Ants and gear.

Kassen · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:36 am Post subject: Ants and gear.

I was just reminded of one of the most beautifull tricks I ever heard off and thought I'd share.

If (when?) you get some soda over your gear and wonder how to clean it, look for a ant hill, place the gear close and wait. The ants will clean it for you; hundreds of workers, all specialised in moving sugar around and working with small delicate surfaces, free of charge!

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject:

you look like a smart guy but this one...sounds like bull***t Laughing

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject:

..but it is excellent bull!

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject:

true

this is bull the way God wanted bull to be

...divine bull?

Kassen · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:

Well, what gear willl you test first? The linux box? Shocked

Kassen · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject:

That would make no sense. Linux is such a robust OS that it wouldn't be affected by such minor incidents as bottles of soda.

No, I thought I'd take a G2. You see, in the event that it doesn't realy work there would a chance of all the sugar makeing it fat.

*ducks*

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

OK.. well.. so.. you could walk around town with a huge red knobby one... Shocked

Those ants gotta be told ..

Kassen · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject:

I believed the Stage to be Clavia´s "John Holmes" memorial edition, but I guess I was mistaken.
Anyway... ants you say..?

mosc · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:37 pm Post subject:

Be careful, don't try this ant trick at home. I was talking to a very veteran electro-musician who used to live in the tropics during the 70s. We had this conversation just a few days ago actually. He said equipment didn't last very long because the bugs would get into it and eat the components - particularly the coatings on electrolytic capaciters - apparently they love that stuff. He said when he was playing the Moog Modular on stage, the roaches would crawl in and out of the jacks. It insides of synthesizers make great breeding ground for insects - they are veritable nurseries.

I think it is best to keep the soda away from the gear and leave the ants to other chores.

seraph · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:43 pm Post subject: