JJ

08/07/2004 3:44 PM

Observation

I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":

Four would pull.
Four would push.
And, two would say, "Pardon?".

JOAT
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
- Sir John Lubbock


This topic has 19 replies

jJ

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 3:05 PM

How many of your toes did you use to make this observation?

Bs

"BobS"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 8:13 PM


> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
> Four would pull. <<<< right coasters
> Four would push. <<< left coasters
> And, two would say, "Pardon?". <<<<< southerners no doubt....

ML

"Mark L."

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 8:49 PM

I dunno, me thinks it would be
4 pull
4 push
1 would tell you to DAGS
and the last would yell "Troll Alert"
Mark L.

J T wrote:
> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
> Four would pull.
> Four would push.
> And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>
> JOAT
> What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
> - Sir John Lubbock
>
>

FK

"Frank Ketchum"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 9:49 PM


"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
> Four would pull.
> Four would push.
> And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>

And twenty seven would walk through the door and begin criticizing things
unrelated to what you are doing.

Frank

MS

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

09/07/2004 5:04 AM

Rudy Lang wrote:
> Does anyone have any plans for this push-pull-pardon thing I saw discussed?
> I'm thinking of building one.


Ask JOAT. If anybody's got them, it'd be him.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[email protected]
http://www.mortimerschnerd.com

Uu

"Upscale"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 9:31 PM

"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
> Four would pull.
> Four would push.
> And, two would say, "Pardon?".

It's called teamwork. We're talking about heavy woodworking machines right?
Not enough room for eight of them to pull at the same time. So four pull,
four push, the first pardon person goes and gets the beer and the second
pardon person goes and gets the food. Sounds just about right to me.

BA

Bay Area Dave

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 8:59 PM

J T wrote:

> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
> Four would pull.
> Four would push.
> And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>
> JOAT
> What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
> - Sir John Lubbock
>
>
I observed you didn't put "OT" in the subject line.

dave

RL

"Robin Lee"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

09/07/2004 7:59 AM


"skeezics" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:44:41 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
> wrote:
>
> >I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> >rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> >would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
> >
> >Four would pull.
> >Four would push.
> >And, two would say, "Pardon?".
> >
> >JOAT
> >What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
> >- Sir John Lubbock
> >
>
> LMAO. goodun JOAT. and if you asked 11 of em the eleventh one would
> correct your punctuation!
>
> skeeez


...and the twelfth would ask about splitting the group into
rec.woodworking.pull and rec.woodworking.push .....

bR

[email protected] (Robert Bonomi)

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

09/07/2004 7:17 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
J T <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
>rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
>would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
>Four would pull.
>Four would push.
>And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>

You forgot about the one who *completely* mis-understood the request -- and
when you shouted "pull", immediately tossed two clay pigeons into the air.

MS

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 8:59 PM

skeezics wrote:
> LMAO. goodun JOAT. and if you asked 11 of em the eleventh one would
> correct your punctuation!


That's "good ONE".




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[email protected]
http://www.mortimerschnerd.com


Sorry.... couldn't help myself...

Ba

B a r r y

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

09/07/2004 11:02 AM

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:44:41 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

>I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
>rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
>would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
>Four would pull.
>Four would push.
>And, two would say, "Pardon?".

And an eleventh would hold up a gay porn photo and claim it's one of
the others.

Barry

Sk

"Swingman"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 6:14 PM


"J T" wrote in message
> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
> Four would pull.
> Four would push.
> And, two would say, "Pardon?".


... and you would have 11 opinions on unrelated political issues.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 5/15/04

Ba

B a r r y

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

09/07/2004 9:40 PM

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 07:44:09 -0400, "RKON" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>You mean that wasn't him?

Absolutely! 8^)

Barry

Rr

"RonB"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 9:20 PM

Yes! There are pictures of it over at
alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking.smarta**es.

sf

skeezics

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 8:02 PM

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:44:41 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
wrote:

>I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
>rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
>would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
>Four would pull.
>Four would push.
>And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>
>JOAT
>What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
>- Sir John Lubbock
>

LMAO. goodun JOAT. and if you asked 11 of em the eleventh one would
correct your punctuation!

skeeez

b

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 8:52 PM

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:49:25 GMT, "Frank Ketchum"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
>> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
>> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>>
>> Four would pull.
>> Four would push.
>> And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>>
>
>And twenty seven would walk through the door and begin criticizing things
>unrelated to what you are doing.
>
>Frank
>


one would get out a dial indicator to make sure it was moved the right
amount...

RL

"Rudy Lang"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

09/07/2004 1:47 AM

Does anyone have any plans for this push-pull-pardon thing I saw discussed?
I'm thinking of building one.

Thanks

"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "J T" wrote in message
> > I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> > rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> > would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
> >
> > Four would pull.
> > Four would push.
> > And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>
>
> ... and you would have 11 opinions on unrelated political issues.
>
> --
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 5/15/04
>
>

jj

jo4hn

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

08/07/2004 8:18 PM

J T wrote:

> I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
>
> Four would pull.
> Four would push.
> And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>
> JOAT
> What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
> - Sir John Lubbock
>

and what would the other two do?
j4

Rr

"RKON"

in reply to [email protected] (J T) on 08/07/2004 3:44 PM

09/07/2004 7:44 AM

You mean that wasn't him?

"B a r r y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:44:41 -0400, [email protected] (J T)
> wrote:
>
> >I have observed, that if you were to gather ten people from
> >rec.woodworking, to have them pull something for you, the following
> >would occur, as soon as you shout, "Pull":
> >
> >Four would pull.
> >Four would push.
> >And, two would say, "Pardon?".
>
> And an eleventh would hold up a gay porn photo and claim it's one of
> the others.
>
> Barry


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