RE: Windshield slime...

[David Peterson <peterson@ati.com>]

        If I remember the explanation from chemistry right:

        Poly-mers (plastics) are made of many (poly) lengths
of organic compound chains (know as mers). The small short
chains are fairly volatile and evaporate from your new dash
quickly - otherwise know as "new car smell". Which is also
why old cars NEVER smell new again - no matter what they
tell you at the car wash.

        Nice to know that these short chain poly-vinyl-chloride
compounds are fairly toxic too. Have a nice day. :^)

        H        H
        |        |
        C--------C
       /          \
      /            \
   H-C              C-H
      \            /
       \          /
        C--------C
        |        |
        H        H

        Trivia for the day, what's wrong with the picture?

David Peterson
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