Why the three bearings in the arms? Why not just a chunk of cheap metal there?
From: Steve Jones
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 9:30 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT spinner toy
I just ordered a bunch of various spinners, cause my kids into them, I got them
from china, I am not afraid of lead
but these things retail between 5 and 10 bucks... or more each. I can find them
for more than 150 for 100 in any of the models
good markup for any retail shop or ebay store when you only need to dump 10-20
percent of your inventory to ensure profit on a product
as long as youre insured for lead poisoning.
Looking at my desk, which is cluttered, I assume there are three guys on this
list whos desks aren't cluttered, the bulk of stuff in my desk, aside from the
reams of printouts I intend on reading but couldn't anyway because Ive jotted
so many notes on them are project components, a nut with a bolts, a mechanical
pencil stripped to its parts, a gigeapc with a couple cutoff patch cables, some
rj45 ends with the clips shoved inside each other, a paperclip holder with a
bunch of ferrous shit in it, a couple rare earths, broken ink pens whose
clickers still work, in other words a bunch of junk I fidget with. 4 bearings
in a housing with a set of bearing covers is genius, even if they don't even
have the complexity of two legos
anybody remember finger boards, the little skateboards... somebody became a
millionaire off those because back then china pretended they weren't ripping
everybody off. I just bought a 65 dollar raspberry pi 3 kit with case, power
supply, heat sinks, Bluetooth remote, 16gb card (think its a bootleg?... lol)
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> wrote:
I bought a travel trailer about two months ago. It was only 5 years old but
tires were sun rotted. Blew all four. Tore the crap out of everything.
On Fri, May 5, 2017, 5:17 PM Forrest Christian (List Account)
<li...@packetflux.com> wrote:
It's amazing how much better car tires are....
Not just the grip/traction, but the reliability. I remember how it was
not uncommon to have tire problems while growing up...it seemed like you were
changing a tire somewhere along the road way too often. Yet somehow today it
seems like I never have to change a tire.
With that and the improved vehicle reliability, long road trips aren't
quite the adventure they used to be....
-forrest
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:52 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Some things are certainly better. Car tires for one thing.
From: Gino A. Villarini
Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 1:49 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT spinner toy
All you guys romancing about the good'ol days…
Know what, today is better than yesterday! Remember when slavery was a
thing? When people traveled continents by boat? Hey even when you had to defend
yourself against predators….
From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Jason McKemie
<j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com>
Reply-To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM
To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT spinner toy
Definitely. I remember playing with one of my dad's old gyroscope toys at
my grandma's. Wish I knew what happened to that.
Gino A. Villarini
President
Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 2:35 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
I had a toy gyroscope as a kid. I think that was a much better toy
than this fidget spinner thingy.
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Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com
