Hi Jeff; 
  Welcome, and stop buttering everybody up!  Most of
us use power tools, I think, we just don't talk about
them.  Nor do we talk about computers, or digital
cameras.  But the irony of our message in its medium
is not lost on many, if any, of us.  I'm restoring an
old radio alarm saw as we speak, using only hand
tools.  TRUE!  When it's done I'm gonna build a
special little roof and table on the side of my
workshop, and the howling beast will live out there
for the rest of my workshop's life.  'spect it'll come
in handy to build the new, bigger shop, which WILL NOT
be built only with hand tools. But in that shop will
be days, perhaps weeks without hearing the cries of
electrons enslaved like galley oarers, or made to
speak in human voices...
         
            sincerely; GAM, who will never see a thing
so precious as a tree.

--- Jeff Schmidt (different Jeff, Jeff) wrote:
> I must say that I have been quite impressed by this
> electronic 
> assemblage. It is truly uncommon to find such a
> wealth of knowledge, 
> experience, civility, and humor. I continue to
> ponder the irony presented
> by the contrast between the focus of this group and
> the medium through
> which it flourishes. 
> 
> 
> Jeff Schmidt
> 
> 
> 


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