Illegal Immigration; where do you stand?

[gandalfthegrey]

3/32 Cu. About the same a two pennies
notice my patina?

Cu in pennies?  Last time I tried to use a penny to make a button for DW  ift vaporized.  Yep! no CU just base metal.

Sorry that was a tad off topic.   Speaking of which I also don't approve of "english as a second language"  English as a first language, and teach what ever other language they wish next.

[ScottA]

Don't feel bad. We aren't the only country with this problem. My wife tells me Germany is overrun with Turkish immigrants. Looks like the whole world has become a melting pot.

[Redoverfarm]

gandalfthegrey talking of pennies.  News tonight said that it cost the goverment 1.7 cents to make a 1 cent penny.  Discussion went to making them out of steel to save $100M a year.  Something like 8M made per year or was that a month.

[MountainDon]

no CU just base metal.

Sorry that was a tad off topic.   

I think it's Cu plated over Zn [zinc] and even that costs more than a penny to mint. I've read talk about using steel to save on costs. Ditto the nickel coin, it costs more than face value to mint.

Whoops there ya go. John saw it on TV. 

As for off topic. That has never stopped most of us. I can see you're feeling at home here. 

[Redoverfarm]

gandalfthegrey don't wory too much about the "Off topic" as that is what we have Don and Glenn for.  It usually gets back on track after a while.  Hey it keeps the mind working and we can tell who is off in left field that way.

[MountainDon]

Left field?


That's home for some of us. 

[gandalfthegrey]

Thanks    and please call me John.  I really going to have to leave that old gezzer behind some day.

[glenn kangiser]

Does anybody know anyone who can get off topic quicker than I can?  My excuse is that that's how we learn new things-- so -- at ease. 

[MountainDon]

My excuse is everything pretty much reminds me of something else...

[glenn kangiser]

Yeah -- it's like -- dude --- you remind me of an alien...but not an illegal one.

[MountainDon]

This will pass, and Tuesday someone who wasn't here over the past couple of days won't have a clue.   

[glenn kangiser]

I understand, Don-- like a fart in a fan factory.

[sparks]

Something is messed up here. I pressed 2 for Spanish and it's not working.

[glenn kangiser]

Sassy always yells at the recording --- NO I DON"T WANT TO SPEAK IN SPANISH.

[benevolance]

i drop the f bomb in there glenn

when automation asks for my info I combine the syllables for f bombs... for example



Things like that

[MountainDon]

  Peter. 

   

[benevolance]

Don that was clean man.....Trust me

[MountainDon]

OK   

[glenn kangiser]

Lots of ladies here, Peter --  so I try to keep it around PG - other than that I don't bleep much.

[benevolance]

I know glenn

I avoided dropping any f bombs

I like getting creative though... using things like "F" "U"

So the point gets across without upsetting everyone...though it is cool if I upset Don

[ScottA]

I rarely use such language unless I smash my finger with a hammer or something and even then it's only once in a while.

[MountainDon]

Peter, That's not even creative.

However, your post is rather eloquent in it's own way.

It does speak volumes, if ya' catch my drift.

[glenn kangiser]

Interesting, but if I am working and get frustrated and drop a few bad words, Suzy and Spike both drop whatever they're doing and run for the truck.  (They can go to some of my local jobs out in the sticks and prospecting). 

Must be bad if the dog doesn't like it. hmm.

Well -- I'm  too old to learn better now.

[MountainDon]

    I hope everybody's having a good day.

[glenn kangiser]

I'm doing just fine, Don. I was just cleaning up the postings a bit.