Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Photography was meant for the earing impaired I guess ;-) All the more so these days when shutter may be totalyy silent. As for health hazards, I smoke, but don?t fiddle, and have never have, with asbestos, so far as know. Well, I bet your diet/life recipe sound sounder than mine :-) Amities Philippe > Le 29 avr. 2019 ? 21:53, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a ?crit : > > Philippe, I'm not sure how brake linings and pads are fabricated today, > but, when I was a teenager, and even into my young adult years, they > contained asbestos fibers. I can recall seeing mechanics using compressed > air nozzles to blow a cloud of dust from drum brakes when doing brake > overhauls. I've done a few, but, without a compressor, I did a lot of > wiping. As I got older, I got smarter about such materials. I have no > lung problems, probably because I have never smoked. After watching my > Dad suffer from emphysema, I wanted no part of that scene. > > After years of supervising the operation of large, noisy compressor > systems, my biggest problem is hearing loss. Although I used hearing > protection much of the time, the accumulation took its toll. But, life in > old age ain't all bad. > > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 4/29/2019 2:30 PM, Philippe via LUG wrote: >> Jim, my friend, let us know how you made it through young man ;-) >> >> I surely miss the gist of cleaning and restoring old stuff, but >> absolutely not when I feel any hazard hovering ? >> >> Amities >> >> Philippe, looking for suicidal pros who would take care of one of our >> fireplaces/ovens/chimneys ?. >> >> >> >> >>> Le 29 avr. 2019 ? 18:26, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> a >>> ?crit : >>> >>> Nice shadows! I've cleaned up a few of those. The asbestos dust is >>> not healthy. :-( >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> >>> On 4/29/2019 11:08 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: >>>> Greetings to all. This Monday brings us to my neighbor who restores >>>> older >>>> to old cars. A few days ago he brought home an axle for a build he is >>>> doing. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Old+School.jpg.html >>>> >>>> All the best. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information