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- From: jbm@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Jeffrey Mulligan)
- Subject: Re: Starting out?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.200627.26324@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 20:06:27 GMT
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- dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk (Codesmiths) writes:
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- Agred with most everything, but not
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- >Set of cheap screwdrivers, varying sizes
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- Cheap screwdrivers are fine for opening cans of paint.
- However, the metal they are made from is softer than many screws.
- Having tools that self-destruct the first time you need
- to put some muscle on them is worse than having no tools, because
- you mistakenly think that you have a capability, then you get stuck
- bicycling to the hardware store in the middle of a disassembly.
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