I just got a big, gaudy envelope congratulating me for being selected and
announcing that I was already (as of now!) a member of Handyman Club of
America. The envelope included a plastic drill bit gauge that goes down to
64-ths of an inch. Guess what...ain't got no millimeters.
I love it when they hand you the ammo. I marked the gauge (on both sides) with
"Semi-useless; no metric sizes present". I also jotted a sticky note saying:
"Your magazine is old fashioned. It does not include metric
info. Until then, forget it!"
And I'll stidk this in their kindly provided postage-paid business reply
envelope to send it to them. Of course, this is one place where I break my
self-imposed rule against anonymous mailings. I left off any identification
so that they can't claim I subscribed.
It's kind of like picking up the grenade someone tosses at you, pulling the
pin, and throwing it back. It may end up being sent directly to the trash,
but that's fair. That's what I did with their subscription form.
Gee, that was fun.
Jim
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Senior Member, IEEE
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