wildlife ( was Re: [TheForge] ground hogs)OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Hi Peter;
Got that. Just think there's room here for rants and off topic 
explorations. We have had many in the past and some had real 
substance.
This is a very diverse group of characters and we need to give 
them as much room as possible or it will become an intolerably 
stilted conversation.
If the Subject line is marked "OT", then they are easily avoided 
when one only wants to read and speak of blacksmithing.
Oh yeah, and it was more retail slaughter of wildlife, not 
"wholesale". Grin.
Metal work then;
  I trucked the contents of my father's shop home recently, and 
as with many of our shops, the contents were unlabeled and, 
unfortunately mixed. By the age of 90, he'd become pretty 
disorganized. I've spent days on end sorting boxes of mixed stuff.
Short of firing up a torch and melting the end of each rod...does 
anyone have any hints as to how to identify different sorts of 
silver solders and specialty brazing rods?
One kind that there's a fair amount of, has a faint, white wash 
on one end.
Peter

Peter Hirst wrote:
> If y'all missed yer hammer blows as bad as yer missin Terry's point, all 
> yer anvils would be cheese.  He's not askin that you take his view; he's 
> asking ta drop the subject. And so am I.
> 
> Keziah
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" 
> <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>; "Sponsored by ABANA" 
> <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:25 AM
> Subject: Re: wildlife ( was Re: [TheForge] ground hogs)OT
> 
> 
>> Ahhh...give our only saint a break please Terry.
>> We are part of the ecology, like it or not.
>> We displace other species and compete with a large number.
>> The best we can hope for is to try to do so intelligently and be 
>> respectful when we eat our neighbors.
>> And mark this rantery OT...grin...pf
>>
>> terry l. ridder wrote:
>>> hello;
>>>
>>> so when did you , phlip, become the list mom and
>>> decide that discussing the wholesale slaughter of
>>> wildlife is now part of theforge's purpose? i must
>>> have missed that announcement.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Saint Phlip wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 16, 2008 1:15 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> tell you what, i will keep my tree-hugging/wildlife-hugging
>>>>> comments to myself if you all keep your bloodthirsty
>>>>> comments to yourselves.
>>>>>
>>>>> agreed?
>>>>
>>>> No, it's not agreed. I don't go out of my way to annoy wild critters-
>>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> And, last I heard, terry, you weren't a vegetarian. Letting other
>>>> folks kill the meat you eat doesn't absolve you of all responsibity
>>>> for their deaths.
>>>>
>>>
>>> since the 6 aug 2007 accident i have lost 60 lbs.
>>> i eat tuna fish and salmon. since i have no teeth
>>> and no dentures it is extremely difficult to chew
>>> meat other than hamburger which i have not eaten
>>> since the accident.
>>>
>>> even if i did eat meat, the livestock would have been
>>> killed whether i ate the meat or not. so do not try
>>> and lay their deaths on me.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> terry l. ridder ><>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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