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   I bet it was Zorbothane.  I think that's what they call it.  I saw the stuff
demonstrated on TV a few years back.  Some guy put a raw egg between two
'sheets' of the stuff, took a sledge hammer and -- you guessed it.  No
harm on the egg's part.  Then he did it with his hand.

It's sort of like a rubber material I think.  I can't remember anything else
about it, apart from the fact that I think they used it comercially for
joggers who got sore feet from the pressure of their feet coming
down on the pavement -- put a sliver of Z-Thane inside the sneaker and
no more sore feet.  Maybe someone else can confirm the name -- I am not
sure if that's how you spell it.

-drew
 zthane@large