How to convert a JPG picture into a vector drawing for experimentation

[Danny D]

The picture & description at that URL (

) looks just like my 60 feet of vacuum hose!

[Tommy]

Good, I'm glad I could help :)

PS as an afterthought, I used Qualpex (I always called it qualplex) all over the house, for the heating system and for some cold supply. Probably a different name in teh US.. I know they do it in larger sizes but can't find it. Might I also add that plastic piping 'needs' to be supported every few feet if elevated (or hanging), I would recommend 6 feet.

Quote/ Cross-linking is a widely employed method of forging permanent links between polymer chains to form an interwoven three dimensional lattice within the pipe wall. This greatly reduces the ability of polymer to creep with time and allows the burst resistance of Qual-PEX to be maintained almost indefiinitely at high temperatures.

Cheers Tommy

[Square Peg]

Maybe you could go over to the home repair NG and see if you can find someone to mow your lawn for free, too.

[Danny D]

A few doors down the street, my neighbor broke his leg and his kids are off to college so I offered to help clean his pool for him (we just had a wind storm, here in the valley).

When I see a bad cable in a friend's garage, I help him replace the cable & adjust the doors, for free.

And, when a friend's toilet has those brown stains on them, I bring over my pool acid and we clean it together, for free.

Same thing with the guys who write the software who offer it up for free - expressly so that people like us will benefit.

You're the only one that thinks that nobody does anything for free. I do it all the time (proof is in the a.h.r record if you don't believe me).

Why don't you do something for free today, yourself, and become a useful productive member of the community.

[nospam]

do you have a real job or do you just fix things in your neighborhood for free all day long?

[George Kerby]

I have always said that friends who clean toilets together...

[George Kerby]

Gotta be a Democrat.

;-)

[krw]

Oh, hell no. If he were a Democrat, it would be government's job.

[George Kerby]

LOL!

[Tony Cooper]

I don't see the problem, here. The guy is providing free tips for a forum on home repair to people who want to save money by doing things themselves instead of hiring pros. Why should he spend money on programs if he can use freebies?

Many for-pay software programs started out as freeware. Jasc's Paint Shop Pro was freeware. Jasc built up a following as freeware and sold out to Corel. Forte Agent was freeware, and still has a free version, but now charges for a better version. Adobe Photoshop and Elements were never freeware, but free versions of both programs were available as bundled software and free to the end user. Nero was free as bundled software. Open Office remains freeware. I use a Tinne's Desktop Calendar that was freeware for XP but is now $19.95 for Windows X. I paid the $19.95 because I liked using the freeware version. I could go on and on.

The software provider of freeware is usually offering the product as freeware to build up a following so they can later charge. It's marketing path.

If you can get freeware that does the job, why not?

[Tony Cooper]

Do you get paid to pimp for Apple, or do you just do it for free?

[Attila Iskander]

We have a nice grocery store down the street from our house, one block over. In the mornings the delivery trucks come around our corner when they are leaving. It's uphill to the corner from either direction After a fresh snowfall, both streets get icy because they are secondary and only get the odd plow coming through. And with idiot drivers spinning their wheels as they come uphill, it sometimes gets better ice than some skating rinks. So naturally when the trucks lose traction, I head out with shovel, scraper, bucket of sand and salt, and help the trucks go on their way. For years now, I've been getting nice boxes full of all sort of things dropped off on my front porch in the mornings. One of the drivers found out at the store that I like the John Macy brand of Cheddar-Asiago Cheese crisps. Got a whole carton of those dropped off at my door one morning

You do nice things to people and it will come back to you from unexpected directions.

[nospam]

i don't pimp for them nor do they pay me. i clear up misinformation, much of which comes from you.

is microsoft paying you?

[Danny D]

Thank you for that story.

That's what the USENET is all about!

We all help each other - for free.

We have no expectation of payback, other than pay forward for those of us who know what that means.

And, once in a while, good things come through the net friendships that are made.

[Danny D]

Actually, I'm undeclared - and have been since I was 18 even though I believe in the old adage that, when you're young, you have to be a Democrat; otherwise you have no heart. When you're middle aged, you must be Republican, otherwise you have no sense; and, when you age, you go back to being a Democrat so that other people will pay for your care. :)

[Attila Iskander]

If the third condition is true, then you have learned nothing in your life at all You don't have to go back to being a liberal to take advantage of benefits you paid for all your life with taxes.

[Danny D]

It was a joke ...

[PeterN]

Absolutely true. I live in a senior citizens community. After a snow storm, I will clean off my neighbor's windshields. For me, their smiles and greetings are enough reward.

[PeterN]

You don't seem to be doing a very good job.

[George Kerby]

I like you better with each post!

:-)