got a chuckle

Sorry to head about your loss. I lost my wife seven years ago. It will get better but the loss remains in my mind.

I bought one several months ago . kept it a couple of weeks and got my money back at Best Buy . Too many problems for this guy to deal with.

Great post have read a lot about both world wars. I was only 6 when WWII started , We lived in the country and had no working radio [sometimes] and still remember my granddad coming to our house and telling Dad and Mother about Pearl Harbor on that Sunday morning. Being 6, I did not understand what was happening but do remember the very worried look on dad and mom face Those images are still very vivid.

Several years ago here where I live in central Texas we had 3 crows showed up and 1 only had 1 leg. They stayed here all fall and winter. My wife would take food scrapes to them each morning. If she was late taking them food they would fly down to the spot she always fed them and they look toward the house and call . As soon as she started toward them with the scrapes they would fly up into the tree where she fed them and sit then as soon as she started toward the house they would fly down and eat what she gave them. If she was late I would tell her you friends are wanting their breakfast. The 1 legged one seem to do just fine just hopping around on 1 leg.

Yes you are correct was a machinist in the 50s 60s running Cincinnati mills. Then later with a different company and bought a 2 axis point to point milicon mill. went to program school in Cincinnati to learn how to program NC machines. Was taught by a great guy . His name was Don Lyons if memory serves me correctly' Went again a couple years later to learn CNC programming . They were the early pionears in the NC and CNC machining. sad that they are gone. The Japanese took over the market . I think the machine in the video is a Mori Seiki brand and probably a Fanuc control. the last two machines I was involved in purchasing was that brand and control. That control was what was a real winner for them.

I was privileged to live in a time that has seen so many changes in machine shop technology. Starting in the 60s I was involved in NC 2 axis point to point mills . Including programming , using trig to calculating the points . Making the 8 channel binary tape and taking to machine and proofing it. This before all the software and plotters we have now. moved from there to CNC 3axis machines but still most of programming and etc. was still manual.The big improvement in calculating was The Hewitt Packard calculator which cost me about $400 but were well worth it. The ones now are $10 are actual do more. Then next was a 4 axis but by then we sucribed to an online software that took most of the manual work out. Later we bought a large hollow spindle lathe with a 8 inch hole thru spindle. The big problem is convincing upper management to spent the money get buy them. The last one we got after got it installed and running making the same parts that was taking 2 hours to machine the old trace lathe to about 20 minutes . then they would come watch and just stand in awe . Of course there were also many improvements in cutting tools and the interchangeable and repeat-ability. Oh this is not a lathe but a machining center.

good one :thumbup:

Even the legs I had at 70 ! :thumbup:

STOP IT Don't you know i have a fractured rib :lol:

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: sovery true

I also am a patient at MD Anderson and on a clinical study since Feb.2012. I am actually taking 2 different ones .One I take every day and the other for 21 days then stop for 7 days then another 21 days starts over. One is furnished by them another is shipped to me every 28 days. Have to keep a dairy each day and have blood work every 2 weeks. I am told that all this is showing promise but of course can not be made available for general use until the FDA approves.
I don't think it is M D Anderson that is keeping it from her but the FDA. You would not believe the hoops that I jump thru each month to get the med that is shipped to me. I am talking about the same hoops with 3 different people each time before it can be shipped all required by the FDA.

So sorry about your lose and certainly what is Happening with Andrea.

Good one spit out my drink !

If you had them it would not be long before you wish they were gone. You can't realize how much damage they can do to a lawn or flower bed in one nite.

I am farm /ranch guy and I tell you ranchers hate the Black heads because they will kill a new born calf or and other new born animal. The turkey buzzard will not kill. The BHs just came in the area of Texas a few years ago.