On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 13:21:43 -0800, "Greg Dermer"
wrote:

As physicists now know, there is some nonzero probability that any object
will, through quantum effects, tunnel from the workbench in your shop to
Floyds Knobs, Indiana (unless your shop is already in Indiana, in which case
the object will tunnel to Trotters, North Dakota). The smaller mass of the
object, the higher the probability. Therefore, disassembled parts,
particularly small ones, of machines disappear much faster than assembled
machines.

Please! Can I use this for a sig? Pretty Please!

Gunner

"As physicists now know, there is some nonzero probability that any
object will, through quantum effects, tunnel from the workbench in
your shop to Floyds Knobs, Indiana (unless your shop is already in
Indiana, in which case the object will tunnel to Trotters, North
Dakota). The smaller mass of the object, the higher the probability.
Therefore, disassembled parts, particularly small ones, of machines
disappear much faster than assembled machines."
Greg Dermer: rec.crafts.metalworking
" ..The world has gone crazy. Guess I'm showing my age...
I think it dates from when we started looking at virtues
as funny. It's embarrassing to speak of honor, integrity,
bravery, patriotism, 'doing the right thing', charity,
fairness. You have Seinfeld making cowardice an acceptable
choice; our politicians changing positions of honor with
every poll; we laugh at servicemen and patriotic fervor; we
accept corruption in our police and bias in our judges; we
kill our children, and wonder why they have no respect for
Life. We deny children their childhood and innocence- and
then we denigrate being a Man, as opposed to a 'person'. We
*assume* that anyone with a weapon will use it against his
fellowman- if only he has the chance. Nah; in our agitation
to keep the State out of the church business, we've
destroyed our value system and replaced it with *nothing*.
Turns my stomach- " Chas , rec.knives