Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Ivan Vegvary

Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Ivan Vegvary



Yes and yes. The Hamas guys used cutting torches, and jewelers in the Middle
Ages used a torch with a tube into which the jeweler actually blew air, to
melt gold.

GWE

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:32:21 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ivan
Vegvary" quickly quoth:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Who knows what our braindead media meant? The massive corrugated
panels I saw the Palestinians stepping over appeared to be pushes
over, with no markings on the bottom from cutting torches that I could
make out. shrug

--
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
-- Mark Twain

In article Vnfmj.12803$YH6.3005@trndny03, "Ivan Vegvary" wrote:
Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch?

Fox News is apparently a bit more clueful than the AP:

"a Hamas border guard interviewed by The London Times at the border admitted
that the Islamist group was responsible and had been involved for months in
slicing through the heavy metal wall using oxy-acetylene cutting torches."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325091,00.html

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

On Jan 25, 6:08 am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:32:21 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ivan
Vegvary" quickly quoth:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Who knows what our braindead media meant? The massive corrugated
panels I saw the Palestinians stepping over appeared to be pushes
over, with no markings on the bottom from cutting torches that I could
make out. shrug

--
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
-- Mark Twain

Similar to the use of "tire iron" to hit someone with. When I show
someone a tire iron and a lug wrench, the seem to get it, but most of
the knuckle heads that are in the news media have never ever seen a
tire iron, let alone know how to use one.

Paul

:
Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch?


What do you expect from a liberal arts major? Check out the first two
paragraphs in this story, written by a man who uses words as we use tools.
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.d...18/-1/A_COMM02

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an acual
turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of brass
or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

On Jan 25, 3:26 pm, "Stupendous Man" wrote:
:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch?

What do you expect from a liberal arts major? Check out the first two
paragraphs in this story, written by a man who uses words as we use tools.http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.d...80125/A_NEWS/8...

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an acual
turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of brass
or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty


I really screwed the pooch driving my turbo-steam roller.

Trifecta!

Well, unless its a steam turbine powered steam roller (damn!)

Dave

Stupendous Man wrote:
How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an acual
turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of brass
or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...

Lew Hartswick wrote:
Stupendous Man wrote:
How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller?
I doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your
dog as a "pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an
acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of
brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...

How about "Battery or electric"?

Jim Stewart wrote:
Lew Hartswick wrote:

Stupendous Man wrote:

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller?
I doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your
dog as a "pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate
an acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made
of brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.

I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...


How about "Battery or electric"?

Cordless as in 'cordless screwdriver'.
What's next, 'cordless pencil'?

--Winston

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:26:20 -0700, Lew Hartswick
wrote:

Stupendous Man wrote:
How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an acual
turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of brass
or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...
A couple of my computers downstairs have "turbo" buttons.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

A couple of my computers downstairs have "turbo" buttons.

You want to know the original reason old PCs (the "turbo" buttons) had buttons
on them to slow them down? I wondered that for years and years and finally an
old Silicon Valley engineer told me it was for playing old games that would
go too fast if run on a newer PC.

You need to let those old computers go, Gerry! :-)

Grant

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:57:58 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:


A couple of my computers downstairs have "turbo" buttons.

You want to know the original reason old PCs (the "turbo" buttons) had buttons
on them to slow them down? I wondered that for years and years and finally an
old Silicon Valley engineer told me it was for playing old games that would
go too fast if run on a newer PC.

You need to let those old computers go, Gerry! :-)

Grant
I need to reinstall W3.1 on my laptop, I'm getting tired of working in
Dos 5.2
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:32:21 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Ivan Vegvary


It is, no doubt, the only torch term they know so they use it
constantly. Any torch is a blow torch just like any rifle is an AK47.
Just goes to show you what kind of "journalists" our public education
system is turning out.

"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
.. .
Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch
ever mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds
what we used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Ivan Vegvary

Yes and yes. The Hamas guys used cutting torches, and jewelers in the
Middle
Ages used a torch with a tube into which the jeweler actually blew air, to
melt gold.

GWE

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com


The term is Blow Pipe. They are still available from jewellers supply firms.
I have one that dates to 1895, and have used it!


Steve R.



--
Reply address munged to bugger up spammers

"Stupendous Man" wrote in message
...
:
Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch?


What do you expect from a liberal arts major? Check out the first two
paragraphs in this story, written by a man who uses words as we use tools.
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.d...18/-1/A_COMM02

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an
acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of
brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty


Steam rollers were in use in Victoria , BC, where I grew up, well into the
1940s. A few steam shovels and steam cranes were still in use up to this
time as well. They disappeared while I was still quite young. A large
railway steam crane, much in need of restoration, is (was?) on display,
about 10 miles outside the city.


Steve R.



--
Reply address munged to bugger up spammers

"Steve Mulhollan" smulhollat@yahoodotcom wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:32:21 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch
ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Ivan Vegvary


It is, no doubt, the only torch term they know so they use it
constantly. Any torch is a blow torch just like any rifle is an AK47.
Just goes to show you what kind of "journalists" our public education
system is turning out.

Blowtorch has become a generic term that is meaningful enough for people who
don't care what fuel or oxidizer is used; they only care that it was a
torch, and they get enough British reporting these days that you'd better
prefix it with "blow" if you don't want them to think flashlight. As for
your annoyance, they really don't give a ****. Neither does 99.9% of their
audience. It's a torch, it produces a flame, it somehow destroys metal
fences, and that's damned well enough to know about a story that really
concerns Palestinians defying the Israeli military to seek food and
essential goods in Egypt.

You really have to separate meaningful information from the trivial if
you're going to report on a wide range of subjects to a general audience.
The key is to know where to focus attention and detail. If you get into the
details of the type of torch used you give the impression, in a
general-interest article, that the fact is somehow important and deserves
the technical detail. It does not, and you will distract from the key facts
of the story if you give the detail or if you use technically correct but
generally obscure terms that beg the question of why you have created the
distraction. If someone has to look the term up, you've screwed up.

It strikes me that we've discussed this subject here before. Let me
re-emphasize a point: If what I have said above isn't glaringly obvious to
you, then journalism, or any kind of general-audience communication, is not
for you. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress (proud to have been a journalist, of both the general-interest
and the technical types, for half of a lengthy career)

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:40:58 -0800, Jim Stewart
wrote:

Lew Hartswick wrote:
Stupendous Man wrote:
How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller?
I doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your
dog as a "pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an
acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of
brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...

How about "Battery or electric"?


"billet"


Gunner

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:45:20 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Gerald Miller quickly quoth:

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:26:20 -0700, Lew Hartswick
wrote:

Stupendous Man wrote:
How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an acual
turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of brass
or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...
A couple of my computers downstairs have "turbo" buttons.

What's the name of your museum, Gerry?

--
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Plan more than you can do, then do it.
-- Anonymous

Jim Stewart wrote:

Lew Hartswick wrote:

Stupendous Man wrote:

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller?
I doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your
dog as a "pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate
an acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made
of brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.

I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...


How about "Battery or electric"?

How about "Billet".
I'm currently looking for a Billet soap bar cradle. I'm sure there is one.
JR
Dweller in the cellar



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Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive
The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me
No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses
--------------------------------------------------------------
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"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."

Gunner wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:40:58 -0800, Jim Stewart
wrote:


Lew Hartswick wrote:

Stupendous Man wrote:

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller?
I doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your
dog as a "pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an
acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of
brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.

I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...

How about "Battery or electric"?



"billet"

Yeah. Ever try to explain to a salesman
why a forging could be better than a billet-
made part?

"Stupendous Man" wrote in message
...
:
Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch?


What do you expect from a liberal arts major? Check out the first two
paragraphs in this story, written by a man who uses words as we use tools.
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.d...18/-1/A_COMM02

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an
acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of
brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
Why would anyone want to roll steam? Jim

Steve Mulhollan wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:32:21 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Again our news media (AP story) mentions that the Palestinians broke down
the barrier(s) to Egypt using a blowtorch (on the metal fences). Do they
really mean an oxy/acetylene cutting torch? Did the phrase blow torch ever
mean anything other than the little hand held jobbies that holds what we
used to call "white gas" and was used for heating metal objects?

Ivan Vegvary


It is, no doubt, the only torch term they know so they use it
constantly. Any torch is a blow torch just like any rifle is an AK47.
Just goes to show you what kind of "journalists" our public education
system is turning out.


What do you expect from people who can't remember, "Y'all want fries
with that"? Why do you think TV stations need Telepromters? Why do they
need to use small words on Teleprompters?

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.


OK What is the generic term or are they the only one
in the business?
...lew...

This takes me back to the late late 80's when the "white van tool guys"
first showed up here. I was accosted in a parking lot and asked if I
wanted to buy some speakers, tools, and etc, or a "cordless flashlight".

~D
"Silk, five cents a yard"

Winston wrote:

Cordless as in 'cordless screwdriver'.
What's next, 'cordless pencil'?

--Winston

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:35:23 -0700, Lew Hartswick
wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.


OK What is the generic term or are they the only one
in the business?
...lew...


AstroTurf, Baggies, Band-Aid, Beer Nuts, Breathalyzer, Brillo Pads,
Dacron, Dumpster, Frisbee, Hi-Liter, Hula-Hoop, Jacuzzi, Jeep,
Jell-O, Jockey Shorts, Kitty Litter, Kleenex, Laundromat, Liquid
Paper, Magic Marker,Muzak, Novocain, Ping-Pong, Play-Doh, Popsicle,
Post-it Note, Q-Tip, Realtor, Rollerblade, Scotch Tape, Scrabble,
Seeing Eye (dog), Sheetrock, Slim Jim, Styrofoam, Super glue,
Technicolor, Teflon, TelePrompTer, Vaseline, Velcro, and Walkman.

Dave wrote:
This takes me back to the late late 80's when the "white van tool guys"
first showed up here. I was accosted in a parking lot and asked if I
wanted to buy some speakers, tools, and etc, or a "cordless flashlight".

~D
"Silk, five cents a yard"

Made from 'aircraft billet' no doubt.

--Winston

Gunner wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:35:23 -0700, Lew Hartswick
wrote:


Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.


OK What is the generic term or are they the only one
in the business?
...lew...



AstroTurf, Baggies, Band-Aid, Beer Nuts, Breathalyzer, Brillo Pads,
Dacron, Dumpster, Frisbee, Hi-Liter, Hula-Hoop, Jacuzzi, Jeep,
Jell-O, Jockey Shorts, Kitty Litter, Kleenex, Laundromat, Liquid
Paper, Magic Marker,Muzak, Novocain, Ping-Pong, Play-Doh, Popsicle,
Post-it Note, Q-Tip, Realtor, Rollerblade, Scotch Tape, Scrabble,
Seeing Eye (dog), Sheetrock, Slim Jim, Styrofoam, Super glue,
Technicolor, Teflon, TelePrompTer, Vaseline, Velcro, and Walkman.

I have been aware of most of those and a few I "couldn't care less"
about but I am curious about the generic for "TelePrompter"
...lew...

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:03:48 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:45:20 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Gerald Miller quickly quoth:

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:26:20 -0700, Lew Hartswick
wrote:

Stupendous Man wrote:
How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller? I
doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your dog as a
"pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate an acual
turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made of brass
or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.
I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.
...lew...
A couple of my computers downstairs have "turbo" buttons.

What's the name of your museum, Gerry?
According to SWMBO - "Gerry's Junk" until someone needs something in
a hurry. Actually, the whole basement is willed to second son. Anyone
need a TI-99A ?
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:51:04 -0500, Gerald Miller
wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:03:48 -0800, Larry Jaques

What's the name of your museum, Gerry?

According to SWMBO - "Gerry's Junk" until someone needs something in
a hurry. Actually, the whole basement is willed to second son. Anyone
need a TI-99A ?

Nope, already have a half dozen TI-99-4a consoles, one complete PEB
rig (with a P-Code card, no hard drive), and a decent pile of
software.

Used to get lulled to sleep by the sound of a "TI Impact Printer"
(rebadged Epson MX-80) churning out Avery 1-up tractor feed address
labels half the night...

-- Bruce --

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:55:15 -0800, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote:




Used to get lulled to sleep by the sound of a "TI Impact Printer"
(rebadged Epson MX-80) churning out Avery 1-up tractor feed address
labels half the night...

-- Bruce --
Mine was a star 10 after second son and I fabricated a head cable from
a surplus floppy drive ribbon and I rotated the drive belt to get
better traction. I sold that printer at a yard sale in 1995 and saw it
for sale again in 2000 (I could tell by the head cable). I picked up
another one about five years ago for $1.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Gerald Miller wrote:
Anyone
need a TI-99A ?
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

If there turns out to be a demand for them, I have one
only been turned on once to test it out when new.
How many years ago was that?
...lew... Oh! also a Comodore +4 and a few TS1000s

Lew Hartswick wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.


OK What is the generic term or are they the only one
in the business?
...lew...


There was at least one other company, but the 'talking heads' still
called them a teleprompter, because of their limited neurons. they
couldn't be bother with learning anything about the equipment or people
who put their faces into people's homes.

I haven't seen one in almost 20 years now, and haven't kept up on the
TV broadcast business. You could ask on
news:sci.engr.television.broadcast if you're really interested. The
last station I built didn't have any studio equipment in place when I
finished installing their transmitter. That was Ch 58, in Destin,
Florida. The call letters at that time were WRMX, for "Wendal Rowan
Ministries". It was a 1952 RCA TTU-25B transmitter, built with lots of
aluminum, stainless and chrome. 2" copper pipe for the cooling system,
and a huge water chiller with a 480 Volt, 3 Phase motor. Old Fairbanks
Morse cooling pumps to circulate the water, and some nice 30A 10 KV
armored cable that ran from the plate transformers to the thyratron
cabinet.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:34:14 +0000, Winston wrote:
Jim Stewart wrote:
Lew Hartswick wrote:
Stupendous Man wrote:

How many of you machine-heads have actually seen a real steam roller?
I doubt the press has. Anyone who is not gay actually refer to your
dog as a "pooch"? (that could be an east-west thing though)
Who assigns the word "turbo" to something that does not incorporate
an acual turbine?
I really get a kick out of it when i ask someone if an item is made
of brass or aluminum respond "no, its metal".

Stupid is as stupid does.

I think I saw a "steam shovel" once when I was about 6 yrs old.
That was 69 yrs ago. As to the "pooch", yes we (lots/most)
people called smalish dogs pooch, if there wasent an obvious
better name available, back in PA when I was growing up.
As to "turbo" that has become the latest greatest thingo.


How about "Battery or electric"?

Cordless as in 'cordless screwdriver'.
What's next, 'cordless pencil'?


I once used a "Slit-n-Wrap" tool which comprised a hand slit-n-
wrap tool clamped in a cordless eraser. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:35:23 -0700, Lew Hartswick wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.

OK What is the generic term or are they the only one
in the business?

"Head-up Display" or "Heads-up Display".

Hope This Helps!
Rich

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:51:55 -0500, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.

So is "Kleenex". ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Rich Grise wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:35:23 -0700, Lew Hartswick wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.

OK What is the generic term or are they the only one
in the business?

"Head-up Display" or "Heads-up Display".

Hope This Helps!
Rich

As in the modern fighter aircraft? :-)
...lew...

Rich Grise wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:51:55 -0500, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.


So is "Kleenex". ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Anyone else grow up with those being called "paper hankies" ?
I still do it now and then, the term "tissue" dosen't come
to mind without a brief pause. :-)
...lew...

"Lew Hartswick" wrote in message
...
Rich Grise wrote:

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:35:23 -0700, Lew Hartswick wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

BTW, 'Teleprompter' is a tradmark.

OK What is the generic term or are they the only one
in the business?

"Head-up Display" or "Heads-up Display".

Hope This Helps!
Rich

As in the modern fighter aircraft? :-)
...lew...
As opposed to the Display of "Heads Up" as offered by most of our
politicians.

Stu

Rich Grise wrote:
(...)
How about "Battery or electric"?

Cordless as in 'cordless screwdriver'.
What's next, 'cordless pencil'?



I once used a "Slit-n-Wrap" tool which comprised a hand slit-n-
wrap tool clamped in a cordless eraser. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

Careful, Rich.
You are outing youself as a Mature Tinkerer.

(It takes one to know one.)

Those erasers were darned useful for cleaning contacts, too.

--Winston