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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:39:29 -0400 (EDT)
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Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>I've played with natural lodestones - they weren't
>very strong.

And they don't stay magnetized consistently either.

>Small, strong, neodymium/rare earth magnets are
>turning up everywhere these days.

They are recyclable too, since neodymium is fairly expensive and recovery
is worth the trouble.  My employer grinds hard drives up and sells the 
resulting powder to companies whcih recover the neodymium alloy.

>Keep them out of the hands of children. Swallowing
>one will generally not be a problem, but if two
>are swallowed, they will snap together in different
>loops of intestine, and cause necrosis and perforation.

As you say, they are turning up everywhere these days.  Sometimes they are
turning up inside cats, dogs, and children.

They are good for cows, though.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."