[TheForge] Re: OLD

[Mike Spencer]

Frosty> My older brother stopped counting @ 39...

Like Jack Benny, eh? [1]  He was 39 for over 40 years.  My mother did
even better.  Born on Feb. 29, 1904,  she died a bit short of her 25th
birthday. 

ObSmithing:  

Good day: located a free 60 gal. tank for the compressor project and
got free advice from a pro [2] on how to make the motor work as I want.
Off to the shop to re-assemble the motor and try it out.

- Mike

[1] Of course, Frosty, you may not be old enough, at 68, to remeber
    Jack Benny.

[2] Thirty years ago I really got into hunting up the Old Geezers who
    had been forging, millwrighting, mechanic-ing, steamfitting,
    tool-and-die making or whatever for 40 years, who were Wizards and
    who Knew Everything.  This week I've been having trouble finding
    one of those.  Suddenly dawned on me that now *I* am one of those
    Old Geezer Wizards.  But wait!  There's so much stuff I don't know
    yet!  Yow!


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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~. 
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