On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 06:51:15PM -0400, Kris Coward wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:21:03AM -0400, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > Can't say I've ever been a fan of that kind of hardware; it seems like > > having boxes for the sake of having boxes. The propane is already well > > contained; the trick is securing that round shape. Most folks don't know > > how to deal with those - except perhaps by re-boxing them into a "more > > convenient" shape - and thus the (rather expensive and bulky) > > "solution". Not for me. > > To be fair, even my L-shaped support/clamp has a box associated with it.
Oh, I don't have a problem with boxes as such (what would that be, Euclidophobia? :) It's the... well, let's call them less-than-graceful solutions to problems that make me itchy. Besides, to me those boxes look ugly. > It's a very functional box in that it keeps the elements the hell off my > solenoid, so that the solenoid continues to work, and I'm spared > freezing and starvation if it seizes closed, or being blown to > smithereens if it seizes open (or perhaps a combination of the two if > its housing ruptures/leaks...) Heavens to Murgatroyd! All that, for the low, low price of simply omitting a box??? ... But wait, there's more! Not only do you get all of the above, but we'll also throw in a free - YES, FREE! - set of Ginsu knives!!! ...Um, sorry, triggered a childhood memory. Too much watching Channel 52 in L.A. in the 70s, I guess. Got a post-doc-level course in American culture out of it, but... there are some remaining side effects. :) Ben -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html