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   Jim Wilkins to All   
   Re: Well There It Is   
   20 Aug 25 21:40:27   
   
   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:1085k7h$juq1$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   In the same vein as You only have to think about it...   
   ...   
   When I walked back  in the shop to take one   
   more look the bender I already have was right there and the end of the   
   welding table.   
   -----------------------------------   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%27s_Game   
      
   You aren't alone, the game is practice at observation and remembering,   
   keeping situational awareness instead of daydreaming. I need and practice it   
   at flea markets, ham fests and militaria shows to identify the things I want   
   when they are incomplete, half covered, repainted etc.   
      
   My memory and observational abilities were maxed out last weekend at a tank   
   driving demonstration at this museum.   
   https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/?   
   The large main hall is crammed full of WW2 tanks, guns and aircraft, sensory   
   overload for this history buff.   
      
   Their machine shop was also historically authentic, a vintage South Bend   
   lathe etc, apparently not for show but because CNC isn't much use to copy or   
   refurbish worn originals that had been made on German and Russian manual   
   machine tools. I've read that the British and Europeans expected to have to   
   hand-fit at final assembly, which caused us problems with their loose   
   machining tolerances when we took up mass production of their designs during   
   WW2.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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