...
Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that
result from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any birds
(or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
Urban myth. And I dont want to scare them anyway.
Why not? I get out my Hallowe'en costume around once a month just to
keep them on their toes.
Joel
Tad impractical with my very large trees anyway.
What do you do?
Throw them in the garbage.
I hope you don't just throw them in the garbage.
More fool you.
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John Chewter
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject:
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Shaving mirror for surprised people?
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:44:45 +0000 (UTC), "John Chewter"
john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote:
Sequins for giants would be another use?
Or huge sequins for regular sized people ........
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:27:12 +1100, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com
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Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
news:t03lq05a9ro34gpkodob0j5pk7st8k0f6p@4ax.com...
Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that
result from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any birds
(or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
Urban myth. And I dont want to scare them anyway.
Why not? I get out my Hallowe'en costume around once a month just to
keep them on their toes.
Joel
Tad impractical with my very large trees anyway.
What do you do?
Throw them in the garbage.
I hope you don't just throw them in the garbage.
More fool you.
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Joel M. Eichen
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:26 pm Post subject:
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On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:41:36 -0800, Ablang
<HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that result
from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any
birds (or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
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The pidgeons particularly dislike the "Yanni at the Acropolis"
CDs,,,,,,,,, it scares them away every time.
Dental patients too.
Joel
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What do you do? I hope you don't just throw them in the
garbage.
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"You're so ambitious, aren't you?...You know what you look
like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a
rube. A well-scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste....Good
nutrition has given you some length of bone, but you're not more than
one generation from poor white trash, are you?"
-- Dr Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
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Joel M. Eichen
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject:
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:27:12 +1100, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
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Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
news:t03lq05a9ro34gpkodob0j5pk7st8k0f6p@4ax.com...
Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that
result from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any birds
(or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
Urban myth. And I dont want to scare them anyway.
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Why not? I get out my Hallowe'en costume around once a month just to
keep them on their toes.
Joel
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Tad impractical with my very large trees anyway.
What do you do?
Throw them in the garbage.
I hope you don't just throw them in the garbage.
More fool you.
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Jesse
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject:
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Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in
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| Quote: | Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that result
from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
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How about cracking the outside circumference to form a dangerous jagged
edge,then whip them at SMH's juggler vein.
I'm sure he'd appreciate being put out of his misery very much. |
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John Chewter
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject:
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Philosopher's stone. For reflecting on both sides of a problem.
"John Chewter" <john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Shaving mirror for surprised people?
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:44:45 +0000 (UTC), "John Chewter"
john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote:
Sequins for giants would be another use?
Or huge sequins for regular sized people ........
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vr1mq0l7045ltlkfn2qmfidf0da0ku12po@4ax.com...
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:27:12 +1100, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com
wrote:
Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
news:t03lq05a9ro34gpkodob0j5pk7st8k0f6p@4ax.com...
Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that
result from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any birds
(or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
Urban myth. And I dont want to scare them anyway.
Why not? I get out my Hallowe'en costume around once a month just to
keep them on their toes.
Joel
Tad impractical with my very large trees anyway.
What do you do?
Throw them in the garbage.
I hope you don't just throw them in the garbage.
More fool you.
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John Chewter
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:07 pm Post subject:
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Borders
In a teen's bedroom they make a nice substitute for a wallpaper border (it
takes ALOT though). If you don't have that many you could also use them for
a window or mirror border. Put them side by side or overlap them
Candle Display
Use cd's shiny side up to sit small pillar or votive candles on. The
reflection off the cd's is great for centerpieces on buffet tables,
especially during the holidays
CD as template for a circle
when you need a perfect circle for a project and you have two sizes
Christmas Light Reflectors
We use them as reflectors for Christmas lights outside....the c-7 size bulbs
fit thru the opening and then we put the light string on outdoor stakes and
line a sidewalk...looks REALLY cool when it is lightly raining...the clear
colored bulbs work best
Christmas ornament ideas
Using a permanent marking pen, Xmas shaped sponges and\or small simple
stencils, I traced small stockings, bells, trees, stars and snowman on the
shiny side of the cd and then cut them out using a small electric scroll
saw. The key was to go slow. Then I used the dremel to smooth the edges and
punch the holes to slip cord through to hang them. The finishing touch is to
paint the label side with acrylic paint sponged on, or use snow texture
paint, or glue and glitter. The commercial cd's show a pretty silvery color
and writeable cds a lovely gold color. You can personalize the small
ornaments with kids names written with a metallic permanent marker or
acrylic paint. Or string a whole bunch together for a wonderful homemade
garland
Gardens
Run a string through the hole and hang from trees or fences to keep birds
away from garden
Make a clock
buy clockworks at your local craft store, the CD has a readymade hole in the
center
Make bowls
Place in oven on low heat over a metal bowl shape, or heat with a blow
dryer. When softened, they can be bent (gently). Glue to small plates or
seal hole and use for candy dishes, fountain bowls, etc
Mosaic
Break them into small pieces (take your frustrations out on them) and use as
mosaic tiles
Reflectors
Fasten to a wooden stake by pre-drilling and screwing/nailing it to the
wood, shiny side OUT, and use as reflectors along your sidewalk or driveway
"John Chewter" <john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Philosopher's stone. For reflecting on both sides of a problem.
"John Chewter" <john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cofgrs$dpb$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
Shaving mirror for surprised people?
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:tfbmq0tgea0334lbeo3i92o6qk85tfap6g@4ax.com...
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:44:45 +0000 (UTC), "John Chewter"
john@LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk> wrote:
Sequins for giants would be another use?
Or huge sequins for regular sized people ........
"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vr1mq0l7045ltlkfn2qmfidf0da0ku12po@4ax.com...
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:27:12 +1100, "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com
wrote:
Ablang <HilaryEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message
news:t03lq05a9ro34gpkodob0j5pk7st8k0f6p@4ax.com...
Does anyone have any creative uses for CD/DVD coasters that
result from bad burns, or free AOL/Earthlink/PeopleSoft, etc CDs?
I did read that the shiny reflective underside scares any birds
(or pigeons) because they are scared of their own reflections.
Urban myth. And I dont want to scare them anyway.
Why not? I get out my Hallowe'en costume around once a month just to
keep them on their toes.
Joel
Tad impractical with my very large trees anyway.
What do you do?
Throw them in the garbage.
I hope you don't just throw them in the garbage.
More fool you.
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