"Tom Ivar Helbekkmo" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" writes:

However, economic growth measured as money is not something
economists tend to care much about.

I beg your pardon, Tom, but it is *indeed* something economists care
much
about.

Touché -- oversimplification on my part there, colored by the fact
that I, personally, find long-term trends and effects much more
interesting.

There's a natural-born economist for you. g

(And, in the case of China as an evolving economy, I'd
contend that the long-term effects are much more important than the
immediate ones.)

Probably. Except for right now. Job-shop owners call me and ask me what to
do right now. I tell them that, if I knew, my phone number would be unlisted
and I'd be on the beach at Aruba.

Besides, you were being deliberately obtuse in your
exchange with the other Tom, weren't you? ;-)

It seemed appropriate for the circumstances. g


OBmetal: my new 7x12 is on a slow boat from China right now! :-)

Watch out for sand pockets in the castings. g And good luck with it.

Thanks -- I will. Based on what I've heard and read, I think I'll
take it apart completely, and clean and lube everything, before I
start using it. mini-lathe.com will be my friend! :-)

That sounds like a good approach. There's some decent iron down there
somewhere. Have fun.

Ed Huntress