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Bernd:
Ok, coming back out of my deep dark hole. :)

I should know better than to interpid it the wrong way. When I was working I often had trainees from other countries with a large language barrier. All different nationalities, talk about not trying to insult any with some bit of light humor that could be taken wrong. I'll give you a good example, you Britts are going to like this one.

We had a "roadman" (goes to other factories to fix machines or train people) over from England that was brushing up on some of the new machines he had to demonstrate. There was a female secretery in the office for scheduling and such. He was doing some paper work with a pencil and had made a mistake, He had no eraser so he asked the secretery for a rubber not knowing what it meant in the US term. Needless to say she turn many shades of red and was quite upset at the fellow. He stood there wondering what he had said wrong until it was explained to her the a rubber is English for eraser. Talk about a language barrier.

Ok I'm getting  :offtopic: again as usual.

So you understand then that I complimented both of you? You as a good mentor and John as a fast learner.

rleete,

I must have missed that one. I'll have to say my first single point thread looked like standard, fine, metric, withworth and what have you all mixed together, plus you couldn't tell if it was left or right hand.

Very nice job by the way.

Bernd

bogstandard:
Right you load of slackers, no more of this b******t, get back to work. :poke: :whip: :wack: :poke: :whip: :wack:


In a couple of hours, it will be the start of a NEW YEAR

Bogs

Darren:

--- Quote from: rleete on December 31, 2008, 02:40:27 PM ---Cedge, and bogstandard:

With wives and friends sometimes being ambivalent at best,
--- End quote ---

Ha. made me laugh,
I remember my first ever thread without using a die on the 7x12. It worked out almost perfect, better than using a die anyway. It was 6mm then I tried a 1mm pitch on a 20mm diameter bar. Again almost perfect. being my first go I was over the moon as I'd shyed away from cutting threads on the lathe for so long thinking it was too difficult for me.

I was so chuffed I ran to show her indoors.

"and, what's you going to use that for then"

"well, er nothing....that's not the point" I replied

She just didn't get it. They don't do they, bless em   :D

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