On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 05:04:04 +0000 (UTC), "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In the UK, Ebay can be a good source of these. I got a box of 10,000
1n4148 for pennies - they'd got slightly bent so no use for automated
assembly.

I've never heard of anything being "slightly bent", I thought that was
like a "little bit pregnant". Either they are bent or not. :-)

I don't think so. How about bent slightly? Does that make you
happy?

Geoff.