On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:12:49 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Trevor
Jones quickly quoth:

Larry Jaques wrote:

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:05:12 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, John
Husvar quickly quoth:


I have no problem at all machining to millionths: It's the ending up
with so many too many or too few that gets me in trouble.

Lessee now, this piece is 9 thousand millionths too small. Darn!


Get out your metal stretcher, John.


Naw! Phone the client an ask to borrow the measuring tool that they
were going to use to check the tollerances they spec'd. When they say
they don't have one... Home free! :-)

I was also going to mention to him to actually _wear_ his eyeglasses
the next time he's millin' ta millionths.

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