"Sheldon" > wrote in message
...
> "Pete Wilkins" wrote:
>> "Dave" wrote:
>> > Corey Richardson wrote:
>> >> Unfortunately not. It began to tear at the weld before it failed. Good
>> >> suggestion though.
>>
>> > Why do you say that it can't be welded? If it was done in the past it can
>> > certainly be done now.
>>
>> ROTFL! Is it really feasible today to seek out a specialist welder to
>> repair a
>> kitchen tool that in comparative terms would cost coppers to replace. (n.b.
>> "coppers" is just an expression of 'cheapness' and is in no way trying to
>> keep
>> "foreigners" out of the thread as some users of the euro have suggested. I
>> might just as easily have said "cents", or even, god forbid, them little
>> things the Eyeties use that cost less than a coin?)
>>
>>
>>
>> > Not all aluminium joints are welded, some are brazed. What can't be
>> > welded
>> > can be invisibly riveted though. I worked in the aerospace industry for
>> > 25
>> > years and there was nothing the development lads couldn't repair.
>>
>> ROTFLMAOA! But Dave, please, how many of us now work in such an
>> environment?
>>
>> I also remember the days when engineers, electricians, welders etc. would
>> get
>> involved in some attempt to repair an important piece of kitchen equipment
>> so
>> the cook could again produce some favourite dish. I remember when the
>> repairs
>> worked. I remember when the repairs failed. I remember when some members of
>> the repair team received suggestions as to just where they could take their
>> welding/brazing skills and then just what they could do with them!
>>
>> Make do and mend is not a proper course to take these days, though the
>> mighty
>> PC refurbishers might think otherwise.
>
>
> Hmm, sure seems you have some private personal ax to grind (for that
> you lose all credibility). But - HELLO - mending is still very alive
> and well. Unfortunately there just aren't a lot of handy dandy fix-it
> folks around as there once were but they certainly do still exist.
> Some dexterous dude/ette with a little basement workshop I'm sure
> could easily repair a spud ricer (better than new) for "peanuts".
> Pete Wilkins, yoose sure is a bitter little bitch, and for that fix
> you need a handy dandy Proctologist to ease that bramble from yer
> butt.
>

Yo Sheldon! Just like ya used to do all them years ago, ya still do now:
Ignore the points made in any argument and go hone in on something personal
and make a big bitch out of that.

You sound just like the bitching S.O.B. who said to me, "I really enjoyed that
Irish Stew, what was it made of?" As soon as I said, "Well, lamb ... " - I
could get no further, because this s.o.b. yelled: "Lamb! No f*cking way! I
ain't eaten lamb yet and I ain't gonna start now!!!"

When I explained he had just eaten lamb, a classic ingredient of Irish Stew,
he started spitting and frothing at the mouth about "dirty lamb" this and
"filthy lamb" that. His US expat friends joined in with: "Don't listen to that
clown! He's a "Canuck" anyway and he's been working down Texas way too long!"
I never found out where the clown was actually from but I do have my
suspicions.

Carry on, Sheldon! (Where are you from?)

--
Pete