> > Will it turn around a 1/48 scale life and make me appreciate 1/32 scale?
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> Pat
Funny, the life I always trained for was the one they kept worrying
about when I was a child. You know, three hour shifts pushing
buttons-what will humanity do with their time?-boredom will set in!
I built models. I read a lot. I was set for the future!
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
someone@some.domain - 11 Jul 2007 15:49 GMT
>> > Will it turn around a 1/48 scale life and make me appreciate 1/32 scale?
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>Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
if i don't read a lot, i get ill and restless.
Larry Farrell - 11 Jul 2007 16:37 GMT
>>>> Will it turn around a 1/48 scale life and make me appreciate 1/32 scale?
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> if i don't read a lot, i get ill and restless.
What do you consider a lot? I average 3 novels a week and I don't
retire for another year. After retirement, that rate will probably
increase (unless I fill all my available time with building models).

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someone@some.domain - 11 Jul 2007 19:05 GMT
>>>>> Will it turn around a 1/48 scale life and make me appreciate 1/32 scale?
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>retire for another year. After retirement, that rate will probably
>increase (unless I fill all my available time with building models).
i have averaged a book a day since i was 7. i consider
over 250 pages a book. i'm not bragging. i really do get ill
if i can't read.
it's a wonder i ever went to school. i would read all night
and try to go.
i'm not a speed reader, i only do 1-2 pages per
minute, depending on page size.
Pat Flannery - 12 Jul 2007 21:10 GMT
> Funny, the life I always trained for was the one they kept worrying
> about when I was a child. You know, three hour shifts pushing
> buttons-what will humanity do with their time?-boredom will set in!
> I built models. I read a lot. I was set for the future!
>
Wait till you see that Giant Squid/Crocidile hybred.
They won't be expecting that in the Great Lakes!:
http://www.occultopedia.com/images_/kraken.jpg
Remember in all those old illustrations and movies how in the futureall
the building would have parabolic dish antennas on them for no apparent
reason? And then, by God, along came satelitte TV.
And the Japanese are heading towards robots as fast as they can.
Oh yeah, we've seen this before:
http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-03/ri-man.jpg
That's is where it starts; this is where it ends up:
http://www.thereminvox.com/ezimagecatalogue/catalogue/phpLBg1vs.jpg
Starts out like this: http://www.itmweb.com/bimages/japanrobot.jpg
Ends up like this:
http://img.timeinc.net/popsci/images/2006/08/fembots_ss_brunner.jpg ;-)
Pat