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Anyone out there know: Can you run 1/8 chain on a 3/16 chainring on a fixed gear bike? (On a tight timeline, I've got to fix my son's bike with parts I have in...
... I've heard of people doing this with no problem. I know from experience the opposite way doesn't work at all, though! (3/16 chain on a 1/8 cog) Philip...
I think you are saying "3/16" where you mean "3/32", correct? If so, then yes, 1/8" chain works great on 3/32" cogs and chainrings. on my fixed gear bike i...
I do. http://kogswell.com/horked/cardPUNCH.jpg I learned Fortran on a punch like this. I bought a 1GB USB drive for $7.99 the other day. It stores all of my...
Default wrap width on my text editor: 80 characters Default dimensions of my terminal window: 80 columns x 24 rows "Though nothing can bring back the hour Of...
Matthew, I can't wait to hear what you miss about canneries. Youngsters, tune out now. Sentimental blathering follows. The IBM 026 keypunch was a very...
... There's on job that I L-O-V-E-D. Running a machine that stuffed 48 eight ounce tomato sauce cans into a case. It was such fun that I'd do it for free now...
Hey, that's one of the NEW models. I learned SPSS using card-punch and reader/printer machines. Honestly, I don't think I miss them at all. _____ From:...
... The lovely and talented Sian was an institutional research statistician at SJSU when I met her. She was up to her eyeballs in SPSS at that point. Speaking...
Matthew: Very cool! Wish her good luck for me. I'm taking a class this fall as well, in software engineering (here at UWLax) and that reminds me of my first...
... together a list of classes you wanted, then went to this room that was full of bins with (or without) cards in them. You found the bin for the class you...
... FUN - I wish I lived closer to the UofM. I love taking software classes. ... At SJSU in 1980 we still used IBM cards to register. ... You'd make a great...
Ouch. Everything that is currently wrong with art in American Art leads back to Thomas Kincade... Sorry, if there are any fans on the list. My dentist had...
Nope, don't like Kinkade's stuff at all. However--my daughter (now 18) who is currently majoring in art education was a HUGE fan of your brother's saurian...
Been there, done that, bought and wore out the corduroy jacket. As much as it was something I wanted to do, I don't think I was cut out for the faculty life....
... My lovely wife teaches history and U.S. government to 10th-12th graders. Some years she gets 9th graders for geography. She's always happy to help with...
... Me, too. I don't miss the cards, though. Ever drop a boxfull? The cards read faster than punched paper tape, though. Ever IPL a computer with front ...
From: drhansnoodleman <drhansnoodleman@...> Hi gang, I am a new poster here so apologies if I am saying anything redundant or otherwise goofy. I did...
... My first professional programming job was in a shop that was filled with card storage cabinets from TAB. Each card drawer was fitted with a sliding...
I 'member 'em from back in the day, too. But, as one who deals with the infernal machines all day every day, I don't miss 'em one bit. (Though they did make...
I don't miss punchcards. I'm too young (33) to have had to do anything with them though. I will say that punchcard filing cabinets make the best cheap...
... I miss getting them in the mail with bills, marked with the dire injunction to not "fold, spindle or mutilate" them, which I at times took a certain...
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