On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 08:02:02 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:27:29 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Terry Coombs" wrote in message
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
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On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 01:08:20 -0500, "Steve W."

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Bob Engelhardt wrote:
On 1/19/2014 6:57 PM, Richard wrote:
... Each shell is stamped from virgin metal, ...

That's curious. Is there something else that it could be
stamped
from?

Bob


Yep.
Virgin metal means it is steel with no recycled metal added.

As opposed to steels which contain recycled steel as well as
virgin
metal.
Or "chinese steel" that has Melamine in it - - -


Virgin steel comes from downright, disgustingly ugly iron ore,
and
homely coal! ;-)


Yup , and virgin wool comes from the fastest lamb in the flock .
--
Snag

How do you explain Extra Virgin Olive Oil??

She was a lot faster than PopEye????

Or Popeye was secretly gay. I always thought he was hiding something.

If you saw some of the places that corncob pipe had been, you'd wonder
how he ever put it back in his mouth.

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To change one's self is sufficient. It's the idiots who want
to change the world who are causing all the trouble.
--Anonymous