Sharp things (was Re: Biscuit cutter)

[James Grebe]

hey watch it
My HHCC's will  get you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Sharp things (was Re: Biscuit cutter)


>At 05:47 PM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Ron...
>>
>>Point 1: I momentarily confused Norm Abrams with the guy that cuts down a
>>tree with a scythe, then, using his feet for a vise, turns said tree into
a
>>rocking chair  using only a pocket knife.
>
>* BUZZZZZZZ! Wrong! Thank you for playing. That would be the Roy Underhill
>creature, who buys Band-Aids by the case and uses his sour mash for wound
>disinfectant (visible evidence to the contrary). He's good to watch when
you
>need to feel good about having gotten through the day with all your
fingers.
>Like when you have had a day so hideous that that's the only possibility of
>consolation you have left. Ya know? By the way, that would be an antique
>#214 Barlow pocketknife with the cheater bar and hammer striking platform
on
>the handle (shudder). Besides, feet are used for installing S&S lyres.
>
>
>>Personally, I'm not interested in
>>anything that doesn't have a wall socket, batteries, or fossil fuels
>>nearby.
>
>* Uh oh, this sounds like a line voltage diesel coming on.
>
>
>>I finally realized you are talking about the guy that either buys
>>Titebond by the tanker-load, or has an endorsement agreement with
Franklin.
>>Apparently he hasn't heard of dry-wall screws.
>
>* He owns a biscuit joiner. He has no use for such pedestrian hardware. (Be
>green, be VERY green (ha!))
>
>
>>Point 2. Why do I get the feeling that "Mr. Caster Cup" will be
introducing
>>a new spring line of Dixie Cup dispensers -- in contrasting hardwoods, no
>>doubt. 8-}
>
>* Baja Mason-Dixon Distributors Inc. Live Oak and Spanish moss products for
>livin' the Gentry life. Y'all come on down. Season tickets and snake bite
>remedy available by prior arrangement... also snakes.
>
>
>>Decisions decisions,
>>Jim Gone to whup up some yum-yum biscuits and [either] milk or red-eye
Harvey
>>(aka Jim glad we have 911 service Harvey)
>
>* Aw heck, now I'm thirsty too.
>
>
>>Jim Harvey, RPT
>
>
>OK, so the List watch "topic cops" and "bandwidth watchdogs" are going to
>get me if I don't have anything technical here, so I'll offer the
>observation that the Chickering repair that started all this (there HAD to
>be a Jim or two of some sort behind this) might also benefit from a few of
>those sheetrock screws that Norm is too bisquitized to use, strategically
>placed through the inner rim, and into the outer to better hold the whole
>mess together. Like I said, I like mechanical fasteners. They prove someone
>was there who cared.
>
>Best,
> Ron
>