<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } DL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } UL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } OL { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } LI { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=906304501-03092003><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>Del = says:</FONT> </SPAN>At 60,000 to 80,000 lbs of pressure directed through a very = small diamond orfice with a small amount of garnet (or some similar abrasive) = injected into the stream. For more information see:</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080>    <A href="http://www.waterjets.org/about_abrasivejets.html">http://www.wate= rjets.org/about_abrasivejets.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=906304501-03092003>I say: Do NOT get any = body part twixt the orifice and the target. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=906304501-03092003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=906304501-03092003>Even those direct inject = guns the Navy used to give us innoculations back in the 60's (are they still = using 'em?) would cut you like a razor if you flinched. They use water to cut = stone slabs with, these days, and at a much lower pressure and a wider jet, I = think. Amazing.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=906304501-03092003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=906304501-03092003>But even this technology = has proven totally inadequate when it comes to cutting through the fog in the = Capital Building.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN = class=906304501-03092003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, = MO</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>---<BR> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR> Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003<BR> </FONT> </P>