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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote: Dad, you're a bad influence on my children
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is because they have a common enemy. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Ya know - there's something really unsavory about that post.
Are you originally from Alabama or Louisiana or . . .
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Why would you think sometyhing is unsavory? My grand daughters come over for dinner and playing tournament style chess. We give them all the things their parents won't. All the things I wanted to give my children, but didn't. As a grandparent, it's Ok, because they go home afterward!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote: Why would you think sometyhing is unsavory?
Are you originally from Alabama or Louisiana or . . .
[You've been around her long enough - what a silly question!]
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I'm originally from Ohio, but grew up in Texas. I lived in Louisiana for about 16 yeaers and loved it there.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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W∴ Balboos wrote: [You've been around her long enough - what a silly question!]
WellI didn't say or suggest anything strange or unsavory. I think you have a dirty mind
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Walt Fair, Jr. wrote: I think you have a dirty mind
As myself and many others here refer to it, it's called a Healthy Imagination
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I assert it's not healthy anymore when you accuse me of unsavory things with my grandchildren!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Ya know - I wasn't even replying to your post!
Thereby, I assert that your internalizing it to your original preposition is where the problem lies.
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Ok, Peace.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Yeah, that's true!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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So true
Welcome back Walt
Don't let your mind wander too far.
It's too small to be let out alone.
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Thanks, Mike. I hope you are well!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Pretry fair Walt, normal aches and pains but still kicking.
Hope you're doing good as well.
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I
'm doing OK. Doctors say I'm about as good as it is going to get.
I still am paralyzed on my left side, but I Can type, walk a little with a cane and my language sjills are Ok, so I'm good
Just trying to get used to doing everything with one hand.
I'm still mostly in a wheelchair, but that's OK.
I'm semi retired and doing some travveling. Made several trips to Bolivia and radio conventions in
Kansas City, Rweno, NV and Phiuladelphia coming up. I noticed I have to pay close attention to typing with 1 hand- frustraTING, BUT IT'S ok.
i FINISHED MY pHd dISSERTATION AND AM WAITING TO DO MY DEFENSE!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Sorry to hear your having troubles with health. It's amazing what we learn to live with as we grow older.
Good that your still able to travel and continue your education.
Know what you mean about typing with one hand, I find it hard to type with one finger on my phone, I make a lot typos and have to really watch, especially with auto correct, have had some humorous texts.
Take care Walt and stay in touch with us.
Don't let your mind wander too far.
It's too small to be let out alone.
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OK, I'll be around.
It's the simplest things thatr get me, like I went to plug ny headphones into a radio and pushed the rasdio off the desk onto the floor. Fortunately it survived somehow!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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The pros and cons of testing it in production.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I do wonder what breaks first. I mean, these bindings (or whatever they are called) are quite resistant.
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Rage wrote: these bindings (or whatever they are called)
"Cargo straps", or "Ratchet straps".
Those look like 50mm, and the smallest MLC I've seen for 50mm is 2500kg - probably more than the vehicle itself. I suspect what would happen is the plastics of the quad get squashed, then the pickup suspension, then the sides of the pickup, then the wheels would break up.
Followed by shrapnel ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ratchet straps
These things are fabulous! Not long ago, I needed to lift/suspend/rotate/lower a 300lb concrete tabletop from my movable workbench onto the base. (which was mostly made from pallet material) Not having a hoist, or even anyone to help, I put together a crude lifting frame and used ratchet straps to do all the work...awkward and with a limited range, but it got the job done!
...and the table turned out beautifully, one of my better projects! 
But yeah, I'd expect major damage to the truck and atv!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Came out of a cafe in Manhattan a long time ago. A dude in a green jumpsuit was making a big show of getting on his matching Kawasaki Ninja or some such nonsense. He was so focused on drawing attention that he didn't notice the padlock in the front disc. But a couple of us did.
Got on the bike, started it up, spun the back tire and *clunk* fell over like a stone. We all stood there just as intently watching him work his way out from under the bike and lift it up. No one lifted a finger.
Some say he's still crying.
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