Author Archives: Art

About Art

55 years old. By training, ability and experience I am a master toolmaker. My most recent projects include designing and building a process to grind a G rotor pump shaft with four diameters and holding all four diameters within plus or minus 4 microns of nominal. This was an automated process using two centerless grinders refitted to my specifications using automatic load and unload machines plus automatic feedback gauging. I also designed and built an inspection machine to check for the presence and size of a straight knurl on a hinge pin using a vision system for non-contact gauging.

Your Kindle E-Book and George Orwell

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Art

Your a cutting edge person an aspirational buyer or you’re strapped for space. We live in a class A RV and we don’t have enough space so we buy paperback instead of hardcover books. A Kindle would be a nice … Continue reading →

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War on Drugs or War on Americans?

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Art

Today, Sunday the 19th of January 2014 I glanced at the headlines of the Union Leader’s Sunday edition and what caught my eye was a story excoriating the democratically controlled House of Representatives that, collection of 400 souls elected to … Continue reading →

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Art and the Quadrajet

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Art

We bought our 1987 Rockwood in November of 2011. It was a derelict about to be parted out by the new owner. The tires were high end Michelin X tires all dry-rotted to hell. The right front blew out on … Continue reading →

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Luck and Life and Compassion

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Art

You have your own home or a luxury loft apartment. You drive a relatively new car that speaks to your status. You dress in clothes that you think flatter your and put forth the image you want to show the … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma Judge’s Marriage Ruling Demolishes Anti-Gay Platform

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Art

by David Badash on January 15, 2014 in Marriage,News The last thing most people want to do is read a court ruling. They’re tiresome, filled with legal jargon, footnotes, and all sorts of oddities. So I did. Yesterday, United States … Continue reading →

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Suburban Furnace Foibles

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Art

So far so good this winter, we’re warm and comfortable but we tracked down an unexpected furnace failure mode that might be of help to others in our situation. We’ve replaced the gas solenoid valve with a newer model that … Continue reading →

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Reverend Patrick McLaughlin, Unitarian Church Manchester, NH

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Art

This is an open letter to the minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester, NH. Dear Pat. Welcome to your new post. Don’t get too comfortable because your new congregation may present well but you really need to get … Continue reading →

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And Here We Go Again!

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Art

Last night the Manchester police department stopped by and told us to move to Walmart from where we had been parked, an empty parking lot at a defunct Lowe’s. Now Manchester, NH Mayor Ted Gatsas announced in time for his … Continue reading →

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You can’t park in this parking lot!

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Art

Today, the Friday after christmas I was in a pretty good mood. I need to take the furnace apart and look for a bad electric connection, but other than that everything else is working fine. Plus we have cold weather … Continue reading →

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“You Can’t Park Here!”

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Art

We had our first “You can’t park here and you’ll have to move!” today. Today was also our day to spend with Health and Human Services to be re-certified for SNAP benefits. Since we added the trailer this fall I … Continue reading →

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