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RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« on: March 27, 2011, 05:28:15 PM »
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2011, 07:50:37 PM »
Quote from: Wayback on March 27, 2011, 05:28:15 PM
Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, was 94.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/27/state/n142108D29.DTL&tsp=1

Interesting article.  Cyanoacrylate is very important to the guitar business for me.
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2011, 10:55:35 PM »
Quote from: ggould on March 28, 2011, 07:50:37 PM
Quote from: Wayback on March 27, 2011, 05:28:15 PM
Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, was 94.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/27/state/n142108D29.DTL&tsp=1

Interesting article.  Cyanoacrylate is very important to the guitar business for me.

How so?
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 08:13:17 AM »
94, wow.  He stuck around for a long time.
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 08:43:34 AM »
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 10:53:50 AM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 08:13:17 AM
94, wow.  He stuck around for a long time.
And he inspired such hits as Stuck On You - Elvis, Stuck On You - Lionel, Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland, Stuck In The Middle Wit'chu - Stealers Wheel  ;)

From WebMD: Top 10 Songs Stuck in Our Heads:
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030227/songs-stick-in-everyones-head

From Discovery Health: "Why do songs get stuck in our head?"
http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/songs-stuck-in-head.htm
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 11:23:10 AM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 08:13:17 AM
94, wow.  He stuck around for a long time.

Quote from: Wayback on March 29, 2011, 10:53:50 AM
And he inspired such hits as Stuck On You - Elvis, Stuck On You - Lionel, Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland, Stuck In The Middle Wit'chu - Stealers Wheel  ;)

From WebMD: Top 10 Songs Stuck in Our Heads:
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030227/songs-stick-in-everyones-head

From Discovery Health: "Why do songs get stuck in our head?"
http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/perception/songs-stuck-in-head.htm

I'm Sticking With You - The Velvet Underground

Rare outtake:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akgNzeMiXTY
 
standard release: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5je_eK0V1w
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2011, 11:30:17 AM »
Colbert's comment was something like "I can only assume that he finally fell off that girder".
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2011, 11:37:31 AM »
Quote from: Rod on March 29, 2011, 11:30:17 AM
Colbert's comment was something like "I can only assume that he finally fell off that girder".

right!  the dude holding on to his hard hat!  that image flashed through my mind today, too.
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2011, 12:00:24 PM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 11:37:31 AM
Quote from: Rod on March 29, 2011, 11:30:17 AM
Colbert's comment was something like "I can only assume that he finally fell off that girder".

right!  the dude holding on to his hard hat!  that image flashed through my mind today, too.

Ha -- I looked for it with Google when this thread began, but couldn't find a pic!
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2011, 12:13:37 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 29, 2011, 12:00:24 PM
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 11:37:31 AM
Quote from: Rod on March 29, 2011, 11:30:17 AM
Colbert's comment was something like "I can only assume that he finally fell off that girder".

right!  the dude holding on to his hard hat!  that image flashed through my mind today, too.

Ha -- I looked for it with Google when this thread began, but couldn't find a pic!

Wait, hold everything!  let's not confuse Super Glue with Krazy Glue! 

KRAZY Glue:



Krazy: "A plastic knob, a plastic plug, a rubber boot, a metal broche, a fishing rod, a cycle grip, model planes and model trains, a doorknob screw, a flashlight case, the broken trim on any car."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXZv2KZKCCo

I can't believe we didn't realize this...


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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2011, 12:58:35 PM »
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2011, 08:05:09 PM »
Quote from: urth on March 28, 2011, 10:55:35 PM
Quote from: ggould on March 28, 2011, 07:50:37 PM
Quote from: Wayback on March 27, 2011, 05:28:15 PM
Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, was 94.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/27/state/n142108D29.DTL&tsp=1

Interesting article.  Cyanoacrylate is very important to the guitar business for me.

How so?
the frets are usually superglued, the nut is usually superglued, and much of the inlay work uses superglue as well.
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2011, 10:29:02 PM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 12:13:37 PM
Quote from: RGMike on March 29, 2011, 12:00:24 PM
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 11:37:31 AM
Quote from: Rod on March 29, 2011, 11:30:17 AM
Colbert's comment was something like "I can only assume that he finally fell off that girder".

right!  the dude holding on to his hard hat!  that image flashed through my mind today, too.

Ha -- I looked for it with Google when this thread began, but couldn't find a pic!

Wait, hold everything!  let's not confuse Super Glue with Krazy Glue! 

KRAZY Glue:



Krazy: "A plastic knob, a plastic plug, a rubber boot, a metal broche, a fishing rod, a cycle grip, model planes and model trains, a doorknob screw, a flashlight case, the broken trim on any car."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXZv2KZKCCo

I can't believe we didn't realize this...




A TIME illustrator made this very error today for our issue that's hitting shelves Friday.  It was too late to change the illo, so we used the generic term in the text and simply referred to superglue. (It's in Webster's!)
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Re: RIP Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, 94
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2011, 08:48:04 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on March 30, 2011, 10:29:02 PM
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 12:13:37 PM
Quote from: RGMike on March 29, 2011, 12:00:24 PM
Quote from: Tinka Cat on March 29, 2011, 11:37:31 AM
Quote from: Rod on March 29, 2011, 11:30:17 AM
Colbert's comment was something like "I can only assume that he finally fell off that girder".

right!  the dude holding on to his hard hat!  that image flashed through my mind today, too.

Ha -- I looked for it with Google when this thread began, but couldn't find a pic!

Wait, hold everything!  let's not confuse Super Glue with Krazy Glue! 

KRAZY Glue:



Krazy: "A plastic knob, a plastic plug, a rubber boot, a metal broche, a fishing rod, a cycle grip, model planes and model trains, a doorknob screw, a flashlight case, the broken trim on any car."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXZv2KZKCCo

I can't believe we didn't realize this...




A TIME illustrator made this very error today for our issue that's hitting shelves Friday.  It was too late to change the illo, so we used the generic term in the text and simply referred to superglue. (It's in Webster's!)


so... another mistake not caught in TIME (tm).    ;)
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