The current flu scare is for the pigs. I am home for a few days with some kind of upper respiratory problem. It has been hanging on for months. However, it has just recently gotten worse. <oink?> The latest media scare tactics about the swine flu has everyone in the USA in a panic. I went to the doctor but didn’t get the swab test, so there is no “name” for what I am enduring....
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Marks On The Wall
A few years back just before I became an old guy, I joined two of the major engineering societies of my occupation. I hold membership in the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE). My pappy would be proud. I also earned some credentials from the AEE which are; Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Business Energy Professional (BEP) and Certified Sustainable Development Professional (CSDP)....
Continue reading...The “Big Game”
Wow! Some Super Bowl game. (Am I permitted to use that SB term?) So sue me. We had to cheer for Pittsburgh at our house as Gloria and I and the kids lived about 40 miles from the stadium for about the first half of our lives. Gloria was born in Steubenville, Ohio which was even closer to Pittsburgh than Youngstown. The Cardinals put on quite an effort, no slouches there. I would not have...
Continue reading...Proxxon IB/E
Just received two of the Proxxon professional rotary tools (IB/E) last night. One I will use for testing and design a mount for the CNC HB2 machine. The other is inventory for the THMStore. First impression is WOW! This is one very nice high speed hand tool. It does deserve the title “professional.” This tool is amazingly quite, far less noise than say a well oiled sewing machine. It makes the competition sound like a tornado siren....
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