Re: [ATM] ATM: James's zip file-

["David Harbour" <scarab2@cox.net>]

Dan,

The machine shop I hired out to part that sucker rod in the lathe were angry
at me when I came back; it was so hard that they broke several ceramic
cutting tips trying to part it. I had to end up (they did) cutting it with a
torch; they didn't even do me the courtesy of dressing the ugly flame cut
ends. My dad and I did that with his "King Feng Fu" Pedestal Grinder. Sucker
Rod is HARD!!!

When I was employed designing and building small, very complex manufacturing
machines for a firm in Tulsa, I had a copy of the old WW-II "Bridgeport"
milling machine that I spent so many hours in front of that I got sick of
it; what I got sick of was the highly amusing label, at eye level, on the
spindle housing: "Another Glorious Product from the People's Republic of
China" (Glorious?) - Ha! ha! Is not the world a truly amusing place as an
abode for us irrational creatures?

Ha! Life never ceases to amaze me. See my other post where about two hundred
pounds of Sky and Telescope magazines nearly killed me and my wife once.

Be well, Dan, and all-

Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Fundo" <fundo@bellsouth.net>
To: "David Harbour" <scarab2@cox.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] ATM: James's zip file-


> <<....in my Windows Professional XP operating system, the
> "dictionary" is appallingly ignorant of common words. Shades of another
> Englishman: George Orwell, "1984"- the very thing he predicted: cut down
> the vocabulary, for thought control).  >>
>
> Dave,  There used to be a site where you could download a number of
> specialized dictionaries, i.e., medical, engineering, technological,
> etc.  I just tried it and got the "404" message.  I did get the science
> portion years ago, and it contained 80% of the astronomical terms that
> are commonly used, including the genitive case of all the constellation
> names!  The only problem is, I changed computers and couldn't transfer
> the file!
>
> BTW,  how did you cut that well drilling shaft?  I have a couple of
> pieces that are 1.625" o.d., IIRC, and hard as hell!!!  There were a
> couple of nicks on one end and I tried to file them down.....took more
> that a few minutes to get them even with the rest of the area!
>
> *****-----
> Dan F.
>


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