I have a parts dish which has a magnet on the bottom. Anything ferrous will not fall out of that dish! Isaac Sadigursky (sp?) gave our chapter a demonstration of his famous van and tricks he uses, one of which was the use of magnets to keep screws, etc. together. Might help ya. Paul McCloud San Diego -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of tune4u@earthlink.net Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 9:49 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: R U Like Me? Sniggle, snort. Good one. And, as for the ID technology: God help us all. Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: Re: R U Like Me? > At 8:49 PM -0600 12/30/02, <tune4u@earthlink.net> wrote: > >Yes, you guessed it. A little electronic GPS bug on every tool. > >Problem is, GPS only locates to an accuracy of a square meter or two > >.... and I know that dagnabbed screwdriver is already that close to > >me! In fact, it's probably that painful lump under my left hip ... > >nope, that's my key ring ... > > > > If the R&D phase of this scheme is still open, you might try basing > the positioning not with a geo-stationary satellite, but with a > portable beacon, located centrally in the room. At such a range, you > should be accurate to a micron. (Suction-cupped to a window, as high > as possible, it would run on solar energy.) > > BTW, did you hear that at the national this summer, our name tags > will be bar-coded. We'll all be issued bar-code readers, which can > identify someone at 150' in 0.3 seconds. > > Bill Ballard RPT > NH Chapter, P.T.G. > > "No, Please wait, you're all individuals" Brain Cohen, exasperated > "Yes, we're all individuals" the throng assembled in the street > below his window, in unison > "I'm not..." Lone dissenter. > ...........Monty Python's "Life of Brian" > +++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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