Re: worker-guy tip for the day

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:08:11 +0100, martin griffith
> <mart_in_medina@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 14:58:33 -0800, in sci.electronics.design John
> >Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:08:07 -0500, Phil Hobbs
> >><pcdhSpamMeSenseless@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>>John Larkin wrote:
> >>>> If you're out there with one of those 2000 psi pressure washers,
> >>>> blowing all the mold and gunk off the decks, and you get a bunch of
> >>>> iccky stuff on your hand, really try to avoid the temptation to wash
> >>>> it off the obvious way.
> >>>>
> >>>> Trust me on this one.
> >>>>
> >>>> John
> >>>>
> >>>Ouch. Feel like telling us the sad story?
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>
> >>>Phil Hobbs
> >>
> >>
> >>No big deal. It's the rainy season here, and we live on the south side
> >>of our street (it's also the gay side of the street, but that's a
> >>whole nother story) so lots of stuff out front (sidewalks, stairs,
> >>decks) gets green, so I was out there power-washing. I whacked my hand
> >>from maybe 2 feet away, and at least didn't rip the skin off too much.
> >>Felt like a liquid shotgun.
> >>
> >>Better than snow blowing, I guess.
> >>
> >>Oh, the batting cage is up! Possibly the only batting cage in downtown
> >>San Francisco, although there are rumors of one other. Beats a
> >>foosball machine for sure. And it looks like I won't have to
> >>instrument the ball speed... the new Juggs machine has an LCD that
> >>reads directly in mph, and I'm inclined to believe it.
> >>
> >>John
> >I wish Icould understand the american dialect and terminology of
> >English
> >
> >
> >martin
>
>
>
> Oh, sorry.
>
> 1 mph = 1.609344 kph
>
> John
>
mph, even 'feet', we can understand - 'foosball' is quaint but what the heck
is a 'batting cage'? A Juggs machine I'm assuming is down at the Hooters
bar??

Cheers.

Ken


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