[TheForge] Coak

[newenglandforge at aol.com]

Having just re-read Orwell's "1984"; and with  Bush &  Co,  abolishing our Bill of Rights (the Patriots Act), and the revelations of spying on our citizens disclosed by Ed Snowden, why would you risk having these a--holes putting you on their list.  Maybe I'm too old for this discussion, but I remember clearly the days of early involvement in Vietnam, where if you said anything negative about it, you made the FBI list, so I have to agree with Bruce, call it coak or depleted bituminous and avoid dealing with the morons.
Mike Schermerhorn
Boston
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: theforge <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, Nov 10, 2015 8:54 pm
Subject: [TheForge]  Re: Coak




> "BS" does mean "blacksmithing" -- right?

Once upon a time, I was on to
do a 3 day public demo in front of the
arts centre at Dalhousie University. 
Mobile shop, transportation,
helper etc. all ready to go.  Then I realized I
didn't have a sign of
any kind.  So I prevailed upon a commercial artist I knew
who grumpily
and reluctantly turned out a nice little sign with my name and
the
word "Blacksmith".

Only after it was in place and I was taking a break
on the nearby
stone wall, did I realize that, with his choice of colors
and
typeface, from a distance it appeared to read:

     .,.,.,.,.,.,.

   
B.....S....

-- 
Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada      
.~. 
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mspencer at tallships.ca                                     /(
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http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/                       
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