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Tired of shopping lists, Worlds Best Mom card and Juniors finger painting falling to the floor when weak permanent refrigerator magnets lose their grip? Well, these sturdy plug-in appliances, with motifs such as a thick-framed Rubens or a nearly-marble Michelangelo, will hang and anchor that ten
page book report and the book, your quilted down coat and a leashed, slobbering Neapolitan Mastiff all securely to the door until you choose to release each with a simple press of a button.
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hint of frustration in this one. I'm with you FJ... but it will all be better tomorrow. |
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Another good reason not to leave a spoon in the leftovers. |
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Another good reason not to wear jewelery in the kitchen. |
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It's possible to get super-strong ferromagnets (or antiferromagnets, which act the same), which will indeed stick a ten page book report - or your hand - to the fridge. Some are less than a cubic centimetre in volume (not the hand ones - they're about ten times bigger). |
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Frickin expensive things, but fun to play with. |
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Magnets this strong might be dangerous to credit/debit/gift cards, video tapes and floppy disks. |
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"Dad, I put a floppy disk on the fridge. Could you please take it to work and print out my report on that really nice color printer that you have." |
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Something really strong might even be dangerous to cell phones and PDAs. |
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Not to mention Granny's pacemaker........ |
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Bust open an old hard drive and get the magnets out of it.....they will pin anything to the refrigerator and keep it there. |
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Jutta might have one that's already been taken apart :] |
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Another idea might be to have battery operated electromagnets to hold things to a refrigerator, with a timer on them that cuts out the power when the time runs out. Of course, if the batteries die, it falls off the fridge prematurely. |
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