On Friday 08 March 2019 13:48:20 deloptes wrote:

> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I'll switch to that if this ever gets done. But for now I'm going to
> > the garage and see if I can coax an r-pi into running a 75 yo
> > Sheldon lathe to make about 3/8" of 10-24 threads on the end of a
> > probing finger for a cnc tool. Clearly Bill, I have too many hobbies
> > at 84 yo myself. ;-)
>
> Sorry to jump in, but how was it when you were 40-50? Still had many
> hobbies?
>
Some, but I was busy too, usually keeping some tv station on the air.  
Thats what I did from '62 till I retired. Got interesting at times, like 
opening the door to walk back to the Bronco parked 3 miles back down 
North Mtn CO, and discovering that while I could hear the wind blowing 
while I was replacing a VA-723 klystron in a microwave radio, that it 
had buried the shack in fresh powder. Thank $Diety someone had planted 
30 foot poplar poles alongside the road for markers, I could see those, 
along with 60 kajillian stars overhead, but your hand a foot below 
eyelevel. Nope. But I slogged thru 4 to 6 feet of moving powder and got 
back to the Bronco, lugging a big red tube caddy, a smaller toolbox and 
a 35 mhz Phillips scope, in about 2 hours. Got it turned around and by 
the time I got back to the country store about 30 miles west of 
Telleride, I was just in time to get the first sample of the first 
coffee of the day, gas up the bronco and head for Slick Rock & turn left 
and eventually New Mexico. That job showed me a lot of high, 10,000 foot 
or more back country that wasn't inhabited, not even by game, so you 
were for sure on your own if trouble developed.

In those days, spare time usually found me at the rifle range, looking 
for the magic load that could make 10 bullets fit thru one ragged hole. 
100 meters away. And when the weather warms up, I'll be back at that 
again.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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