[78-L] Juvenile behavior (mine)

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> Somebody mentioning "burning 78s" reminded me of an experiment I made 
> about
> 20 years ago.  A friend and I took a worthless and spoiled (large digs)
> Edison Diamond Disk and tried to break it (yes,  we had too much free 
> time).
> We tossed it out of a third story window onto concrete,  kicked it like a
> football (ouch),  etc. etc.  Didn't work
> Finally we set it at an angle against the curb and I drove my car ('84
> Eldorado,  damn heavy) over the thing and it finally broke.
> I was just curious if anyone else had ever tried such "experiments" with 
> an
> Edison DD and if so,  what happened?
>
This is a second-hand story!

Supposedly, the late Jeff Healey had a few guests...and he picked up an
Edison "Diamond Disk," saying "These are unbreakable!" With that
comment, he dropped it abut three feet to the floor...and the DD
broke into two pieces (much to his surprise and dismay!)!

Steven C. Barr