[TheForge] Fw: Ancient metallurgy - US Bicentennial Bloom

[Rowland Smuck]

10 pennies was for 100 nails.
Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
10 miles to the nearest Red Light
There is a very fine line between 
"hobby" and "mental illness
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Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: Ancient metallurgy - US Bicentennial Bloom


> Can you imagine how low and stable the inflation rate must have been 
> back when they named "ten penny" nails etc. to have a name for a 
> product - related to cost, and have it remembered and stick as the name 
> of that product. I'll bet the Feds' Alan Greenspan is glad that we 
> didnt do our "ax project" very often.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:48:45 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: Ancient metallurgy - US Bicentennial Bloom
> 
> I guess that makes them million-penny nails!
> 
> >>> stephen.viola at gmail.com 11/3/2005 10:33:12 AM >>>
> Hehe well I said it was a quick calculation.. but you are right those
> nailheads must be about $50000 a pop! I wouldn't want to build a very
> big house using those nails :o)
> 
> Stephen
> 
> On 11/2/05, mrscherm at aol.com <mrscherm at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > I misspoke, as I now recall, we also made five or six nails from the
> > shards that fell off the bloom. The cost of those nails would be right
> > up there.
> 
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