G’day; this message was sent to Gary Bourbonaise address twice and
bounced back as being pornograpy /spam!! Together with a message that
I had been blocked for spamming.! As you can see, this is not an
important signal, and it is neither porn nor spam, but it’s worrying.
I have also had a number of mails ‘bounced’ to me which I never sent
in the first place! But they were purported as generated by me. And
they were indeed spam… But here you are Gary at last. PS I make
Norton do a complete check every week, and I update it every two
days. Manually Every outgoing mail is checked for viruses
G’day. Your recent post in Orchid about the ‘rule of thumb’,
made me think of an even earlier form of measurement which I
adopted as being simple and idiot proof. After I retired I
occupied some of my time in making and repairing things for
the local play schools and kindergartens - who were always
short of money to pay for what they needed. Being somewhat
’arithmetically challenged’ I used the very ancient method
used by artisans thousands of years ago, with no 'body parts’
measurements.
For instance I was asked to make chairs and tables suitable
for 3 - 7 year old kids. So I took the size of ordinary
furniture and made the things two thirds the size,
approximately. I began with a piece of flat wood of reasonable
thickness (about 1/4") and of suitable width (about 1 1/2")
and length and beveled one edge and one end. I then marked
off various lengths; legs, seats, rungs, and so on and labeled
the marks as to what they were. A little hole in one end
allowed me to hang it on a nail when not in use, and I then
used those marks to cut the timber as required. Thus, all the
chairs were the same, and when I was asked to make more a year
later, I took the measure-stick down off it’s nail and off I
went. I still have a good number of those sticks hanging in
my workshop, and found the idea easiest to work with.
When it came to jewellery rings , I gave the ‘customer’ a
piece of soft iron florist’s wire and had them wrap it round
the appropriate finger and twist the ends so the loop fitted
the finger exactly as the customer wanted. I cut the loop in
the centre, laid the wire out straight on my bench - and cut
the piece of silver or gold the length of the wire plus the
thickness of the metal, Simple! No ring sizers, no
multiplication by pye - just straightforward.
To make a bezel for a cabochon stone of any shape, I wrapped
a ribbon of sticky masking tape about 1/8" wide around the
edge of the stone and overlapped the ends. I cut the tape,
and that was the length of the bezel wire plus metal
thickness. No matter what shape the stone, the bezel could
be bent to fit perfectly and soldered to a base
Cheers for now,
JohnB of Mapua, Nelson NZ