MG List or Gathering of Nerds, Geeks etc.

[Viv James TraX Interconnect (Pty.) Ltd]

OK OK OK Guys that's enough. Lets stick to MGTABC and keep out of Geek Land. We have flogged this virus thing to death and I for one have better things to do than wade through tons nerd waffle. Soon I'll be forced to call in the Bullshit Police!! Maybe the next digest will mention MGs of something Now something for idle brains from which you will deduce that I am fitting the cream car's screen:- TCs originally had TRIPLEX TOUGHENED windscreens. On one example I have here, there is a dot above the "i" in Triplex and a dot below the "e" of toughened. There is also an X below the "p" in triplex and also above the "o" and "e" of Toughened. I am told that you can date the screen from this...........this must be simple to one of you Nerds

[Chip Old]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Viv James TraX Interconnect (Pty.) Ltd wrote to...:

> OK OK OK > > Guys that's enough. Lets stick to MGTABC and keep out of Geek Land. We > have flogged this virus thing to death and I for one have better things > to do than wade through tons nerd waffle. Soon I'll be forced to call in > the Bullshit Police!!

Sorry you feel that way, Viv, but keep in mind that many (possibly most) MG-TABC list members are fairly new to PCs and the Internet, so don't have the knowledge they need to prevent virus infections. If the list gets hit by a storm of infected messages, as it did last week, then it's in everyone's interest to know how to deal with it. Several of us have recommended to Jim and Walter that the MG-TABC list be reconfigured on YahooGroups to block e-mail file attachments. If that can be done it will block 99.9% of virus-carrying e-mail, since most viruses are transmitted in the form of a file attachment. That will solve the problem, at least until the virus writers find some other way to transmit virus by e-mail. A final word (from me, anyway) about Klez.H: See http://www.bcpl.net/news/news.20020421a.klez for a writup that pulls together info from a variety of anti-virus sites. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO CT3479E fold@bcpl.net

[Gene Gillam]

Viv asked:

>I am told that you can date the screen from this...this must be simple to one of you Nerds

Viv, I might fit the Nerd category but hate to have it applied to me - so let me just say I searched the internet and found this for you (not sure that it helps identify your glass though): Triplex. The date code of this company is shown in dots above or below words in the company motif. The year is shown by a dot under one of the letters of the word 'laminated' (where this applies to a windscreen) or 'toughened' (this being the most common). A dot under the first letter of either word represents a year ending in a '1': e.g. 1961/1971. A dot under the second letter would represent 1962/1972, and so on. Although only a single dot is used the format showing which letter represents each year is as follows - LAMINATED TOUGHENED 1234567890 1234567890 Prior to january 1969, only the quarter was shown using a dot above the letters 'T', 'R', 'E' and 'X' of the word Triplex: T-1st, R-2nd, E-3rd and X-4th. . TRIPLEX TOUGHENED = 3rd quarter 1964 . After January 1969 the month is shown by one, two, or three dots above the letters 'T', 'R', 'E' and 'X' of the word Triplex, as follows: . January Triplex . february Triplex . march Triplex . april Triplex . . may Triplex . .. june Triplex . . . july Triplex . . . august Triplex . . . september Triplex . . . october Triplex . .. november Triplex . . December Triplex Example: may 1970 = . . Triplex toughened . Best, Gene Gillam