[TheForge] Re: Pwr hmr anvil

[Mike Spencer]

I thought I could find you a solution, Frosty.  Shipyard.  Had a quick
google.  Sure. there's a thriving shipyard in Alaska.  They recently
replace the shaft in a big ship.  Piece of drive shaft is just what
you need.  Lessee....sure, just hop in the pickup and run over to
Ketchikan.  Hmm... so where's Ketchikan, exactly.....

Oh.  Heh. Oh yeah.  Um, Alaska's kinda big and whatchu might call
"spread out", ain't it?  :-o

But maybe there's some kind of shipyard closer to you?  A chunk of
shaft or other ship overhaul detritus might be just the ticket.

F> I was obviously deprived as a child. For instance, I've worked for
F> the state for 29 years and have almost NO state property in my
F> posession.

M> It is a heavy burden that you carry. However, there is hope. Even at
M> your greatly advanced age, you may wish to start an exercise program
M> in the hope of developing proper social skills.  I would advise
M> starting with ten repetitions of a crooked grin per day...

Yeah.  If you feel that your image is seriously overburdened with
virtue, you can take up chewing tobacco.  Guaranteed to modify your
public profile almost as much as having stolen, say, an entire
Caterpillar D6 in spare parts but without the liability of felony
prosecution.


The year that I spent 6 weeks hanging out with the computer geeks at
MIT, a new guy showed up.  He'd lived for a decade in the Alaska
outback, decided to rejoin civilization by enrolling at Columbia
University and had been sent on an internship to MIT.  And he chewed
tobacco, used a styrofoam cup "concealed" in his desk drawer for a
spitoon.  You may (just possibly) be able to imagine the reaction this
provoked in the ambitious, squeaky-clean young techies and yuppies in
the hallowed halls of politically correct academe.  Sure took the heat
of of *me* as a pipe-smoking, bearded blacksmith messing around in the
digital playground. :-)


- Mike

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