<![CDATA[At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things.]]>At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things. Turns out it mostly breaks things, including a BBC Micro and a peer's expensive watch.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/38780d4b-7607-4a8f-9018-092808399c92/at-school-in-the-80s-i-acquired-a-large-magnet-and-decided-to-see-what-happened-when-i-put-it-on-things.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 11:08:03 GMTTue, 19 May 2026 21:20:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things. on Wed, 20 May 2026 01:23:03 GMT]]>@fesshole I also ruined many things with magnets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vandenberglegs/statuses/116604284674315621https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vandenberglegs/statuses/116604284674315621Wed, 20 May 2026 01:23:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things. on Tue, 19 May 2026 22:56:16 GMT]]>@FreakyFwoof @fesshole See, you should have gone fishing with it. Some of the best videos on the net.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SirMars/statuses/116603707478605803https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SirMars/statuses/116603707478605803Tue, 19 May 2026 22:56:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things. on Tue, 19 May 2026 22:05:58 GMT]]>@markmason @fesshole

I don't think many 80s mechanical watches were using a lot of silicon components.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/geofftc/statuses/116603509734680972https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/geofftc/statuses/116603509734680972Tue, 19 May 2026 22:05:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things. on Tue, 19 May 2026 21:52:19 GMT]]>@fesshole if the watch was ruined by a magnet it wasn’t an expensive one. Unless you dropped the magnet on it from a great height, that is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/markmason/statuses/116603456016505203https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/markmason/statuses/116603456016505203Tue, 19 May 2026 21:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to At school in the 80s I acquired a large magnet, and decided to see what happened when I put it on things. on Tue, 19 May 2026 21:39:31 GMT]]>@fesshole I had a samarium cobalt magnet that I had to keep in a sock, elsewise it would become so firmly attached that it could not be budged. I am pretty certain it is still attached to a hydraulic door return in a dormitory building in Providence, Rhode Island.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/ambientspace/statuses/116603405667477686https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/ambientspace/statuses/116603405667477686Tue, 19 May 2026 21:39:31 GMT