Glenn Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 There's nothing half as permanent as a temporary solution. If you know the author, please let me know so I can give them credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I've said something like that here before; but don't claim to have originated it. In the '60's Lady Bird Johnson fought to get the "temporary" buildings removed from the Mall in DC that were put up in the war---we used to joke it was the war of 1812... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 The late financial savant Dr. Milton J. Friedman said "nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program". Former President Ronald Reagan said that “a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth.” And the old proverb "Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution." has been said to be an old Russian proverb. (Which old Russian we are not quite sure.). And that's my two cents on the question. And it has not, yet, been adjusted for inflation. Hmmm. Sorry folks. I could not resist. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 If you have to give your two cents and they will give you a penny for your thoughts. Who gets the extra penny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Entropy, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Entropy. Possibly, But the I.R.S. certainly. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 "Moving metal the most efficient way is the key to minimizing injury." -- Jennifer Petrila (jlpservicesinc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 "I would go cheap on the hammers and forge, buy at least two decent pairs of tongs, and then save the rest of my budget for the bigger tools." -- LouL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 You can not remember everything so you do have a notebook and are taking notes, right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Just now, Glenn said: You can not remember everything so you do have a notebook and are taking notes, right ? No; just praying that IFI doesn't crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I thought kids are here to tell a parent what they missed or had forgotten... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 When in doubt, do not over complicate simple. ~Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 11:11 PM, ThomasPowers said: In the '60's Lady Bird Johnson fought to get the "temporary" buildings removed from the Mall in DC that were put up in the war---we used to joke it was the war of 1812... After WWII, the college where I work bought a mobile (i.e. plywood) barracks and installed it on North Campus as a men's dormitory. It was known for years as "Federal Hall" and was soundly loathed. When the administration decided ultimately to tear it down, word leaked out to its residents who decided to take matters in their own hands. Fueled by large quantities of 3.2% ABV beer, they held an impromptu overnight demolition party and were distressed in the morning to realize that they now had nowhere to live for the rest of the semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I was most likely conceived in a WWII barracks used as Married Student Housing at the University of AR in the mid 1950's...My kids were amused when we visited and I pointed to what is now a parking lot and said "That's where I was conceived!" OB Smithing: my father had to forge a screwdriver as part of his engineering classes to become an electrical engineer. They also had to design steam engines....He graduated in 1958... 3.2---dry county? Oklahoma used to sell 3.2... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 11 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: 3.2---dry county? Dry town, birthplace of the Anti-Saloon League. 11 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: My kids were amused when we visited and I pointed to what is now a parking lot and said "That's where I was conceived!" My daughter can point to the corner of 104th and Riverside Drive in Manhattan (NYC, not Kansas) and say, "That's where I was born!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 life is short and I've run out of most of the patience I was born with. ~SLAG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 A new anvil will not make a better product than a used anvil can make. It is the blacksmith's knowledge, skill, and expertise that is the limiting factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 1000 hours working at a $40 improvised anvil will make you a far better smith than 40 hours working at a $1000 London Pattern anvil. If every time you sell something you made with an improvised anvil; you put a dollar in your "buy a 'real' anvil" jar: when its full you may wonder why you thought you needed that anvil.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyO Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Wow, I'm surprised I haven't added this one earlier "Ask 10 blacksmiths how to do something and you'll get 12 different answers." ~unknown as always peace and love billyO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Oh I'm sure one version or another is in here Billy, we say it all the time. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 “Quot hominēs tot sententiae” — “There are as many opinions as there are men.” Terence, Phormio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 No matter what the project, if the customer's check clears the bank, you did great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron woodrow Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 "Superman Does Good, You're doing well, you need to study your grammar, son" Tracy morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 What advice would you give those starting out in blacksmithing? Change profession. Adry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 The challenge to you is to become better than you were yesterday, The challenge to us is to help you is to become better than you were yesterday, Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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