My wife had a convention in Seattle 2 years ago. Because of what
I read here, I was dead set on getting to at least see this place.

Thank the good Lord, the rental car had unlimited mileage so I was
only out the fuel cost and the time. Repeat. What a waste of
time.

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Keep the whole world singing. . . .
DanG


"Ivan Vegvary" wrote in message
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What a waste of time. Fortunately, my wife is also my best
buddy and the
three hour (one way) trip was delightful.

Almost everything (tooling) at Boeing could have been purchased
for far less
at ENCO brand new. I realize that some of the drill bits,
milling cutters
etc. are a better brand, but, hey, they are used. There were a
few machine
tools. 24" metal bandsaw (really beat up, no welder) $ 1900.
24" disc
sanders, looked nice, BUT, $ 1600 used? These things are $
4-600 at
auctions in the S.F. Bay area.

Used (beat up) Bridgeport milling vise for $ 250! Other (no
brand, slightly
bigger) running up to $450.

Crappy (old) Dell laptop computers (Intel 350 mz, 2 gig drives,
10" screen)
selling for $650? Plus an additional $50 if you want the Dell
'restore
disk' and an operating system.

Video monitor cables for $ 15? My local mom-n-pop store sells
them for $ 8.

Oh well, it's like going to Mecca. In one's lifetime everybody
has to go
once.

GOOD NEWS!! On our way out of Oregon, in the City of Gresham we
noticed a
sign that said "Harbor Freight Coming Soon". It was on Hogan
road next to
BiMart. This will save me 30 minutes of driving.

Ivan Vegvary
Sandy, Oregon