Burtzy wrote:
Even worse...I had a 3/4 video deck sitting on the floor in my office. (I'm a retired editor.) My daughter spilled a cup of Coca Cola onto it and didn't want to get into trouble for doing that. So she took a towel and wiped the outside of the machine dry. A couple of days later, I couldn't get the machine to turn on. I found a couple of sticky spots on the outside, so my suspicions aroused, I opened up the machine. The insides had been corroded beyond recognition by the Coke. It was beyond repair and cost me a couple of thousand dollars for a replacement. No drinks near electronics for me, ever.
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A friend of mine lived in Africa for a while. He said the locals used Coke as a tenderizer for tough meat: soak it overnight, and the job is done apparently. Makes you wonder what it does to your digestive system.