[Jewelry making - Article 01005] - Re: [Orchid] Bench jeweler games competition

[David Phelps]

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    How about "The Best Musical Group"? I worked at a place once with
    five other goldsmiths. We would play along with the stereo using
    musical instruments developed from our tools. We had a percussionist
    - quite talented too - that could effectively use anything within
    reach, we had a guitarist that was pretty darn good at playing the
    saw frame, and we all pitched in with various melodies using
    high-speed handpieces, air gravers, flexshafts, oxygen cylinders,
    mandrels, bench pans, whatever. I found out that if you pinch the tip
    of your torch just right and play with the O2 knob you can make it
    sound just like the old hand-under-the-arm-pit thing. It was quite
    fun and taught us the value of finding multiple uses for our
    different instruments - er - tools. (Yes, we were getting paid by
    the hour, and no, the boss wasn't around) 

    I kind of like the idea of "Find The Stone in the Bermuda Triangle",
    but I get too much of that already for it to be much fun. I find
    myself stopping in my tracks virtually any time I see something shiny
    on the ground. It is somewhat embarrassing to hear someone saying
    "What's he doing down there?" when, before I can stop myself, I stoop
    down to investigate something that for all the world looks just like
    a wax covered baguette under the apple bin at the super market. 

Dave
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