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Subject: Batteries and concrete floors
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 13:33:15 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 13:33:15 1984
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It probably worked like the evolution of a typical rumor in its formative
stages, based on truth but...

Probably what happened is something like this:

	Person "A" had a bad experience with a leaky battery ruining a concrete
floor. He told person "B" "Never store a battery on a concrete floor, it will
ruin the floor."  "B" later advises "C" he shouldn't be storing his battery
on the concrete floor because it is bad for it.  C, knowing almost nothing
about electricity, interprets "it" as the battery, not the floor.  His
imagination wanders a bit, and tells "D" that storing batteries on concrete
floors discharge|ruin|doessomethingelsebadto the battery, and VOILA! One
old wives' tale!

						Mike Moroney
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