[78-L] Juvenile behavior (mine)

[Royal Pemberton]

I once read that Edison himself did the same, trying to show some
people how durable his discs were, onto a concrete floor,
perhaps....with the same result.  Edison's nerves shattered much like
the disc did.  Apparently he erupted in a rant, jumping up and down.
A witness said 'He knew every cuss word in the English language!'.

On 7/19/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:
> ----- 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
>
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