Huaco Kid Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Once the corners round off, it's useless. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 A state named Oregon. All my life I've wondered what was in the ore and where did it go? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Besides, ever since drafting school, I have only ever used the white Staedtler ones. And, once the corners round off they're useless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Paul53 said: A state named Oregon. All my life I've wondered what was in the ore and where did it go? Up Texas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Eric Posted August 18, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Eric said: Name The Movie: No one knows what movie this is from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: Besides, ever since drafting school, I have only ever used the white Staedtler ones. And, once the corners round off they're useless. I used AutoCad and they had a library of round corners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Eric said: No one knows what movie this is from? Hooper. A forgettable film made during the hey day of jumping innocent automobiles over creeks. If I recall, that poor red Firebird met its fate in such a stunt. I do remember at the time that Brian Keith had come a long way down the Hollywood ladder by appearing in the film, but then I also remembered he starred in the television series Family Affair, so mabbe it wasn't his lowest job. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 18 minutes ago, janice6 said: I used AutoCad and they had a library of round corners. We didn't have computers back then. ha! But, having a degree in electronics, when Cad came along, the drafting experience made it easy to take classes on my own dime and I got a nice promotion because I was about the only one, amongst about 500, that had learned it. So, I got a nice promotion to a job that I learned to immediately hate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Just now, Huaco Kid said: We didn't have computers back then. ha! But, having a degree in electronics, when Cad came along, the drafting experience made it easy to take classes on my own dime and I got a nice promotion because I was about the only one, amongst about 500, that had learned it. So, I got a nice promotion to a job that I learned to immediately hate. I was asked once how I liked the sophisticated math suite they gave me. I told them it was excellent! I could now work well beyond my capabilities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Cad was just like manual drafting, except you didn't have to blow the eraser dust off, where you'd inevitably spit on it and ruin it. Never blow the eraser dust off. That's what the big stupid brush is for. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said: Cad was just like manual drafting, except you didn't have to blow the eraser dust off, where you'd inevitably spit on it and ruin it. Never blow the eraser dust off. That's what the big stupid brush is for. I loved the Vellum the Cad department used. it was so cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 18 minutes ago, janice6 said: I was asked once how I liked the sophisticated math suite they gave me. I told them it was excellent! I could now work well beyond my capabilities. Computers let us make mistakes way faster than we ever could before! 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Just now, tous said: Computers let us make mistakes way faster than we ever could before! WELCOME TO MY CLUB! Also, To really screw things up, you need a computer! Remember when personal computers showed up in the office and we were now going to have "paperless" offices. Hell, in the first month we damn near tripled our paper consumption with fast printers, we printed everything! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 OnceSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 The first blueprint machine I used was as big as a dumpster. And I guess respirators hadn't been invented yet, because we probably should have been wearing them in that room. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 There are two kinds of faith. Faith in a deity and faith in yourself. So many have lost faith in both contexts.There is a third kind of faith - faith that vehicles in the opposing lane will stay on their side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 The first vellum we used was made from dog guts, or something. Get some damp and leave it in a briefcase over the weekend and see what happens. Hold your breath, first. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 They are of the devil. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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janice6 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 20 minutes ago, railfancwb said: There is a third kind of faith - faith that vehicles in the opposing lane will stay on their side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That is true faith, I might call it "Blind faith". Since we know how good drivers are in general, and how they love their electronics. I wish this faith was based on something, anything! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Silentpoet said: They are of the devil. And then make them really small diameter in the U.S.A. Most I have seen have paved centers "cause we know the trucks can't make the radius needed. Edited August 18, 2019 by janice6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Eric said: No one knows what movie this is from? I cheated, it was Hooper. I did know it was a 78 trans am though, so it made the search easier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, tous said: Hooper. A forgettable film made during the hey day of jumping innocent automobiles over creeks. If I recall, that poor red Firebird met its fate in such a stunt. I do remember at the time that Brian Keith had come a long way down the Hollywood ladder by appearing in the film, but then I also remembered he starred in the television series Family Affair, so mabbe it wasn't his lowest job. Ahem 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 hours ago, tous said: Has anyone, in the history of mankind, ever completely consumed a Pink Pearl eraser? Or, does one just get a new one every year and the old ones -- just vanish. Don't know about that.. But in second grade I saw a girl eat an entire jar of that white paste we had to use on our puzzle pages. Does that count?? Dave.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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