[TheForge] Re: Ralph, Mike and their toys (Was: OT Threads ?)

[Grover Richardson]

Hmm.  Not trying to be politically incorrect here.  But one of the
advantages of a car over a horse is that you can turn it off and it won't
neigh in your ear all night.

Now in this, I am NOT suggesting that our lovely lady smiths are in any
manner ovine, bovine, porcine, nor equine.  I am just trying to make the
direct point that ladies (including the smith variety) can require a level
of maintenance that is somewhat higher than that required by the greasy old
lubed once a fortnight electric motor.

Hmm.  Am I digging it worse, or actually crawling out of that hole??????

>*>-----Original Message-----
>*>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
>*>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:01 PM
>*>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Ralph, Mike and their toys (Was: 
>*>OT Threads ?)
>*>
>*>
>*>Now you've got the idea!
>*>
>*>In fact, let's talk about this whole A&O hammer thing. I'll 
>*>concede, every 
>*>smith needs as big a "power" hammer as it's possible to 
>*>aquire. But. . . 
>*>Does it REALLY need electricity, a river, wind, diesel/gas/steam?
>*>
>*>How about a walking beam hammer? Then we could have the 
>*>pretty women or men 
>*>for the lady smiths among us taking a more direct roll in 
>*>smithing. Picture 
>*>a teeter totter with your scantilly clad hammer drive of 
>*>your preferred 
>*>orientation walking back and forth.
>*>
>*>The only downsides I see are having to feed the hammer when 
>*>you're not using 
>*>it and having it make suggestions.
>*>
>*>Frosty
>*>-------------------------------
>*>If it ain't forged
>*>it ain't real.
>*>Wrought iron is.
>*>The FrostWorks
>*>
>*>Meadow Lakes, AK.
>*>
>*>http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>*>
>*>From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
>*>
>*>
>*>> If we're talkinig about governors through the centuries, 
>*>why not take 
>*>> the
>*>> roman approach and use a few pretty girls in skimpy 
>*>costumes, captured 
>*>> (dramatically) after some battle or other? They could take 
>*>turns keeping 
>*>> the rpm's constant and fanning the smith with palm fronds.
>*>>
>*>>  Just a thought.
>*>>
>*>>  JRF
>*>>
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