I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
The selections are:
Ban saw
Arm saw
Arm saw, radial
Radeo arm saw with DATO
Radial saw
I'm thinking the DATO would be nice to have. Can I use it on a Ban saw?
--
Ed
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http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
"B a r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >In this case it is mostly "The Reminder", an east of the river shoppers
rag.
>
> Is that the paper that has a column where people can bitch into an
> answering machine and it gets printed?
>
> If it is, I used to read it when I worked in East Hartford. That
> column was pretty funny at times.
>
> Barry
That is the main reason for reading it; you can always get a good laugh.
Every week in the Machinery/saws column there are half a dozen Shopsmiths,
Craftsman table saws, and a couple arm saws and ban saws. I've yet to find a
bargain, but I figure sooner or later some widow will want to get rid of her
husband's Unisaw for $20 bucks and I'll grab it.
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>It would be nice, if not nearly as amusing, if the classified order takers had
> some basic idea about what you were talking about
>when you dictate the ad.
>
SWMBO once saw an ad for a horse that said "nose is stuffed". It took us a
little while to figure out that the person taking the ad had misunderstood
"knows his stuff".
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> Reading argain News again??
>
Sticky Keys.. My kids have been at the computer.
I meant to say: Reading Bargain News again??
Rich
"RKON" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:uzDic.13933$pg.9713@okepread05...
> Reading argain News again??
>
> "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
> > advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
> >
> > The selections are:
> > Ban saw
> > Arm saw
> > Arm saw, radial
> > Radeo arm saw with DATO
> > Radial saw
> >
> > I'm thinking the DATO would be nice to have. Can I use it on a Ban saw?
> > --
> > Ed
> > [email protected]
> > http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
> >
> >
>
>
"B a r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Have you been reading the "Bargain News"?
>
> I've noticed they also list traylors, plainers, etc...
>
> A lot of stuff not listed for sale anywhere else can be found in that
> paper / web site!
>
> Barry
In this case it is mostly "The Reminder", an east of the river shoppers rag.
I'm going to buy a plainer to simplify my life. But isn't a traylor the guy
that fixes your pants?
Ed
Are you "from" Poland or just "in" Poland?
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
> advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
>
> The selections are:
> Ban saw
> Arm saw
> Arm saw, radial
> Radeo arm saw with DATO
> Radial saw
>
> I'm thinking the DATO would be nice to have. Can I use it on a Ban saw?
> --
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:37:59 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
>advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
>
>The selections are:
>Ban saw
>Arm saw
Have you been reading the "Bargain News"?
I've noticed they also list traylors, plainers, etc...
A lot of stuff not listed for sale anywhere else can be found in that
paper / web site!
Barry
Same reason that I look at the New Britain paper. Some old widow looking to
clear out an inventory of planes(Stanleys or some Baileys).
On another note it is depressing when you drive through NB and reflect back
on those Stanley commercials of Hometown Pride of NB, Ct. There is
absolutely nothing left. Well, almost.
www.rrclamp.com ... Jeez, I hope they are not a causalty of the move it
over seas war.
Rich
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "B a r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >In this case it is mostly "The Reminder", an east of the river shoppers
> rag.
> >
> > Is that the paper that has a column where people can bitch into an
> > answering machine and it gets printed?
> >
> > If it is, I used to read it when I worked in East Hartford. That
> > column was pretty funny at times.
> >
> > Barry
>
> That is the main reason for reading it; you can always get a good laugh.
>
> Every week in the Machinery/saws column there are half a dozen Shopsmiths,
> Craftsman table saws, and a couple arm saws and ban saws. I've yet to find
a
> bargain, but I figure sooner or later some widow will want to get rid of
her
> husband's Unisaw for $20 bucks and I'll grab it.
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>
>
On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:45:42 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>In this case it is mostly "The Reminder", an east of the river shoppers rag.
Is that the paper that has a column where people can bitch into an
answering machine and it gets printed?
If it is, I used to read it when I worked in East Hartford. That
column was pretty funny at times.
Barry
You sure can just duck tape it on and stand back.
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
> advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
>
> The selections are:
> Ban saw
> Arm saw
> Arm saw, radial
> Radeo arm saw with DATO
> Radial saw
>
> I'm thinking the DATO would be nice to have. Can I use it on a Ban saw?
> --
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
> advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
>
> The selections are:
> Ban saw
> Arm saw
> Arm saw, radial
> Radeo arm saw with DATO
> Radial saw
>
> I'm thinking the DATO would be nice to have. Can I use it on a Ban saw?
> --
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
My preference is for the oft-advertised radio arm saw.
todd
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 12:21:06 -0500, "todd" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
>> advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
>>
>> The selections are:
>> Ban saw
>> Arm saw
>> Arm saw, radial
>> Radeo arm saw with DATO
>> Radial saw
>>
>> I'm thinking the DATO would be nice to have. Can I use it on a Ban saw?
>> --
>> Ed
>> [email protected]
>> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>My preference is for the oft-advertised radio arm saw.
>
>todd
>
It would be nice, if not nearly as amusing, if the classified order takers had some basic idea about what you were talking about
when you dictate the ad.
Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS USA
Reading argain News again??
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been reading the classified ads for used saws. I've seen a variety
> advertised and just can't make up my mind which one would be best.
>
> The selections are:
> Ban saw
> Arm saw
> Arm saw, radial
> Radeo arm saw with DATO
> Radial saw
>
> I'm thinking the DATO would be nice to have. Can I use it on a Ban saw?
> --
> Ed
> [email protected]
> http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
>
>
"Tom Veatch" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> It would be nice, if not nearly as amusing, if the classified order takers
had some basic idea about what you were talking about
> when you dictate the ad.
>
> Tom Veatch
> Wichita, KS USA
What gets me it that the same error is repeated in a local paper week, after
week, after week with different ads. Stuff happens, but at some point you'd
think it would be noticed.
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
Ed Pawlowski notes:
>> It would be nice, if not nearly as amusing, if the classified order takers
>had some basic idea about what you were talking about
>> when you dictate the ad.
>>
>> Tom Veatch
>> Wichita, KS USA
>
>What gets me it that the same error is repeated in a local paper week, after
>week, after week with different ads. Stuff happens, but at some point you'd
>think it would be noticed.
Especially by the clown who placed the ad. It's a bit of a stretch to expect an
18 or 19 year old typist to know the ins and outs of every major hobby in the
US or Canada. But you would think that someone who places an ad and pays for it
would be motivated to make sure the copy is somewhere close to correct.
Charlie Self
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance
of being right." Thomas Paine
[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Ed Pawlowski notes:
>
> >> It would be nice, if not nearly as amusing, if the classified order takers
> had some basic idea about what you were talking about
> >> when you dictate the ad.
> >>
> >> Tom Veatch
> >> Wichita, KS USA
> Especially by the clown who placed the ad. It's a bit of a stretch to expect an
> 18 or 19 year old typist to know the ins and outs of every major hobby in the
> US or Canada. But you would think that someone who places an ad and pays for it
> would be motivated to make sure the copy is somewhere close to correct.
>
> Charlie Self
This week's Pennysaver had an ad for some lumber. Something about
cherry, oak and maple, minimum 8" wide by 10 ft long, lot for $9.75
OBO. Of course it was supposed to be $975 OBO.
In a slightly different note, Charlie, check out the boats section of
the Parkersbug News want ads. There is an ad there for 2 - 750 Jetskis
for $5,300 firm. This ad has been running for at least 2.5 years
straight. The paper says it will run your ad until it sells. I believe
the current book value on those skis in perfect condition is about
$2,500 retail. I have to check the paper every time I visit mom just
to chuckle that that ad is still running.
Dave Hall
On 25 Apr 2004 23:20:50 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
brought forth from the murky depths:
>Ed Pawlowski notes:
>
>>> It would be nice, if not nearly as amusing, if the classified order takers
>>had some basic idea about what you were talking about
>>> when you dictate the ad.
>>>
>>> Tom Veatch
>>> Wichita, KS USA
>>
>>What gets me it that the same error is repeated in a local paper week, after
>>week, after week with different ads. Stuff happens, but at some point you'd
>>think it would be noticed.
>
>Especially by the clown who placed the ad. It's a bit of a stretch to expect an
>18 or 19 year old typist to know the ins and outs of every major hobby in the
>US or Canada. But you would think that someone who places an ad and pays for it
>would be motivated to make sure the copy is somewhere close to correct.
I once (in another life in LoCal) had a drone from the Pennysaver
call me about a properly written and edited ad in the local paper.
He wanted me to put it in the Pennysaver, too. I bit, he did it,
and I called him and tore him a new a**hole the day it came out.
First off, he put it in the wrong cities. Second, they retyped it
so my ad then said "computer softwear tutoring".
It's one thing to screw up, but to do so with a perfectly good
copy of the ad right in front of him is downright BRAINDEAD.
They lost a customer for life with that one, even though they
ran it in the correct cities for double the time I paid for.
4 years of business reputation killed in one instant by a FIDIOT...
Do papers even HAVE editors any more? </rhetorical q>
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Larry Jaques writes:
>
>It's one thing to screw up, but to do so with a perfectly good
>copy of the ad right in front of him is downright BRAINDEAD.
>They lost a customer for life with that one, even though they
>ran it in the correct cities for double the time I paid for.
>4 years of business reputation killed in one instant by a FIDIOT...
>
>Do papers even HAVE editors any more? </rhetorical q>
>
>
Some do, most don't. But no editor reviews the classified ads or other ads. And
a Pennysaver is not a newspaper.
Charlie Self
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance
of being right." Thomas Paine
--
> >Especially by the clown who placed the ad. It's a bit of a stretch to
expect an
> >18 or 19 year old typist to know the ins and outs of every major hobby in
the
> >US or Canada. But you would think that someone who places an ad and pays
for it
> >would be motivated to make sure the copy is somewhere close to correct.
And the error should not be repeated on many different ads for the same item
over a period of a year or more. It should be brought to the attention of
the typist one time and not repeat week after week. After a couple of months
on the job, one should be starting to know the language of many hobbies and
businesses and auto terms.
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome
.
Ed Pawlowski responds:
>> >US or Canada. But you would think that someone who places an ad and pays
>for it
>> >would be motivated to make sure the copy is somewhere close to correct.
>
>And the error should not be repeated on many different ads for the same item
>over a period of a year or more. It should be brought to the attention of
>the typist one time and not repeat week after week. After a couple of months
>on the job, one should be starting to know the language of many hobbies and
>businesses and auto terms.
Yeah, well...how do you motivate a person who spent a dozen years or more in
school and never learned to spell simple words, who didn't learn the difference
between possessives and plurals in even the most fundamental terms (without the
complexity of its and it's, their and they're)? I've seen people who are
supposedly businessmen and women who have advanced degrees who can't do that,
so how do we effectively chastise someone who gets minimum wage for doing the
same thing the supposedly educated person making 80 or 100 grand does?
You're right, of course. It just doesn't seem to work that way, at least with
any frequency.
Charlie Self
"Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak
being often but an explosion of anger." Thucydides
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:41:01 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>
>> I asked an English major I had a chance to hire about use of
>> apostrophes and after researching he started with "Some writers
>> prefer" and he didn't get any further. Analogous to "Some engineers
>> prefer" NOT! Most engineers can differentiate between ones and
>> zeroes, not all but most. NOT interchangeable.
>
>I'm sorry, but I either don't see why you stopped the guy or don't see what
>you're trying to say. Are you trying to say that English is not
>engineering or are you trying to say that you criticized the poor bastard
>for trying to give you an accurate answer to your question?
>
>> On 26 Apr 2004 12:57:57 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Yeah, well...how do you motivate a person who spent a dozen years or more
>>>in school and never learned to spell simple words, who didn't learn the
>>>difference between possessives and plurals in even the most fundamental
>>>terms (without the complexity of its and it's, their and they're)?
Howdy,
Well, it took me a while, but I now suspect that the OP was trying to
say that the proper use of the apostrophe was not an issue of
"preference" but was, instead, an issue of clearly defined rules.
Where the analogy to engineering comes in, well, that is too deep for
me...
All the best,
--
Kenneth
If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
[email protected] wrote:
> I asked an English major I had a chance to hire about use of
> apostrophes and after researching he started with "Some writers
> prefer" and he didn't get any further. Analogous to "Some engineers
> prefer" NOT! Most engineers can differentiate between ones and
> zeroes, not all but most. NOT interchangeable.
I'm sorry, but I either don't see why you stopped the guy or don't see what
you're trying to say. Are you trying to say that English is not
engineering or are you trying to say that you criticized the poor bastard
for trying to give you an accurate answer to your question?
> On 26 Apr 2004 12:57:57 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
> wrote:
>
>>Yeah, well...how do you motivate a person who spent a dozen years or more
>>in school and never learned to spell simple words, who didn't learn the
>>difference between possessives and plurals in even the most fundamental
>>terms (without the complexity of its and it's, their and they're)?
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
I asked an English major I had a chance to hire about use of
apostrophes and after researching he started with "Some writers
prefer" and he didn't get any further. Analogous to "Some engineers
prefer" NOT! Most engineers can differentiate between ones and
zeroes, not all but most. NOT interchangeable.
On 26 Apr 2004 12:57:57 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>Yeah, well...how do you motivate a person who spent a dozen years or more in
>school and never learned to spell simple words, who didn't learn the difference
>between possessives and plurals in even the most fundamental terms (without the
>complexity of its and it's, their and they're)?
I was speaking as an engineer where specifics are the norm. I've
never been told the correct way to use an apostrophe for possession.
We had a good relationship and taught each other a lot while working
together. He was hired as a CO-OP student bound for a degree in
Accounting. Dedicated worker and those aren't too common. Didn't
mean to throw a curve.
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 07:41:01 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>
>> I asked an English major I had a chance to hire about use of
>> apostrophes and after researching he started with "Some writers
>> prefer" and he didn't get any further. Analogous to "Some engineers
>> prefer" NOT! Most engineers can differentiate between ones and
>> zeroes, not all but most. NOT interchangeable.
>
>I'm sorry, but I either don't see why you stopped the guy or don't see what
>you're trying to say. Are you trying to say that English is not
>engineering or are you trying to say that you criticized the poor bastard
>for trying to give you an accurate answer to your question?
>
>> On 26 Apr 2004 12:57:57 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Yeah, well...how do you motivate a person who spent a dozen years or more
>>>in school and never learned to spell simple words, who didn't learn the
>>>difference between possessives and plurals in even the most fundamental
>>>terms (without the complexity of its and it's, their and they're)?
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:10:10 -0400, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I asked an English major I had a chance to hire about use of
>apostrophes and after researching he started with "Some writers
>prefer" and he didn't get any further. Analogous to "Some engineers
>prefer" NOT!
Howdy,
I love ya, but after reading the above several times, I simply do not
understand what it is to convey. Both of those sentence fragments
surely appear to me to be plurals rather than possessives. What is NOT
analogous about them?
I am the one missing the point. Can you try it again?
Sincere thanks,
--
Kenneth
If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
AYUP, to an engineer fuzzy logic is a fairly new concept as typically
when dealing with equations and equal signs you do NOT deal with
preferences. Sorry about being so obtuse but English was NOT my
major.
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:12:10 -0400, Kenneth
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Well, it took me a while, but I now suspect that the OP was trying to
>say that the proper use of the apostrophe was not an issue of
>"preference" but was, instead, an issue of clearly defined rules.
>
>Where the analogy to engineering comes in, well, that is too deep for
>me...
>
>All the best,
>--
>Kenneth