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#31

Music / Re: What tunes are you listeni...

Last post by neurosis - January 30, 2026, 01:06 PM

#32

Industrial / Re: Extinction

Last post by neurosis - January 30, 2026, 12:33 PM

The problem with housing isn't investors buying property, it is the sellers that sell to them. People pontificate about "greedy investors" without so much as a mention about the greedy sellers wo made that property available to them in the first place.

I'm trying to figure out if you're making an argument for, or against, capitalism?   

Just kidding.. carry on. This isn't offtopic.   

#33

Industrial / Re: Extinction

Last post by CNCAppsJames - January 30, 2026, 12:20 PM

Good on you G... we came down on price to sell to a family as well when we got outta the PRK. 

The problem with housing isn't investors buying property, it is the sellers that sell to them. People pontificate about "greedy investors" without so much as a mention about the greedy sellers wo made that property available to them in the first place.

People can sell to whomever they want, it is 100% their right, but don't sell to investors then complain that investors are buying all the property. IJS

#34

Industrial / Re: Extinction

Last post by Newbeeee™ - January 30, 2026, 11:27 AM

a piece of cake, a pat on the back and a boot in the ass 

I'm going down to HR is a few minutes to sign the exit papers

and

our California house officially went into escrow an hour ago.

I'm selling to a young man who works here. He partnered up
with his sister and they managed to get a loan and pony up the down payment. 
I came down on price a little to make the deal work.

I'd rather do that than sell it to an investment firm who will rent it out
or tear up all my trees to make room for a second house in the back yard.

Assuming the deal clears escrow, I've got 30 days to GFO of the PRK 

Attaboy Tom.
May it be a very very long, and a very very happy retirement.
Thank you for all of your help through the years - you're a genuine diamond

#35

Industrial / Re: Extinction

Last post by Zoffen - January 30, 2026, 11:14 AM

I'm selling to a young man who works here. He partnered up
with his sister and they managed to get a loan and pony up the down payment. 
I came down on price a little to make the deal work.

Awesome! I hope they pay the kindess forwrad in the future. Congrats on making across the finish line! Time to relax!

#36

Industrial / Re: Extinction

Last post by Brad St - January 30, 2026, 11:09 AM

Congrats G !

I wish you the best to you and your wife and of course the fur family =) !

#37

Industrial / Re: Extinction

Last post by gcode - January 30, 2026, 11:06 AM

So what did they give you as a retirement present today?

a piece of cake, a pat on the back and a boot in the ass 

I'm going down to HR is a few minutes to sign the exit papers

and

our California house officially went into escrow an hour ago.

I'm selling to a young man who works here. He partnered up
with his sister and they managed to get a loan and pony up the down payment. 
I came down on price a little to make the deal work.

I'd rather do that than sell it to an investment firm who will rent it out
or tear up all my trees to make room for a second house in the back yard.

Assuming the deal clears escrow, I've got 30 days to GFO of the PRK 

#38

Industrial / Re: Extinction

Last post by Zoffen - January 30, 2026, 10:34 AM

@gcode  So what did they give you as a retirement present today?

Monogramed towels?

Maybe one of those nice cards that sings a song when you open it signed by most of your co-workers?

#39

Industrial / Re: Anybody Need Any Tombstone...

Last post by ghuns - January 30, 2026, 10:11 AM

I bought this stuff back in 2016 when I was in charge of programming. I have completely forgotten everything I ever knew about them. Shit, I can't even spell ceee and ceee anymore.

Found this in old email...

LINE ORD QTY UNIT PART# ITEM DESCRIPTION WEIGHT PRICE EXT.PRICE DELIVERY DATE
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1 1.00 EA S1320386 3.70.04454 STD MODULAR VISE 7920.0000 EA 7920.00 0/00/00
BRAND: GERARDI
WORKHOLDING 700 - 4X345 -
STOCK AT THE VENDOR
2 1.00 EA S1320388 5.82.8A500 TAILOR MADE HEAD 2938.0000 EA 2938.00 0/00/00

1 197-2-212053-300-ST 2 each 6178.56 12357.12
TOMBSTONE, UPRIGHT IS 21.2"x5.3"
OVERALL HEIGHT IS 30", LIFTING HOLES IN TOP, BASE IS 500MM
DIA, FACES INCLUDE STANDARD STEVENS GRID PATTERN ON 1/2-13
THREADS ON 1.250" CENTERS AND .501" ID BUSHINGS ON 5.000"
CENTERS, FACES AND BASE SQUARE .0005"/12"
.
2 20210 8 each 982.23 7857.84
MODULAR VISE MODEL 626
- INCLUDES MOVABLE JAW, FIXED JAW, MOUNTING HARDWARE, WORK
STOP, AND VISE HANDLE

#40

Industrial / Re: Anybody Need Any Tombstone...

Last post by ghuns - January 30, 2026, 10:04 AM

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but what size are they? Are those tied down to custom plates?

If memory serves, we bought them for our old Okuma MA500h. We then mounted them to adapter plates to fit the 630mm pallet on the Enshus.