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Re: Slot Car (was Plastic film removal)

To: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Slot Car (was Plastic film removal)
From: Derek Harling <derek.lola@home.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:54:10 -0400
I presume you're under 40?
Derek

Scott Hall wrote:

> somebody's gonna be unhappy, but: what's a slot car?  I was under the
> impression it was the little electric matchbox car you got for christmas
> and broke the track two days later.  no?
>
> On Wed, 23 May 2001, Phil Ethier wrote:
>
> > ><< > Oil of wintergreen?
> > > > (slot car tire treatment)
> > >
> > > I can't believe someone else knows this old trick!
> >
> > Believe it.  My high-school mates used this stuff.  I used a different 
>product
> > called U-go Blue Goo.  It was actually a coating.  Worked great but did not
> > last.  I found it was good for 7 laps of our 10-lap races, so I would build
> > up a lead, then ease off and hope my opponent could not catch me at the end.
> >  Often, this strategy worked.

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