TheBanyanTree: The years go by ...

[Dave]

When I worked as a machinist I kept nail polish in my tool box. After the
toolbox was retired many questions were raised.
;-)

Dave Seaman

On Aug 16, 2016 3:22 PM, "paul" <paul at remsset.com> wrote:
>
> Way back in the Stone Age, almost, the electric pencil sharpener in the
copier room at the Texas Dept. of Banking broke. I told Gary because that
sort of stuff was his department. The motor ran but not the sharpening guts.
>
> Gary bought a new machine and tossed the old one in Margie's trash can.
This was after Gary's space had moved down to the Print Shop area. I asked
Margie if I could have it. Uh, "ask Preston". So I did. I had to show the
poopie one it was not working.
>
> The official story is that I took it home and fixed it. In reality I
fixed it during my lunch hour. Gave the motor a couple of drops of oil on
each bearing and put the big plastic/nylon gear back onto the motor shaft.
Added a smear of fingernail polish on the shaft because I didn't have super
glue. Walla, fifteen minutes and fixed! Hmm, I forget why I had fingernail
polish in my desk.
>
> This was about 1990. What? 26 years?
>
> Tried to sharpen a pencil the other day. The machine made a bad noise.
Opened it and somehow it had striped teeth off of the big gear.
>
> Not much there I can fix.
>
> Junk, that's all you can buy anymore. Oh, and get off of my lawn. Damn
whippersnappers.
>
> paul
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