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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread gutta-percha #121903 02/02/2004 11:11 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK The thread on gamboge reminded me of gutta-percha, once used for golf balls and dental fillings: http://www.plastics-museum.com/materials/naturals/gutta.htm ED: Can't get the link to work, don't know why. Sorry. ED 2: Oh. It is working now. Baffling. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gutta-percha #121904 02/02/2004 1:07 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear dxb: I have been having a lo of trouble with the server being slow. In WindowsXP I have a little "progress meter" that shows that request has been sent to server, but server is hanging fire. Here's another URL, but with only a few additional facts: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cable/gutta.htm One thing I didn't know is that gutta percha deteriorates in sunlight. I have a bunch of root canals stuffed with it. Where the sun never shines. Here's another article, a hundred years old, but with a lot of information: http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/isonandra.html I wonder how much polyethylene is now used on cables, as compared to teflon. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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