On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
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It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady

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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
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It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady



Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch

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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:25:23 -0400, "Eisboch"
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady



Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch

Once you get the hang of that big buffer you can also use it's little
brother, the DA and that gets us back to boats. ;-)
You need the same touch when you are prepping for your paint job. The
difference is if you let the DA dig an edge in you will have a gouge
that takes an hour to fill and buff out.
If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :) Or
at least bent the leg.

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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:22:06 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :)
Or
at least bent the leg.

We all used the same buffer, I was just assuming you didn't hit
anything.
My wife just bought one for her guys to play with at the country club.
Same thing, a 1.5 HP motor spinning a 20" disk at 175 RPM.

Always seemed to be something in the way. Or we went out of the way to get
something in the way.

Calif Bill wrote:
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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:25:23 -0400, "Eisboch"
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.
I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady


Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch
Once you get the hang of that big buffer you can also use it's little
brother, the DA and that gets us back to boats. ;-)
You need the same touch when you are prepping for your paint job. The
difference is if you let the DA dig an edge in you will have a gouge
that takes an hour to fill and buff out.
If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :) Or
at least bent the leg.


The navy sent their defective buffers to the Air Force.

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Calif Bill wrote:
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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:25:23 -0400, "Eisboch"
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"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.
I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady


Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch
Once you get the hang of that big buffer you can also use it's little
brother, the DA and that gets us back to boats. ;-)
You need the same touch when you are prepping for your paint job. The
difference is if you let the DA dig an edge in you will have a gouge
that takes an hour to fill and buff out.
If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :)
Or at least bent the leg.
The navy sent their defective buffers to the Air Force.

They were not defective, the airmen were.

On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:32:49 -0400, Cliff wrote:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gm-
segway7-2009apr07,0,2638670.story
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GM, Segway think 2 wheels
The companies plan to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle
as a clean, safe and inexpensive alternative to traditional cars.

Allright, so GM's idea for the comeback is to put a chair on a Segway.
They truly deserve what's coming to them.



--
Przemek Klosowski, Ph.D. przemek.klosowski at gmail

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:04:23 GMT, przemek klosowski
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:32:49 -0400, Cliff wrote:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gm-
segway7-2009apr07,0,2638670.story
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GM, Segway think 2 wheels
The companies plan to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle
as a clean, safe and inexpensive alternative to traditional cars.

Allright, so GM's idea for the comeback is to put a chair on a Segway.
They truly deserve what's coming to them.
I think I have the solution for the problems of GM and Chrysler. Some
time ago Chrysler bought up Jeep and now they are building a 4 door
version that is trying to be a Hummer. GM bought up Hummer and have
been working it over to more closely resemble a 4 door jeep. Now what
they need to do is merge them into the Jeep H3 or should that be the
Hummer YJ?
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:04:23 GMT, przemek klosowski
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:32:49 -0400, Cliff wrote:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gm-
segway7-2009apr07,0,2638670.story
[
GM, Segway think 2 wheels
The companies plan to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle
as a clean, safe and inexpensive alternative to traditional cars.

Allright, so GM's idea for the comeback is to put a chair on a Segway.
They truly deserve what's coming to them.

It's not a bad idea & the costs seem small.
Use GM battery & other GM tech & GM dealers .... good for
the green urban commute.
Good practical test bed & public demo for other advanced GM tech too.

Still don't know about heat & A/C.
Better & safer than bikes.
--
Cliff

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:04:23 GMT, przemek klosowski
wrote:

Allright, so GM's idea for the comeback is to put a chair on a Segway.
They truly deserve what's coming to them.

GM cars have been second rate for at least thirty years. We paid seven
grand for a Lumina with ten thou on it. We call it the ****box. Not
even a classic Limey ****box[TM]. Those often had, at least, a kind of
useless charm.

Casady