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In article , Old Nick wrote:
I get a kink in the wirefeed liner on my MIG (of course). So.. no torch? No stick welder? How about cutting the liner at the kink and stuffing both pieces in? It works. It would work with the curtain crap, too. Just cut it at the join and ream both ends a bit so it doesn't have a sharp edge. Both ends of the liner are contained, so why not? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mike Graham | Metalworker, rustic, part-time zealot. | http://www.metalmangler.com| Caledon, Ontario, Canada |
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Old Nick wrote:
1.5 hours' drive from town. My Dozer is broken and I need to weld up a tripod to get it off the ground to fix it. I get a kink in the wirefeed liner on my MIG (of course). It's noon. A weekend looms. OK. I ring around and find the only shop that has the liner. I go to town and do some other stuff, because it's....well.1.5 hours' drive, so I have to do a few things to make it worthwhile and they are on my way. Most businesses that sell stuff close at 5PM right?! 4:15 PM I arrive at the welding shop. Shut. Oh yeah. It's Friday. "What the heck lets' close early and hit the ****!" Hey Nick! you s/b posting with a copywrite notice, good stuff. --Loren Or perish the thought! When I said "I will be in later this afternoon", I did not say "What time do you close?" Note to anal, perfectionist brain....if AT ALL suspicious, penetrate and persevere. Ignore derision and displeasure of mere mortals. Bugger! Ok. Clever thought! Lateral behaviour! Go to the hardware store and grab some of that plastic coated coiled wire stuff they use to hang shower curtains and other stuff. It looks the same coiled spring as my liner, maybe it will do until I get to town again. A guy has to try. Rock up to the hardware store at 5 min before closing (which was weird because I thought they were open until 9PM every night, but tonight must be 7PM ????). Big panic. What _is_ this stuff? Show great patience while I am pointed to the rope section , the plumbing section etc etc. Aaahah! Curtain fittings! (DUH!) Buy the same length of curtain coil as my liner. It's a bit thinner but worth a try. I have some welding to do. Take it home. Feed the 0.9 wire through. It works! Clever boy! Hoho! Have you ever patted your own back so much you nearly cam....no....sorry...anatomically incorrect. hrrrmpph! BUT WAIT! ..........in the midst of the cerebrations.... At a point about 80% of the length of the coiled stuff, the wire stops feeding properly. Stuck solid. Clunk clunk. In all the THOUSANDS, MILLIONS ???? of feet of this stuff that they make, I bought 10', and in the middle of it is a ______J O I N _______ that has a plug to join the coils, and obscures the wire feed. 1.5 hours' drive from town. My Dozer is broken and I need to weld up a tripod to get it off the ground to fix it. hnhnhnhnhnnn nn nn nn ! HATE FATE! HATE FATE! HATE FATE! HATE FATE! hnhnhnhnhnnn nn nn nn ! aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgh! In all the THOUSANDS, MILLIONS ???? of feet of this stuff that they make, I bought 10', and in the middle of it is a J O I N that has a plug to join the coils, and obscures the wire feed. hnhnhnhnhnnn nn nn nn ! HATE FATE! HATE FATE! HATE FATE! HATE FATE! hnhnhnhnhnnn nn nn nn ! aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgh! 1.5 hours' drive My Dozer is broken weld In all the THOUSANDS, MILLIONS ???? of feet of this...................... Loop until you undersatnd. IGNORE THE SIGNATURE QUOTE. It may be OK by me, but this one is the meanie for this message. "It's bad enough when life kicks you in the (head??) again and again. Does it have to sandpaper your armpits all the time while it does it?" ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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Nick, good story but still hate it for you brother. I always get antsy
on fridays just due what happen to you. The trick is not to work on fridays, Chuckle! Rusty (Old Nick) wrote in message ... 1.5 hours' drive from town. My Dozer is broken and I need to weld up a tripod to get it off the ground to fix it. Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:19:26 -0400, Mike Graham
wrote: In article , Old Nick wrote: I get a kink in the wirefeed liner on my MIG (of course). So.. no torch? No stick welder? How about cutting the liner at the kink and stuffing both pieces in? It works. It would work with the curtain crap, too. Just cut it at the join and ream both ends a bit so it doesn't have a sharp edge. Both ends of the liner are contained, so why not? Mike, she's , I mean he's, not interested in the solution to the problem. She, I mean he, just wants you to comiserate with her, I mean him :^). She, I mean he, just wants you to feel what her, I mean his, day was like. What she, I mean he, really wants to hear is something like, "Well schnookums, I know how you feel, let's call it a day and go drink a beer" :^). John Please note that my return address is wrong due to the amount of junk email I get. So please respond to this message through the newsgroup. |
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clare @ snyder wrote: (clip) By 7:30 we were back on the road, heading west.(clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What could you POSSIBLY do to show your appreciation to someone like that? |
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Leo Lichtman wrote:
clare @ snyder wrote: (clip) By 7:30 we were back on the road, heading west.(clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What could you POSSIBLY do to show your appreciation to someone like that? Probably a sincere thankyou would be sufficient. I doubt the guy helped with any expectation of more. My wife got some free towing once. When they pulled up to the shop, the driver said he remembered bringing me a carburetor that needed a helicoil or something once, and I did not charge him. Told him to do someone else a favor sometime. Well, faith in fellow man got some reinforcement that day. michael |
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"Old Nick" wrote in message
... Mike, she's , I mean he's, If you think I am a "she", then I don't know what your point is, but I think I know where it points most often. Maybe you have a bi8t of a kink in your own wire feed? That's a given,  but I think he's pointing out the fact that you weregoing on and on, complaining, like women are known to do. ;-) Sorry to hear you had a crappy day. :\ Tim -- In the immortal words of Ned Flanders: "No foot longs!" Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms |
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Hey guys,
I'm sure the reply poster himself/herself can clarify, but I took all the "hesaid/she said" in that reply to be that perhaps God is female and so the reply needed to be kept politically correct. I also suggest/assume that the reply was tongue-in-cheek. Take care. Brian Lawson, Windsor, Ontario. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 01:14:36 -0500, "Tim Williams" wrote: "Old Nick" wrote in message ... Mike, she's , I mean he's, If you think I am a "she", then I don't know what your point is, but I think I know where it points most often. Maybe you have a bi8t of a kink in your own wire feed? That's a given, but I think he's pointing out the fact that you weregoing on and on, complaining, like women are known to do. ;-) Sorry to hear you had a crappy day. :\ Tim |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 01:44:04 -0500, David L Peterson
wrote something .......and in reply I say!: I am not even going there! G About now I'm real thankfull for my old stick welder. I don't have to deal with any of these problems and it would have welded your tripod just fine. Dave ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:13:36 GMT, clare @ snyder.on .ca wrote
something .......and in reply I say!: Yep. I have been in jams and seen the upside like that. Just needed a vent and maybe let somebody have a chuckle at someone else for a change G Crawled under the truck and the bolts would NOT come undone. Bent the cheap chinese wrench into a pretzel. Went to the restaurant next door and asked if anyone knew anyone locally who did their own repairs and might have some tools I could borrow. A young fellow with a ponytail had just finished supper , owned a ditching company and fixed his own equipment, but had the lincoln, not the truck - and offered to go get some tools and give me a hand. Between the two of us, the bolts still would not come loose, so we removed the remaining clip, drove the joint out of the yoke, and pressed the new bearings in, under the truck, holding the vice up to the shaft. By 7:30 we were back on the road, heading west. There is a God, Sometimes he laughs, and other times??? ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:02:14 GMT, lcoe
wrote something .......and in reply I say!: Old Nick wrote: 1.5 hours' drive from town. My Dozer is broken and I need to weld up a tripod to get it off the ground to fix it. Hey Nick! you s/b posting with a copywrite notice, good stuff. --Loren Hoped I could amuse.... ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:20:28 -0400, Brian Lawson
wrote: Hey guys, I'm sure the reply poster himself/herself can clarify, but I took all the "hesaid/she said" in that reply to be that perhaps God is female and so the reply needed to be kept politically correct. I also suggest/assume that the reply was tongue-in-cheek. Man, one has to be careful what one says lest it be taken twenty different ways :^). But you're right it was tongue in cheek. It was just funny to me that Old Nick just wanted to get his frustration off his chest, and Mike offered the typical male response to a typically female complaint by offering a solution to the problem instead of co-miserating with him when it was obvious that was what he was seeking. John Please note that my return address is wrong due to the amount of junk email I get. So please respond to this message through the newsgroup. |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:11:05 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote: clare @ snyder wrote: (clip) By 7:30 we were back on the road, heading west.(clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What could you POSSIBLY do to show your appreciation to someone like that? I told him exactly that - No way I could adequately thank him. Itried real hard to give him some of that "legal US Tender" stuff and finally convinced him that a twenty was not meant as payment, which he would not accept, but as a token of my appreciation. I have been on the other side of the equation as well, where I was able to help someone else stranded on the road. When you end up on the recieving end you know all the more how good it is to lend a helping hand. |
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:20:28 -0400, Brian Lawson
wrote something .......and in reply I say!: Hey guys, I'm sure the reply poster himself/herself can clarify, but I took all the "hesaid/she said" in that reply to be that perhaps God is female and so the reply needed to be kept politically correct. I also suggest/assume that the reply was tongue-in-cheek. What tongue in which cheek? Politically correct yes. Assume female? No. No gender. Hw can the infinite reproduce? G ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:18:37 -0700, michael
wrote something .......and in reply I say!: Late one rainy night, I was driving home on my way to my hills home. There was this guy stopped on the side of the road, stuck, in trouble and he flagged me down. I fixed his car. He _drove_ a nice car, and I still enjoy the use of it GG heheheheh! Leo Lichtman wrote: clare @ snyder wrote: (clip) By 7:30 we were back on the road, heading west.(clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What could you POSSIBLY do to show your appreciation to someone like that? ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:01:48 GMT, (John
Flanagan) wrote something .......and in reply I say!: On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 23:09:00 GMT, (Old Nick) wrote: On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:29:57 GMT, (John Flanagan) wrote something ......and in reply I say!: On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:19:26 -0400, Mike Graham wrote: In article , Old Nick wrote: I get a kink in the wirefeed liner on my MIG (of course). Mike, she's , I mean he's, If you think I am a "she", then I don't know what your point is, but I think I know where it points most often. Maybe you have a bi8t of a kink in your own wire feed? Very funny :^). No, I was just poking fun at Mike because he was trying to fix your problem instead of just listening to your gripe. Which is a common misunderstanding between men and women. She just wants you to empathize and comfort her, where men see it as a request to solve a problem and so offer solutions. You know I was going to say not only could you have offended me, but you were being sexist. But that last sentence....I hear you.....many's the time.... :- ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 01:44:04 -0500, David L Peterson
wrote something .......and in reply I say!: Actually I can't resist. MIG is better than having to change the wire feed every 30 seconds GG About now I'm real thankfull for my old stick welder. I don't have to deal with any of these problems and it would have welded your tripod just fine. Dave ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
... God could write a book. I thought he did  Several in fact...None with welding info though. A shame. ;-) TIm -- In the immortal words of Ned Flanders: "No foot longs!" Website @ http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms |
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On 20 Jul 2003 21:27:33 -0700, jim rozen
wrote: In article , says... Politically correct yes. Assume female? No. No gender. Hw can the infinite reproduce? G Anyway they want. My guess: pretty easy for them to get a date on friday night. Actually if my saying is true, "Nothing can create something equal to or greater than itself", then God can't reproduce Himself. To me that's why man is described only as the *image* of God. Don't know how easy it is for Him to get a date. John Please note that my return address is wrong due to the amount of junk email I get. So please respond to this message through the newsgroup. |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:06:29 -0500, "Tim Williams"
wrote: "John Flanagan" wrote in message ... Don't know how easy it is for Him to get a date. Well, with heaven filled with angels as it is, and having an eternity of fridays, you'd think it's pretty easy.. Maybe that's what heaven is, perpetual Fridays :^). John Please note that my return address is wrong due to the amount of junk email I get. So please respond to this message through the newsgroup. |
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:16:45 -0500, "Tim Williams"
wrote something .......and in reply I say!: "Leo Lichtman" wrote in message ... God could write a book. I thought he did Several in fact...None with welding info though. A shame. ;-) Wrong, wrong! Used a flaming sword I believe. ************************************************** **************************************** Huh! Old age!. You may hate it, but let me tell you, you can't get by for long without it! Nick White --- HEAD:Hertz Music Please remove ns from my header address to reply via email !! ") _/ ) ( ) _//- \__/ |
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