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Each of them have the telltale look of every Panasonic Toughbook and Toughpad -- a solidly constructed silver plastic shell with black rubber corners and a girth roughly twice that of its less robust gadget brethren.
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Here are a few highlights from the afternoon: While I didn't find anything quite as exciting as the discarded size 14 pump I discovered the last time I embarked on this exercise actually it was my daughter Gracie, now off at college, who spotted it I did find the shiny silver plastic centerplate from a hubcap, stamped with the Chevrolet logo, and in almost pristine condition.
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Books are hounded from the shelves, replaced by row upon row of silver discs in plastic cases.
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Then, as soon as plastic trays and silver foil have been spirited off to kitchen quarters unknown, our attendant transforms our chairs into two neat - if narrow - bunks, fitted with crisp white sheets and jaunty tartan blankets.
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The interior gets softer materials instead of hard plastic as well as silver, satin and chrome-plated accents.
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It's clad in navy blue plastic that has a slight sheen to it, with shiny silver volume rocker and power buttons on the left and top edges, respectively.
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For an Intel Pentium II, the package is a square of plastic 1.2 inches on a side and as thick as a silver dollar.
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After all, the Chinese appeared to need every ounce of copper, gold and silver he could sell them, the Japanese were taking the steel, and the Koreans the plastic.
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In one disused garage, littering the floor, we found foil-covered plastic water bottles, used for smoking crack cocaine, and tell-tale slivers of silver foil used for smoking heroin.
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