XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   noname wrote:   
      
   >I lead a life that has contained much fixing, modifying, inventing, and   
   >making-do.  The nice thing about the mechanical is that it doesn't take a   
   >specialist to know what a pipe is.  I've had enough experience with pipes   
   >and wires and levers and ratchets that I can see things in that mode.  It's   
   >a lowest-common-denominator kinda language, lots more people have spun   
   >wrenches than have written compilers or dealt with errors that crop up in   
   >recursive functions, but if somebody wants to talk wood or paint or   
   >whatever I'll take a shot at that if that's what it takes to get the job   
   >done.   
      
   I like to talk about watching paint dry.   
      
   It takes less doing than messing around with mud.   
      
   Pots are another story.   
   They are said boil without watching.   
      
   - idiom speaking   
      
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