Ray: You got me. Actually I had just been working on a '30's wood rim wheel and as I was extracting some of the old washers, some of the oulde orange shellac and gasket cement flaked off and the scent was still fresh after 60 years! and it wafted into my nostrils. What nostalgia! They don't make it like they used to.Guess I shouldn't compose after being in repose. Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA
>I think you should be careful about getting near any flames. Alcohol is
> volitale and from the look of your posting you must be doing more than
> just cleaning parts with it.
>
> APRIL FOOL!
>
> With all due respect.
>
> Ray Homiski
> Elizabeth, NJ
>
>
> Ted Wrote:
>
>
> John, All: Now it's starting to be fun. Thanks for being serious and
> injecting your finger from the flux with a little humor into the heat to
> keep this in perspective.
> I've really enjoyed the philosophical thoughts and insights.
> How about considering Titles for the different areas of the flame
> throwers.
> KoF: Keepers of the Flame; how about Dale for FoF: Father of the Flame;
> MoF:
> Maintainer of the Flame; PoF: Protector of the Flame; CoF: Collecter of
> the
> Flame; Etc.
> Just think, at the Cirque a person with his flock of Flames and a Name
> Badge
> that says: Keeper, Protector, Collector, maybe Herder, or if he has to
> many,
> Hoarder. That could be the best of all. Very competitive for bragging
> rights, all in good fun. You could have uniforms depicting your title like
> in the old days when one was identified by one's clothing. After all, we
> are
> keeping history alive, are we not? Whatcha think?
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates, Ca