New old lathe. How'd I do?

[LRod]

Walked into Woodcraft in Casselberry (Orlando) today, mainly on a fact finding trip while SWMBO and friend did a mall. Just inside the door was a Delta 46-700 marked "used in class, as is, $249." What should I have done?

What I did was ask if it worked and would they plug it in. They did and it did. No manual, no drive center, no pokes-through-the-drive-spindle-to-knock-out-the-drive-spur-thingy. Well, the manual is available online, the drive center is a #2 MT, same as my Jet Mini, and the p-t-t-d-s-t-k-o-t-d-s-t can be made of most anything.

According to Amazon, the lathe is $479.99 and the stand is another $54.99--total=$534.98.

I hauled out the Visa and hauled 'er outta there. Goodby Craftsman, hello Delta.

Should I be sorry?

- - LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

[Michael Latcha]

You da man, LRod! Good score!

BTW: What did SWMBO do when she found out?

Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI

[Cherokee-Ltd]

You will be if you don't get your ass back to the mall to pick up your wife and her friend!

-Brian

[Silvan]

That's officially known as a pokey-whacky thing.

Yes, you should be sorry because in your suckage you have made those around you feel envious. Envy is bad for the digestion, and you gave a lot of unfortunate victims a belly ache this day.

You suck!

[Unisaw A100]

Now *that's* an expensive class.

Just for the guy who would have been following behind you.

Now LRod, can you fill us in on why your *actually* happy?

hit when you Google Delta 46-700)

UA100

[bridger]

yeah, you got screwed. that used up 'ol piece of junk is just another boat anchor. tell ya what... just 'cause I'm such a nice guy, I'll get rid of it for you....

[LRod]

I am NOT obsessed with Norm!

[stamping little feet mode off]

Not bad for never submitting the site to the search engines, huh?

Oh, and thank you for visiting my site.

- - LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

[Unisaw A100]

It popped up and I sat there thinking, "Ain't that LRod's site?"

At dinner the other night (1) we discussed Googling our names. Mine brings up hit number one. Used to be a time when half the first page was me. Now I'm down to the first hit and then I have to go clawing.

Fame is fleeting.

It's always a fun romp.

(1) My boss and my boss's boss were somewhat amazed but it's always kinda freaky like there's this Clark Kent alter ego thing with stuff like Googling your name and the hits are outside the realm of work life. And after all, it has to do with wooddorking so the conversation never goes more than a minute or two.

UA100

[Charlie Self]

UA 100 notes:

At dinner the other night (1) we discussed Googling our names. Mine brings up hit number one. Used to be a time when half the first page was me. Now I'm down to the first hit and then I have to go clawing.

Not long ago, I had thousands of hits on an ego search. Now, four or five commercial bits selling my books (used, mostly), with the first hit being a California preacher man with a Piled Higher & Deeper. Can't hardly find mine, even with scratching.

Unsettling.

[Charlie Self]

LRod posts (on his web site):

Verbification. The act of taking a perfectly good noun, such as disrespect, and using it as a verb. Both ignorant street slang and governmentese are sources of much of this.

What I don't understand, and don't like, is the tendency for the young among us (under 55, say) to jump all over trends from the least admirable bits of our population, and treat them as desirable. Your example is just one, with much of it coming from both directions. I'm about ready to kick the next person who accuses me of "dissing" them right square where all males keep their "roll on the floor and whimper" buttons.

[Luigi Zanasi]

The word is actually "verbing", not "verbification", Charlie.

[Unisaw A100]

"Wellness" always makes me want to punch the utterer.

UA100, who has more but will leave it at that...

[Mike Marlow]

How about we dialog over that...

[Rick]

"Unisaw A100" wrote > "Wellness" always makes me want to punch the utterer.

Which would tend to fix both conditions, eh?

Rick

[LRod]

A) Charlie didn't write that, I did.

2) I made the word up and it's my definition. When you make up words and put them on your webpage you can make your own spelling and definition.

- - LRod

Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite

Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999

[Larry Jaques]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:07:43 +0000, the inscrutable "Luigi Zanasi" spake:

Gerunding?

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[Robert Bonomi]

de-noun-cing!!

[Luigi Zanasi]

Sorry. Didn't mean to dis you. OK then, let me rephrase:

The word is actually "verbing", not "verbification", Rod. :)

Just in case: I was being silly. Verbification has been a perfectly good English word since the late 19th century, at least according to my Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

[bigredbarn]

Sounds about right...used stationary power tools, especially newer models sell for about half of retail. Now, if it had been an older model, like a Delta 1460, $250 would have been a good deal, although they can sometimes be had for less.

[Charlie Self]

Mike Marlow responds: How about we dialog over that...

It'll be so fun.

As someone wrote on a pro writer's forum t'other day.