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03-01-2021, 07:11 PM
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Hmm. Sounds like corporate welfare. Page...
Hmm. Sounds like corporate welfare. Page taken *directly* from our loser ex-president's playbook. Mismanage your affairs, go bankrupt
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03-01-2021, 03:15 PM
Thread: Using clutch vs half nut on 10H
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Another comment for no particular reason: I...
Another comment for no particular reason: I always sort of liked the star-wheel clutch. My first 10L had that, my new one is lever clutch.
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03-01-2021, 03:13 PM
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Just a little case of the sniffles! Sometime...
Just a little case of the sniffles! Sometime soon it will just MAGICALLY go away. Drink some bleach. Use that anti-malarial medicine!
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03-01-2021, 12:21 PM
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[QUOTE=standardparts;3719139]I don't think Cuomo...
[QUOTE=standardparts;3719139]I don't think Cuomo will do time ....
He didn't have to break into the capitol. Unlike the asshole nazis. -
02-28-2021, 07:27 PM
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The golf ball problem is easy. Put the entire...
The golf ball problem is easy. Put the entire mechansim on a scale. Weigh it when the balls are at the top, weight it after the balls have dropped. Of course in the middle, the weight is zero. ...
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02-28-2021, 07:24 PM
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Both-siderism eh? Nice try. Know what's...
Both-siderism eh? Nice try.
Know what's REALLY old? Criminals invading our government. Know what's NOT really old? Criminals going to jail. -
02-28-2021, 07:22 PM
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Hmm. He was good enough to slam trump out of...
Hmm. He was good enough to slam trump out of office. He was good enough to keep the house, and he was good enough to take the senate.
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02-28-2021, 09:45 AM
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Saying 'surface rust' is like saying a building...
Saying 'surface rust' is like saying a building has an 'exterior roof.'
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02-28-2021, 09:36 AM
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I found this out when I bought a headstock...
I found this out when I bought a headstock mounted cutoff for my ESM-59, had to drift the mounting holes in it a bit.
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02-27-2021, 05:42 PM
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Pardon me. Who's in charge of the fainting couch...
Pardon me. Who's in charge of the fainting couch this week, we may need an extra shipment of smelling salts....
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02-27-2021, 12:02 PM
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I much prefer to have all my machinery with...
I much prefer to have all my machinery with sub-surface rust only, so it does not detract from the patina, which they mostly are equipped with.
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02-27-2021, 11:52 AM
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Good point, ropes and guns are real good to keep...
Good point, ropes and guns are real good to keep pipes from freezing.
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02-27-2021, 11:51 AM
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When we get three inches of snow around here, we...
When we get three inches of snow around here, we say 'thank god it didn't snow.'
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02-26-2021, 06:15 PM
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There's a local takout place near here where the...
There's a local takout place near here where the delivery vehicle is a prius, inspecting closely it has studded snows on the front. We really don't get all *that* much snow (this year, a little more...
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02-26-2021, 03:52 PM
Thread: Softening hardened cast iron
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Some of the hardest stuff I've seen was the small...
Some of the hardest stuff I've seen was the small cast-iron pulley housings for the double-hung widows in my 1850s vintage house.
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02-26-2021, 03:50 PM
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Did not read the whole post, did you? Yep, one...
Did not read the whole post, did you? Yep, one of the biggest. There are plenty of male visitors in the dorms.
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02-26-2021, 03:48 PM
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Yep, good news is they all skedaddled to texas,...
Yep, good news is they all skedaddled to texas, where things are so much more inexpensive and reliable!
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02-26-2021, 10:32 AM
Thread: OT: Question on press fitting a bearing
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Four thou on the diameter is a lot, what did the...
Four thou on the diameter is a lot, what did the one that come off look like? Also, it's a bit tough to do measurements
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02-26-2021, 10:26 AM
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Know I am cherry-picking here, but what??? ...
Know I am cherry-picking here, but what??? Purpose of government goes *way* beyond that. Possibly you meant something else. Also if you invoke a 'fairness doctrine' then
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02-25-2021, 08:32 PM
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Folks from buffalo: calmly climb out of the...
Folks from buffalo: calmly climb out of the second story level of a parking garage right out onto the snowbank in the street.
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02-25-2021, 05:44 PM
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Oddly one of the biggest all-women colleges in...
Oddly one of the biggest all-women colleges in the US has exactly that: coed bathrooms in the dorms. And yes male vistors use them.
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02-25-2021, 12:59 PM
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Preppers can't figure out how to turn their water...
Preppers can't figure out how to turn their water off and fall over in an inch of snow. Then ask for welfare when the light bill is TOO DAMN HIGH.
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02-25-2021, 12:34 AM
Thread: Question for VFD experts.
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That's exactly what happened with the new in box...
That's exactly what happened with the new in box Hitachi drive I bought. Some of the parameters were locked out, and it took a good bit of page shuffling to find out how to undo that. The...
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02-25-2021, 12:30 AM
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Translation: WHAAA whaaa WHA, I never thought...
Translation: WHAAA whaaa WHA, I never thought the face-eating tiger would eat MY face off!
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02-24-2021, 02:54 PM
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We used to use GE 7031 varnish. Nasty stuff,...
We used to use GE 7031 varnish. Nasty stuff, stinks pretty badly. For winding a multi-layer coil like that, the first few layers go nicely, after that it's
not quiet scramble wound, but almost. ...