On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:19 GMT, John A.
wrote in
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:39:52 -0500, Alan Browne
wrote:

John A. wrote:

We have an employee with some of those fancy stainless steel
appliances. She says magnets don't stick.

Then it's not stainless steel.

Some grades of stainless steel aren't magnetic. Depends on how much
nickel is in it, I gather.

Correct -- see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel#Types_of_stainless_steel

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Best regards,
John
Panasonic DMC-FZ8, DMC-FZ20, and several others