[TheForge] plastic forge?

peter fels artgawk at thegrid.net
Mon Jun 13 03:11:03 EDT 2011


It's hard to refrain from thinking of different applications for it....
sorta like relations with  a harbor Fright catalogue when i was poorer.


On Jun 12, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:

> 
> I posted a note to uk.rec.sheds (chiefly because someone had used the
> word "gubbins" and the Starlite guy recounted calling his product
> "gubbins" when first encountered) and had this reply:
> 
>    From: bobharvey <robertharvey at my-deja.com>
>    Subject: Re: Sheddi Taxidermy
>    Newsgroups: uk.rec.sheds
> 
>    Ah yes.  Starlite.  I recall reading almost exactly that article
>    some 20 years ago in some engineering journal.  It included a
>    photo sequence of someone stirring molten steel with a stick, then
>    putting the stick in a bucket of water without the normal
>    dangerous consequences.
> 
>    I always assumed it was all true, unlike the "combustion engine
>    that runs on water" man, who used to pop up occasionally.  'cos It
>    was clear that that was bollocks.
> 
> If it's bogus, at least it has staying power.  If it's not, why can't
> I have some?
> 
> -- 
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~. 
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