Re: Curse of Clay Cowgill - Chronical of Carnage

What is it about concrete and that glass? I have seen an Omega Race game
glass do the same thing when set on edge on concrete once. Just POW! (or BAM
if you prefer)

----- Original Message -----
From: <cmdr-dave@spamcop.net>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Curse of Clay Cowgill - Chronical of Carnage

> You know, it's funny about video game glass. Once I was cleaning the
garage and
> leaned a piece of glass aginst the wall for a few minutes. I did this VERY
> carefully. When I went to pick it up (just as carefully) the instant I
started
> to move the glass... BLAM. It shattered into a million pieces. I didn't
bump it
> or anything. I just attributed it to the concrete floor, but I guess if
the
> glass gets vibrated just right it explodes.
>
> Ah, the good old days.... :-P
>
> -Commander Dave
>
>
>
> Quoting Tim Tewalt <tim@srccomputers.com>:
>
> > The summer of 1994 I remember stripping two water logged Space Duels in
> > an alley behind an op's warehouse. Jump forward to March of 2006 where
> > someone on vectorlist needs a Space Duel glass. Of course, I lay out
> > the two *best* pieces of glass on a table for comparison. I went to
> > shimmy between the Tempest and the table you see in the picture,
> > accidentally bump one glass into the edge of the other and...
> >
> > http://tewalt.com/claycurse/ClayCurse%20004.jpg
> > http://tewalt.com/claycurse/ClayCurse%20005.jpg
> > http://tewalt.com/claycurse/ClayCurse%20006.jpg
> > http://tewalt.com/claycurse/ClayCurse%20007.jpg
> > http://tewalt.com/claycurse/ClayCurse%20008.jpg
> > http://tewalt.com/claycurse/ClayCurse%20009.jpg
> > http://tewalt.com/claycurse/ClayCurse%20010.jpg
> >
> > ..."BLAM" as Clay writes below, is quite an apt description of the
> > sound. In my case however, the glass exploded everywhere.
> >
> > Oh well, at least I finally have something to post to the vectorlist.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> > [mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Clay Cowgill
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:13 PM
> > To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> > Subject: VECTOR: Space Duel monitor glass? Anyone?
> >
> >
> > *sigh*
> >
> > My Space Duel at Ground Kontrol had a spontaneous "safety glass
> > activation" a couple nights ago. :-(
> >
> > (We had rearranged games a week ago and I think Space Duel's cabinet was
> > a little 'torqued' with sitting on a uneven section of floor... All of
> > the sudden a couple nights ago there was a "blam!"... Nobody was in the
> > arcade at the moment, but it was tracked down to Space Duel's monitor
> > glass. Totally spider-webbed. We lucked out that it didn't collapse
> > though! We managed to get packing tape applied all over the front face,
> > open the control panel, and actually lift it out of the cabinet pretty
> > much all in one piece. Made cleanup a lot easier!)
> >
> > We're going to replace it with some smoked plexiglass for the arcade for
> > now, but I'd like to buy an original glass if anyone has a spare or a
> > junked cabinet you want to part out.
> >
> > Toss me an email with your price... info@multigame.com
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -Clay
> >
> >
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