Should technology be allowed to tumble records?


	Should technology be allowed to tumble records?

A53GG4

8-21-2008 3:50 AM

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8-21-2008 7:26 AM

Antara

Interesting!

8-21-2008 9:57 PM

tanyamm

I would say so. Also new fabric in swimwear doesn't seem to hurt either.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3062db15-6634-42fa-8df0-7c5ac753e297/9BBF06B4-B78C-47E4-8F7F-D3C9B1B0536E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/08/deeper-beijing-pool-responsible-for.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/08/deeper-beijing-pool-responsible-for.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/08/deeper-beijing-pool-responsible-for.html"><H3>
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