[TheForge] Fw: Anvil repair

[Jerry Frost]

Wow Mike, that's a handsom answer indeed! I was set to go fishing for a good 
comeback rather than my usual old stale one and here you came up with a 
whole netfull of beauts.
Thanks For All The Fish!

So Long.

Jer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:19 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Fw: Anvil repair


>
> pf> Ask 30 smiths how to do something and you are sure to get 29
> pf> conflicting directions.
>
> D-ski> No, if you ask 30 smiths how to do something, you will get
> D-ski> 35-40 conflicting directions.
>
> pf> Do i hear 42?  Anyone offer 42?
>
> 42 is not only the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the
> Universe and Everything, it's also the sum of 19 and 23.  19 & 23 are
> both odd and prime, so we're on the right track.  23 is the sacred
> number of Eris, goddess of discord. [1] Looking good, eh?  19 is the
> sum of 17 and 2.  17 is the "least random number" [1] among other
> exciting and mind-boggling properties. [2] Okayyyy. And 2, well, in
> any congregation of blacksmiths there's always at least 2 opinions on
> any conceivable topic, even if the congregation in question consists
> of a solitary blacksmith.
>
> Oh, and 42 in binary is 10 10 10, which is a kind of fertilizer.
>
> So yeah, peter, I'll go for 42.
>
>
> - Mike
>