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kmoorevs wrote: What I really hate though is the obligatory conversation starters such as 'How are you?/Fine, and you?'.
That's where 'Howzit' is really handy. No reply required, just maybe an echo.
I've long quite salutations on all but the first email I send to person I haven't communicated with before, and when I'm feeling really friendly I'll throw in a "Hi. Then the rest of the topic."
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Brady Kelly wrote: Then why are you sorry?
Its just an Anglicism, and I dont mean men in black dresses..... 
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Stupid, obvious question, but wth...have you tried a fan? 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I don't think people standing around admiring my welding is going to help. 
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It might if they had their own welding equipment?
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It depends on how hard they can blow.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Can we all avoid to see people blowing your hot welder? It would be appreciated.
DURA LEX, SED LEX
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Reminds me that it's time I learned to weld. Have had my late dad's machine sitting idle the the garage for over two years now. Going to do a cleanup and flog most of his mountain of power tools, except the press drill, table saw, and welder. I can do a damned fine job with the other two.
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I much prefer MIG welding, so much neater, but, if you are going to go stick, then use 3.2 mm rods, eighth inch in the US, as they are easier to use and good for most metal except if its less than 2 mm.
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Thanks. I think the spare rods lying around are about that size, and I would very very wary of starting out first time welding on less than 4mm steel, or whatever the closest size to that it comes in for nice cheap plates and angle irons.
And, a MIG welder would set me back a few grand, where this old arc machine costs almost less than nothing.
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i was taught as a kid, but these days there is so much on the net that you can pivk up the technique from vids. Try putting together something a bit rough, like a pergola, doesnt need to be good welding at all, and I am WAY out of practice with stick welding, and its difficult when you start doing over head fillet welds and that kind of stuff, but, with good plant and rods, you can do a good job still. If you really want to do a good weld every where, at any position, then MIG really is unbeatable, but, its expensive to buy a good MIG machine.
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Have you run out of duct tape?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Have you tried dipping it in water to cool it down?
Joke aside, but there really is only one way to solve the problem. Buy, rent or borrow a better welder.
Actually, there is another way, but I certainly don't recommend it for hopefully obvious reasons.
Open the case and dip it in oil. (The welder, not the case)
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Buy, rent or borrow a better welde
Yeah, I know, I only paid 125 euros for this one back in 2001, and its done well really, I shouldnt complain.
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Leslie still manages to drink "beer" *, despite being dead? 
The Insider News[^]
* And by "beer", I mean "rancid gnats-piss that's like making love in a canoe".
Or "Budweiser", as it's known in America.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
modified 26-Oct-16 11:30am.
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Richard Deeming wrote: Leslie still manages to drink beer, despite being dead
Nope: it wasn't beer, it was Budweiser.
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Good point. I've corrected my post.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Hmmm, imagining Vin D / Fast & Furious gang unhitching that trailer along it's route.
Sheepish looking driverless truck arrives at destination,  ... shuffle shuffle
Sin tack ear lol
Pressing the "Any" key may be continuate
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Now truck driver gets an interesting profession. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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<quote>“When you’ll see a truck driving down the road with nobody in the front seat, you’ll know that it’s highly unlikely to..asses the situation in case of emergency at the same level as a human brain.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Do Elefonts never forget a typeface?
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What a Grotesque idea!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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It's a sign of the Times!
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