When you bought that impressive new flat-panel TV to replace your old CRT model, what did you do with the clunker? If, like many Americans, you moved it to another room and set it atop a dresser or bureau, you may have inadvertently created a death trap.
A rubber band may aid in providing enough grip to remove, or at least loosen, the screw. Place a wide band rubber band inbetween the screw driver (we recommend bumping one size up from the screw head which caused the strip) and the screw, then apply hard, but slow force as you turn. If you’re fortunate, the rubber band will fill in the gaps caused by the strip and allow extraction.
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Nothing But Wind : The basic idea you get when you listen to this composition is as follows: The world started with just nature, birds, clean and slowly started to get polluted and if this continues, the wold will get destroyed. Finally, only thing left is ‘Nothing But Wind’.
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