<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just finishing up a plastic elbow = replacement job. It got me to thinking, (now there's a novel idea!<G>). Back in the = 70's & 80's I was doing a few a month! In the 90's, it dropped off & = I probably did 10, i.e. 1 a year. Now in the year 2005, one pops up! = Yikes! I wonder just how many of those beasts were made and how many are still = lurking out there?<G> You'd think we'd see the bottom of that pit fairly = soon! (One could only hope.<G>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>