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
http://www.woodbutcher.net
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.
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.
In article <[email protected]>,
Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:07:43 +0000, the inscrutable "Luigi Zanasi"
><[email protected]> spake:
>
>>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:46:25 -0800, Charlie Self wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>The word is actually "verbing", not "verbification", Charlie.
>
>Gerunding?
de-noun-cing!!
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Charlie Self wrote:
> >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.
>
>
> "Wellness" always makes me want to punch the utterer.
>
> UA100, who has more but will leave it at that...
How about we dialog over that...
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:17:25 +0000, LRod
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>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
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....
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:07:43 +0000, "Luigi Zanasi" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:46:25 -0800, Charlie Self wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>The word is actually "verbing", not "verbification", Charlie.
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
http://www.woodbutcher.net
You da man, LRod!
Good score!
BTW: What did SWMBO do when she found out?
Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> 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
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
LRod wrote:
> 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.
That's officially known as a pokey-whacky thing.
> Should I be sorry?
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!
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:55:25 -0600, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Now LRod, can you fill us in on why your *actually* happy?
>
>http://woodbutcher.net/images/normstools/46-700.htm
[stamping little feet mode on]
I am NOT obsessed with Norm!
[stamping little feet mode off]
>(2nd. hit when you Google Delta 46-700)
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
http://www.woodbutcher.net
LRod wrote:
>[stamping little feet mode on]
>
>I am NOT obsessed with Norm!
>
>[stamping little feet mode off]
It popped up and I sat there thinking, "Ain't that LRod's
site?"
>>(2nd. hit when you Google Delta 46-700)
>
>Not bad for never submitting the site to the search engines, huh?
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.
>Oh, and thank you for visiting my site.
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
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:22:36 +0000, the inscrutable "Luigi Zanasi"
<[email protected]> spake:
>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.
Izzat a squat, wide little book?
--
Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud.
----
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:07:43 +0000, the inscrutable "Luigi Zanasi"
<[email protected]> spake:
>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:46:25 -0800, Charlie Self wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>The word is actually "verbing", not "verbification", Charlie.
Gerunding?
--
Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud.
----
http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:46:25 -0800, Charlie Self wrote:
> 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.
The word is actually "verbing", not "verbification", Charlie.
--
Luigi
Who is going to carefully protect his "roll on the floor and whimper"
buttons.
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:33:29 +0000, LRod wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:07:43 +0000, "Luigi Zanasi" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:46:25 -0800, Charlie Self wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>The word is actually "verbing", not "verbification", Charlie.
>
> 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.
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.
--
Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 06:37:07 -0800, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:22:36 +0000, the inscrutable "Luigi Zanasi"
> <[email protected]> spake:
>
>>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.
>
> Izzat a squat, wide little book?
It's ackshally quite tall and a couple of inches wide and comes in two
volumes. So I don't know why they call it "shorter" and whether the
"Longer OED" is taller.
--
Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
LRod wrote:
>Just inside the door was a Delta 46-700 marked "used in class, as is, $249."
Now *that's* an expensive class.
>Should I be sorry?
Just for the guy who would have been following behind you.
Now LRod, can you fill us in on why your *actually* happy?
http://woodbutcher.net/images/normstools/46-700.htm
(2nd. hit when you Google Delta 46-700)
UA100
Charlie Self wrote:
> 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.
Wow, talk about unsettling. I went in search of same, for the hell of it.
One of the first things I turned up could be what would be written about me
if I ever did decide to try my hand at standup.
"Comedian: Michael McIntryre
... I saw Michael McIntyre last night at Jongleurs in Portsmouth and have
never seen a comedian die on stage so badly. "
Other than that, bupkis. Unless you switch to a google groups search.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/
"LRod" <[email protected]> wrote in message >
> I hauled out the Visa and hauled 'er outta there. Goodby Craftsman,
> hello Delta.
>
> Should I be sorry?
>
> - -
> LRod
You will be if you don't get your ass back to the mall to pick up your wife
and her friend!
-Brian
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:22:36 +0000, "Luigi Zanasi" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>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.
Verbing is probably something the homeys do when they're trying to
make a booty call and talking smack to some ho's in the 'hood.
- -
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net