This Sounds Remarkably Like The Navy Had Something To Do With It...

Posted by SaltyDog 10 years ago to Humor
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Nick I'm confident that you know what I mean!

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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago
    I used to make replica suits of armor as a hobby...but I ruined my hands doing it. Now, I just do a bit of metalwork (like, 15 min) at a time. This is not enough to maintain my skill level, let alone to become more skilled, so my metalworking abilities dwindle.

    Jan
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    you must be a good shot with a hammer, Jan! . that technique
    is tough and tedious.

    I have studied CPR several times, but never had to do it
    in a real situation. . must have been, and still be, rough
    for you and Chris to remember....... -- j
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    True. He had a heart attack at work. Chris and I did CPR and tried to save him, but...

    I use a ball peen hammer to work the edge on an anvil. When you use a scythe, you sharpen it all the time (keep a stone in your pocket). Eventually you have abraded away the work-hardened edge - that is when you need to take the blade off and pick up the ball peen hammer.

    Jan
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  • Posted by Owlsrayne 10 years ago
    Now, if we could hack those 50 No. Korean submarines missiles with those parameters they would end up hammering No. Korea. I think given that, would be an acceptable error!
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  • Posted by BrettRocketSci 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    LMAO! Thanks strugatsky! I hadn't seen that before. Oh, how I need to get one of those "differential girdle springs" for one of my own projects here...nyuk nyuk.
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I just looked for info on peen-sharpening, and found only this:::

    http://scytheconnection.com/peening-w...

    ingenious! . I could imagine using an old powered hammer
    for edge peening. . and even this text editor red-underlines
    the word peening. . sheesh. . underlined sheesh, also.
    dumb editor. . anyway, what technique did you use for
    peen-sharpening??? -- j

    p.s. sorry about your friend. . we have only memories
    for so many.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I have one dagger, a memento from a friend who died (whilst I was giving him CPR) that is razor sharp. I deliberately keep most of my swords dull (one is sharpish). The other knives I use are clasp knives and camp knives...and my favorite kitchen knife, that I carefully sharpen with a stone and steel.

    I have a scythe that I have just peen-sharpened. I really need to hit it with the stone again sometime soon.

    Jan
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    we're working on that ... some in the collection will never
    see any sharpening. . but the Buck 119 is now ready
    for shaving, for example (there is even a leather strop
    on the turntable rig). -- j
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    That sounds like a fun investigation. I bet all of your knives are now Really Sharp!

    Jan
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    will try to work it in sometime ... just now, we're investigating
    all of the capabilities of the worksharp belt machine plus
    the turntable machine too. . very interesting. . just wish that
    I could get the turntable to rotate backwards!!! -- j
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    It has an overall plot arc, which puts it a bit ahead of TNG (at least for the first 4 seasons - 5th season of B5 is forgettable).

    Jan
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I never enjoyed B5, but should, someday. . many, many fun things,
    and only so much time to do them!!! -- j
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Sorry back at me. I try not to use cant phrases or acronyms, because they often stop me dead in my tracks when I am reading someone else's writing. I do make exceptions for B5 (Babylon 5) and TNG, as you saw.

    Looking at clips from B5 yesterday makes me want to go back and revisit that series.

    Jan
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    sorry -- my imagination didn't figure it out. . I have seen
    almost all of the episodes in that series!!! -- j
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    and if you don't know that you don't know something important,
    like the invention of anti-grav boots, it's bad. -- j
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years ago
    hey, that's a perfect lay explanation of a sort of arithmetic averaging
    which can be used in control circuits, say, to put an exoskeletal leg
    in the spot where the human leg is. . it just sounds awful
    because we're not taking notes and making diagrams!!! -- j
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 10 years ago
    Me too!...I know where I'm not! hahahahahahah
    Good laugh...it's amazing that it works with all that gibberish. LMAO
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  • Posted by $ jdg 10 years ago
    Gee, and I was going to blame Donald Rumsfeld.
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