"Larry Jaques" wrote in message =
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| On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:11:19 GMT, the blithe spirit "Rick M"
| clearly indicated:
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| "Larry Jaques" wrote
| Oh, bullpuckey. Nicads improved, LIon batts came out, air batteries
| came out, lithiums improved, chargers improved. Change is still
| happening.
|
| You're absolutely right Larry ... but since the discussions on the =
wreck
| have devolved into subjective shouting matches, any attempt to apply =
facts
| and analyze the situation gets drowned out.
|
| "Facts ... we don't need no stinkin' facts!"
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| You're probably right. sigh
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| This thread will be spun the way of pretty much every other thread in =
the
| past year or so ... completely out of control, with logic tossed out =
the
| window, and the "winner" will be the person that enflames the most =
readers.
| Kind of like what our press is doing today ... except the press does =
it for
| money, these amateurs do it for fun.
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| I countered most of the arguments brought forth on the theory that =
battery
| technology hit the ceiling, only to see yet another "yea, but" =
divergence
| that has little or nothing to do with the topic at hand. It has =
gotten to
| the point where I killfile people that "yea, but" conversations just =
to
| argue ... and I see that I'm nuking about 50% of the daily messages.
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| My "I" button kicks out a lot more than that nowadays. sigh2
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| I think I'll just head back to my shop and make some sawdust. I've =
decided I
| need to make a couple of scratch gauges and I'm going to attempt to =
make
| myself some cam clamps. Once I've gotten those out of the way I'm =
going to
| start on a scratch-built guitar (no kits, no reverse-engineered plans =
....
| just starting with an idea and a book). I like the idea of using =
native
| woods in my projects, thought the thought of anything but a spruce =
top has
| people cringing.=20
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| Acoustic gitfiddle? Yeah, they probably cringe for good reason.
| But your first is your -practice- gitfiddle, so go for it!
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| Let's see ... rock maple and cherry, no poly and no stain
| (well, I MIGHT tint the fretboard for contrast). If it doesn't play, =
I'll
| use it as a splitting maul!
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| If you must, fume the cherry or use some potassium dichromate on it.
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| Any progress on your bow saw? (really big grin!)
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| No, not lately. Hold your breath and I'll let you know, Blue.
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| .-.
| Better Living Through Denial
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| http://www.diversify.com Wondrous Website Design


Having read most of this thread, I am now convinced, more than ever, =
that I was right in not joining the cord-free movement when it first =
raised its ugly head.

I know I must be an ante-deluvial throwback but, just as I never leave =
home in the summer in my auto without my golf clubs in the trunk, I =
never leave home in my work truck without my generator for my corded =
tools.

The only batteries I have are clearly marked A, C, D, AA, or AAA.


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PDQ