[TheForge] Brand Loyalty?.. Sky, SCUBA, etc gear. OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Fresh water anvil fishing? Yeah!...pf

Ron Childers wrote:
> You younguns keep on casting asparagus on us old buzzards. When u can catch
> up with some of the 65 & 70+ guys in blacksmithing or some of us other old
> buzzards in sky & scuba, etc endeavors you'll have earned ur bragging
> rights.
> 
> The Diveair dbl hose, Dacor dbl hose, and Aqua Master dbl hose were
> state-of-the-art in the 50's. Very few remember how to make a diving outfit
> out of an AN6-004 Air Force oxygen regulator and a fire extinguisher bottle.
> We also thought it was natural to make a coal forge out of a barrel lined
> with red clay, and use a vacuum cleaner motor for air. My daddy just
> expected forge welds to "take"- and they did.
> 
>  There were 78 rpm records and Para Commanders back then, too..... I'm a
> Scuba Pro nut when it comes to diving, so I'm not totally averse to change
> if you show me, though some of my gear is older than my dive buddies. 
> 
> Bill R., El Presedente convinced me his Petting Horse anvil is superior in
> many ways to my 100 year-old anvils. Yeah, he's a real *SNOB* about it -
> makes me want to drop it on his foot. (Green w/envy)
>  
> Even an anvil weighs less under water; I still want to find that sink near
> Natural Bridge where Col Blitch told my grandfather the Confederates dumped
> the Yankee military equipment after chasing them back to Port Leon. Cold
> water will keep anvil fresh near 'bout forever....
> 
> Ron Childers 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tod Estes
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:15 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Brand Loyalty?..OT
> 
> Ok that was supposed to be XIV (or 14). But the paper charts still stand,
> But I
> did switch to breathing Nitrox back in 92.
> Quoting Tod Estes <testes at medicine.nodak.edu>:
> 
> 
>>Hey careful I am still using my USD Conshelf IV. and paper charts!
>>Quoting Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com>:
>>
>>
>>>I know exactly what you should do with that regulator
>>>Pete.
>>>
>>>Polish it up real nice and put it on the coffee table
>>>next to the electric giant squid gun Capt. Nemo gave
>>>you.
>>>
>>>I mean seriously NOBODY likes an old phart in scuba
>>>gear.
>>>
>>><snicker>
>>>
>>>Frosty
>>>-------------------------------
>>>If it ain't forged
>>>it ain't real.
>>>Wrought iron is.
>>>The FrostWorks
>>>
>>>Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>>
>>>http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>>>
>>>From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer"
>>><artgawk at thegrid.net>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Funny.
>>>>I still have my scubapro regulator that i bought in
>>>>the 60's when i was spending a lot of my life
>>>>underwater.
>>>> Something foolish in the back of my head assumes
>>>>that i can just strap that antique stuff back on my
>>>>antique back, crash out through the surf and go
>>>>diving again.
>>>>Damn delusional old pharts....pete f
>>>>
>>>>Ron Childers wrote:
>>>
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>>
>>Tod Estes
>>
>>People do not care about how much you know
>>until they know about how much you care.
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> Tod Estes
> 
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