Gypsy Jan
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"Chica Nada" Mexican Ingenuity Part II
We got a crack on the windshield and dear husband was severely upset.
He couldn't find a replacement and was worried about the windshield exploding.
A Mexican friend said, "Let me glue on a copper penny to stop the crack."
It is two months later and the crack has not expanded.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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DENNIS
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Interesting.......Thanks, Jan.
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Gypsy Jan
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It Really Worked
The crack and the glued on penny is on my side.
And I have watched it very carefully.
What else do I have to look at. 
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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JESSE
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That doesn't work, if it hasn't expanded, its not because of the coin. In fact, if the windshield had any chance of getting repaired, the glue from
that coin made it impossible now.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
That doesn't work, if it hasn't expanded, its not because of the coin. In fact, if the windshield had any chance of getting repaired, the glue from
that coin made it impossible now. |
The next thing I'll hear is that wearing a copper bracelet doesn't relieve joint pain.
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jenny.navarrette
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Yes. Jesse is right. Pep Boys sells a $10 window repair kit that injects a clear epoxy into the crack to seal it. But since you put glue in it, now
the kit won't work. The glue will eventually decompose in the sunlight, and the penny does nothing.
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Iflyfish
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Hey! At least you have the penny!
Iflyfish
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A cracked windsheild has character!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
That doesn't work, if it hasn't expanded, its not because of the coin. In fact, if the windshield had any chance of getting repaired, the glue from
that coin made it impossible now. |
We could test this theory by pouring cool water on that windshield on a nice, hot BCS day. I was ignorant enough to wash one of my vehicles in such
conditions once (without the penny, of course). It was almost fascinating to watch the crack zig and then zag on my windshield, apparently seaching
for the longest way across.
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Bajajorge
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jenny.navarrette
Yes. Jesse is right. Pep Boys sells a $10 window repair kit that injects a clear epoxy into the crack to seal it. But since you put glue in it, now
the kit won't work. The glue will eventually decompose in the sunlight, and the penny does nothing. |
Maybe some enterprising gringo will open a Pep Boys on the Baja, so you won't have to use pennys anymore.  
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805gregg
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should have used a peso, why waste a penny.
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Stickers
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
The next thing I'll hear is that wearing a copper bracelet doesn't relieve joint pain. |
Not a chance!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
The next thing I'll hear is that wearing a copper bracelet doesn't relieve joint pain. |
Not a chance!
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mulegejim
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 805gregg
should have used a peso, why waste a penny. |
Cheaper to use a penny. Jim
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