[quote]Der_Steppenwolfe wrote:
Damn, that sounds good.
Unfortunately, dad takes care of most of the machine shop side of things and he has an unreasonable prejudice against propane.
Do all fathers do these things by the way? Like mine hates japanese motorcycles (“plastic toys that you will not bring to my house”), Italian machinery in general etc.[/quote]
Yeah, some people prefer acetylene for the higher pre-heat temperature, but it becomes unstable after 15 psi. A plant can’t be piped in with acetylene because of that instability as it is very difficult to maintain stable pressure through numerous manifolds, but it’s great for places where you can dolly it around. I don’t have a preference other than taking a couple of minutes to get used to what ever I’m using.
My dad designed and installed a lot of commercial audio systems. He absolutely hated certain equipment. You couldn’t pay him enough to repair that manufacturers amplifiers. He’d tell people to throw it in the garbage and get a different one.
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Which amps did he like the most?[/quote]
The ones we had at home were Carver Silver 7t’s. The Class A Silver Sevens were just crazy expensive. And a pair of Mcintosh M-35’s in a separate system.
For commercial applications, usually Crowns. Depends on what it was doing and the budget.
We have a quad. For ages, we only had one of the mono stages, but then a contractor didn’t come through on a job, and when we did the work ourselves we accepted the amps as part payment. They sound great.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Yeah, some people prefer acetylene for the higher pre-heat temperature, but it becomes unstable after 15 psi.[/quote]
YEP.[/quote]
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Yeah, some people prefer acetylene for the higher pre-heat temperature, but it becomes unstable after 15 psi.[/quote]
YEP.[/quote]
?!? Any interesting stories about that?
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NOPE. Just want to feel included.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Yeah, some people prefer acetylene for the higher pre-heat temperature, but it becomes unstable after 15 psi.[/quote]
YEP.[/quote]
?!? Any interesting stories about that?
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NOPE. Just want to feel included.[/quote]
Oh. Cuz a lot of people do. I went into a shop as a temp and they asked about my cutting skills. I said they were pretty good. The guy just shook his head and walked me out to the shop. There was a big skeleton that was taken off of the plasma table and needed cut up and thrown away. He says “If you blow yourself up like that last guy you’re fucking fired! Have at it.”. and walked away. So I set up the gas bottles, adjusted everything, and realized I needed a striker. I turn around and about 30 feet back is their Vp of North American operations, the general manager, shop manager and foreman- all waiting to see if I was going to blow myself up.
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful but we laughed a good but about the unintentional pun.
Almost as good as the day the thinners caught fire.
In my defence, I was only 17, and I wasn’t smoking in the workshop, either. Who the hell leaves open jars of thinners in the yard?
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Yeah, some people prefer acetylene for the higher pre-heat temperature, but it becomes unstable after 15 psi.[/quote]
YEP.[/quote]
?!? Any interesting stories about that?
[/quote]
NOPE. Just want to feel included.[/quote]
Oh. Cuz a lot of people do. I went into a shop as a temp and they asked about my cutting skills. I said they were pretty good. The guy just shook his head and walked me out to the shop. There was a big skeleton that was taken off of the plasma table and needed cut up and thrown away. He says “If you blow yourself up like that last guy you’re fucking fired! Have at it.”. and walked away. So I set up the gas bottles, adjusted everything, and realized I needed a striker. I turn around and about 30 feet back is their Vp of North American operations, the general manager, shop manager and foreman- all waiting to see if I was going to blow myself up.
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful but we laughed a good but about the unintentional pun.
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lol
[quote]Der_Steppenwolfe wrote:
Damn, that sounds good.
Unfortunately, dad takes care of most of the machine shop side of things and he has an unreasonable prejudice against propane.
Do all fathers do these things by the way? Like mine hates japanese motorcycles (“plastic toys that you will not bring to my house”), Italian machinery in general etc.[/quote]
Yeah, some people prefer acetylene for the higher pre-heat temperature, but it becomes unstable after 15 psi. A plant can’t be piped in with acetylene because of that instability as it is very difficult to maintain stable pressure through numerous manifolds, but it’s great for places where you can dolly it around. I don’t have a preference other than taking a couple of minutes to get used to what ever I’m using.
My dad designed and installed a lot of commercial audio systems. He absolutely hated certain equipment. You couldn’t pay him enough to repair that manufacturers amplifiers. He’d tell people to throw it in the garbage and get a different one.
[/quote]
Which amps did he like the most?[/quote]
The ones we had at home were Carver Silver 7t’s. The Class A Silver Sevens were just crazy expensive. And a pair of Mcintosh M-35’s in a separate system.
For commercial applications, usually Crowns. Depends on what it was doing and the budget.
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Just wondering cuz those are all good. Just making sure I am keeping up with the new technology, but those have been around and the top of the market for a decade or more.
[quote]Der_Steppenwolfe wrote:
Damn, that sounds good.
Unfortunately, dad takes care of most of the machine shop side of things and he has an unreasonable prejudice against propane.
Do all fathers do these things by the way? Like mine hates japanese motorcycles (“plastic toys that you will not bring to my house”), Italian machinery in general etc.[/quote]
Yeah, some people prefer acetylene for the higher pre-heat temperature, but it becomes unstable after 15 psi. A plant can’t be piped in with acetylene because of that instability as it is very difficult to maintain stable pressure through numerous manifolds, but it’s great for places where you can dolly it around. I don’t have a preference other than taking a couple of minutes to get used to what ever I’m using.
My dad designed and installed a lot of commercial audio systems. He absolutely hated certain equipment. You couldn’t pay him enough to repair that manufacturers amplifiers. He’d tell people to throw it in the garbage and get a different one.
[/quote]
Which amps did he like the most?[/quote]
The ones we had at home were Carver Silver 7t’s. The Class A Silver Sevens were just crazy expensive. And a pair of Mcintosh M-35’s in a separate system.
For commercial applications, usually Crowns. Depends on what it was doing and the budget.
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Just wondering cuz those are all good. Just making sure I am keeping up with the new technology, but those have been around and the top of the market for a decade or more.
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That was late 80’s early 90’s. I’ve lost touch with the leading edge of audio. I took apart and moved a friend of mine’s home (but very high end i guess?) studio a couple of years ago for him and got a good listen to some KRK monitors he was crazy about.
I wasn’t as crazy about them.
Today I learned what the phrase ‘truth to power’ means. Apparently, it’s where you get stroppy with your co-workers and expect them to take positive action about things which are utterly beyond their control.
[quote]Der_Steppenwolfe wrote:
Today I learned what the phrase ‘truth to power’ means. Apparently, it’s where you get stroppy with your co-workers and expect them to take positive action about things which are utterly beyond their control.[/quote]
And thanks to a search about that phrase, I learned this-
It’s a new one on me as well. Although I have to say, if you’re not prepared to accept a bit of fuzz and smell, why are you licking pussy in the first place? Bitch, bitch, bitch, that’s all some people do.
Picked up some Irn Bru on Friday, and tasted it on Saturday. I like it alot. Tastes like a Orange Crush or Sunkist mixed with a Cream Soda. Very delicious. My new hangover help.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Picked up some Irn Bru on Friday, and tasted it on Saturday. I like it alot. Tastes like a Orange Crush or Sunkist mixed with a Cream Soda. Very delicious. My new hangover help.[/quote]
You’ve earned your kilt, pick the clan tartan and I will send it over immediately!
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Picked up some Irn Bru on Friday, and tasted it on Saturday. I like it alot. Tastes like a Orange Crush or Sunkist mixed with a Cream Soda. Very delicious. My new hangover help.[/quote]
You’ve earned your kilt, pick the clan tartan and I will send it over immediately![/quote]
When I asked the shop keeper for it, they looked at me and asked, “What Scotsman told you to try it?” I grabbed two and the shop keeper said, “You sure you want two? You might not like it.” Now I need to find a place that sells it for less than $2.18 per bottle.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Picked up some Irn Bru on Friday, and tasted it on Saturday. I like it alot. Tastes like a Orange Crush or Sunkist mixed with a Cream Soda. Very delicious. My new hangover help.[/quote]
You’ve earned your kilt, pick the clan tartan and I will send it over immediately![/quote]
When I asked the shop keeper for it, they looked at me and asked, “What Scotsman told you to try it?” I grabbed two and the shop keeper said, “You sure you want two? You might not like it.” Now I need to find a place that sells it for less than $2.18 per bottle.
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Only two places in Michigan sell it and they are both at least forty miles from me. Oh well, I very rarely drink soft drinks anyhow.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Picked up some Irn Bru on Friday, and tasted it on Saturday. I like it alot. Tastes like a Orange Crush or Sunkist mixed with a Cream Soda. Very delicious. My new hangover help.[/quote]
You’ve earned your kilt, pick the clan tartan and I will send it over immediately![/quote]
When I asked the shop keeper for it, they looked at me and asked, “What Scotsman told you to try it?” I grabbed two and the shop keeper said, “You sure you want two? You might not like it.”
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Rookie mistake, the shopkeeper should know by now that no man can deny the deliciousness of Irn-Bru.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Picked up some Irn Bru on Friday, and tasted it on Saturday. I like it alot. Tastes like a Orange Crush or Sunkist mixed with a Cream Soda. Very delicious. My new hangover help.[/quote]
You’ve earned your kilt, pick the clan tartan and I will send it over immediately![/quote]
When I asked the shop keeper for it, they looked at me and asked, “What Scotsman told you to try it?” I grabbed two and the shop keeper said, “You sure you want two? You might not like it.”
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Rookie mistake, the shopkeeper should know by now that no man can deny the deliciousness of Irn-Bru.[/quote]
I woke up this morning with more hair on my chest. Now I know why the Scots love their Irn Bru…It is very tasty though.
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Picked up some Irn Bru on Friday, and tasted it on Saturday. I like it alot. Tastes like a Orange Crush or Sunkist mixed with a Cream Soda. Very delicious. My new hangover help.[/quote]
You’ve earned your kilt, pick the clan tartan and I will send it over immediately![/quote]
When I asked the shop keeper for it, they looked at me and asked, “What Scotsman told you to try it?” I grabbed two and the shop keeper said, “You sure you want two? You might not like it.”
[/quote]
Rookie mistake, the shopkeeper should know by now that no man can deny the deliciousness of Irn-Bru.[/quote]
I woke up this morning with more hair on my chest. Now I know why the Scots love their Irn Bru…It is very tasty though.
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Indeed, I should get another can brought back tonight, happy with that.