mlkrakowski@citlink.net on fri 14 nov 03
China clay is Kaolin. British books, and I assume British potters, use
the term china clay. If YOUR kaolin does not work in a glaze calling
for china clay, try another kaolin. It is NOT that you are using a
different basic material, it is that something in the composition of
the clay may be too different to "uphold" (my term) the recipe.
Please remember that several materials, neph sy for one, are mined in
different parts of the world, and different countries import them from
these different areas.
The reason a man would take every tool in the house when he leaves is
this. Every time he has yelled: "Where did you put my jackhammer?" or
"Have you seen my drill press" or "What did you do with my chainsaw"
YOU have said: "Honey, I did not move it; it is where you left it!" or
"No dear, but as it is bigger than a breadbox I'm sure you'll find it"
or "I did nothing with your saw; I have my own"
Even worse, you offered to find it for him, and either find it in 3
seconds flat,since it is on the dining room table, or, after you have
ransacked the house, the garage, the pickup etc. he suddenly
remembers he lent it to Joe, and does not speak to you for a week, when
you sigh deeply at this news, and say: "Aw, chucks."
When he leaves, he takes all the tools just to prove to you that, as
you have long suspected, he always has known ALL ALONG where the tools
were, but it was fun to put you on.
Earl Krueger on sat 15 nov 03
On Saturday, Nov 15, 2003, at 09:42 US/Pacific, Cat Yassin wrote:
> Yesterday I found out how men lose their tools so easily.
To the Female residents of Claytown;
OK, OK !!! I lived through the early '70s MCP (that's "Male
Chauvinistic Pig" for those of you who weren't around then) and I've
had enough male bashing. Explain this to me:
My wife has her studio in one room and I have mine in the other with a
wall and door in between. Whenever there is something she no longer
wants it somehow ends up in my space when I'm not looking. I'm talking
bags of trash, magazines, newspapers, cardboard boxes, aluminum soda
cans, window cleaner, sponges, rubber gloves, bookshelves, boom boxes,
curtain rods, wicker baskets, circulating fans, and even an air
conditioner, to name just a few.
But never... never... TOOLS.
Explain this to me... Please !!
Earl...
Bothell, WA, USA
Cat Yassin on sat 15 nov 03
In a message dated 11/14/2003 1:47:33 PM Central Standard Time,
mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET writes:
> Even worse, you offered to find it for him, and either find it in 3
> seconds flat,since it is on the dining room table, or, after you have
> ransacked the house, the garage, the pickup etc. he suddenly
> remembers he lent it to Joe, and does not speak to you for a week, when
> you sigh deeply at this news, and say: "Aw, chucks."
>
Yesterday I found out how men lose their tools so easily. At our Machine
shop, that also houses a little glazing and firing studio for me, I was helping my
brother while he was replacing the power steering on his suburban (well,
"helping" consists of holding the shop light, starting the engine to help disperse
the power steering fluid, handing him a thingamabobbi, etc) and I noticed
that scattered all across the engine, radiator, battery, etc were different
tools, shop rags, caps to this and that, screws that came from "somewhere" and I
was thinking, "How will he remember to put everything back and collect every
tool from under this hood?". I'm sure that in his haste to get on the road he
will have forgotten his crescent wrench which was precariously perched on his
brake fluid container. It will either fall down into the engine and through the
various parts to land on the road between Maple and First St. or it will remain
lodged between some parts to only be found later when something else goes
wrong. The worst scenario being that it falls into some moving part like the fan
belt or fan in front of the radiator and then surely all hell will break
loose! I suspect that many tools are dancing happily with all the socks that end up
missing from the dryer...
-Cat Yassin
San Antonio, Tx
Glenn Allenspach on mon 17 nov 03
As a man who owns tools, may I assure you that my recollection of where any
given tool rests lasts about three nanoseconds after I set it down. This of
course, leads to countless hours of enjoyment, while I hunt down each tool in
succession as I need it again, and allows me to turn a 20 minute project into a
full afternoon without even trying.
Now, where did I put that darn wheel?
Where I keep the Big Dipper just oustide the studio back door, right over the
marsh.
Glenn Allenspach
East Bethel, MN
GlennAllenspach@aol.com
763.434.6686
John Jensen on mon 17 nov 03
Tools, tools, tools.
I'm amazed at how many tools are needed for even the simplest little
job. The joke should be, "How many tools does it take to change a
lightbulb?"
But, unlike Glenn, I can usually put my hands on a tool within minutes
no matter how long it has been since I used it, or how deeply buried it
might be in boxes and bins. I have a mental map of my possessions that
leads me to them...unfortunately tools I broke, lost, or discarded are
still on the map, so I sometimes look for things that no longer exist.
John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery
mudbug@toadhouse.com , http://www.toadhouse.com
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