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Letter: Letters : . . .

Published 7 June 1997

From Sue Kinn

Glasgow

I seem to remember a report a few years back about a family who had to have
their television set degaussed after a cat with a magnet had spent many evenings
perched on the top of it.

Over a period of time the picture became increasingly drawn to the spot where
the magnet was hanging down over the screen. Eventually all that was left was a
miniature “drop” where the image had been condensed into the magnetised area of
the screen.

Issue no. 2085 published 7 June 1997

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