> You know, we always hear this, but I can't really decide how
> much is just
> hype and FUD. The word "bomb" tends to conjure up firey
> explosions and the
> thought of losing limbs when it goes off. (Actually, the dictionary
> definition hinges on "explosion" and not an implosion like a
> CRT.) Every
> CRT I've cracked, shot, and generally broken hasn't done much
> more than spit
> some broken glass a few feet in a most anti-climactic manner.
> I've dropped
> glasses in the kitchen with more spectacular results!
>
> Anyone here *tried* to break the front face of an old 19"
> monitor with a
> hammer? (I have. ;-)
This comment brought back flashbacks of when I was seven up in my Uncles barn. He had about 7 TVs and my cousins and I took some hammers and smashed all their tubes in. None of them really did anything "menacing" or remotely scary. I can still remember to this day hearing my Uncle yell "You kids better not be messing with those TVs! I'm gonna fix those someday!"
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