Richard Clark wrote in message . ..
On 14 Aug 2003 07:29:40 -0700, (Brian Kelly) wrote:


I spent a day and a half on the phone calling around trying to buy a
lousy two pounds of a specific DuPont Teflon-bearing grease. The
worn-out DuPont tech rep finally wrote an order for a two pound sample
but I had to drive 50 miles to the Dupey warehouse to pick it up.

I imagine it's much easier to simply run a web search today.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

w3rv

Hi Brian,

That is exactly how I get all my exotic electronics parts, engineering
samples. FREE. Need a 24 bit ADC? How about GHZ GBWP amps?
Precision V-F-V converters? FREE.

There are people who have that skill down to an art form.
Unfortunately I've never been able to well in that field.

Now, if I wanted to buy one they would tell me to take a hike.

Right. Getting you off their phones is worth much more to them than
the widget and/or the paperwork are worth . .

As for your last comment about web searching. That is my current
business. I build web robots and if anyone is interested, my current
model that I call GrantBot will search through nearly 2000 pages of
legislation funding of Grants offered and awarded by every department,
agency, institute, consortium, office, bureau, center, program, group,
division, administration, service, ... in the government.

This offer is free to individuals.

I have a generic robot that is workable, but which remains to gain
recent work's improvements. However, it requires that you have some
foreknowledge of potential links (it is a targeted web robot, not a
free roaming one).

That too is free to individuals.

When I say individuals, that means those not using it as a tool of
their paid work. If you are a sole proprietor, I still consider you
an individual.

I'm just a sole these days, not a sole proprietor. For now anyway. I
freelance in the industrial machine design biz but ran out of work in
March and decided to coast with my feet up on the handlebars for a few
months and do some radio, etc. Which is much easier when yer finally
positioned to plunder the Social Security fund like I am now. Thanks
for the offer Richard but I'm unloading tools rather than acquiring
new ones.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

w3rv

Try the local veterinary supply you can get gallon bottles of mineral oil at a fair price,
no strange looks at the pharmacy and the cows/horses don't like small bottles.