On Jul 23, 12:28*am, David Nebenzahl wrote:
Seehttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/business/22barry1.html
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And to all those naysayers here (you know--"WD-40 is nothing but
crap!"), the article says:

* *Convair, a unit of General Dynamics, first used WD-40 to protect the
* *outer skin of the Atlas missile from rust and corrosion. The product
* *worked so well that employees sneaked WD-40 cans out of the plant to use
* *at home.

and

* *People’s enthusiasm for sending in ideas for using WD-40 mushroomed
* *under Mr. Barry. The uses included preventing squirrels from climbing
* *into a birdhouse; lubricating tuba valves; cleaning ostrich eggs for
* *craft purposes; and freeing a tongue stuck to cold metal.

* *A bus driver in Asia used WD-40 to remove a python that had coiled
* *itself around the undercarriage of his bus.

I still use it myself for certain things (not everything: there are
better lubricants for some situations, but it's a pretty good GP lube).

--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism

The two greatest inventions in the world WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it
moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape. If it doesn't move and it
should, use WD-40.