LOL! So the Flemish are still as independent as always when it comes to dealings with France! BTW, I know a fellow Belgian(Sp?) with whom you may want to check. He is a member of this list. Wilfried may be able to help you on this one. Al Messer --- Patrick Coppens <sb286643@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I will take a note of this number, but would it make > such a difference > with the UK prices? > The only problem is the US, I do not pay duty on > anything comming from > the UK (EEC) > I prefer to deal with the English (as a Fleming) > ordering stuff in > France is kind off "against my religion"... ;-) > > Patrick > > Allen Messer wrote: > > >Patrick, Traver's Tools has a branch office in > >Otelo-Conflans, France. Phone Number is: 33 1 39 > 72 > >16 00. Would this help your ordering situation? > > > >Al Messer > > > > > >--- Patrick Coppens <sb286643@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>Thanks for the input Jesse, > >>Their is a problem,with ordering from the States; > >>that is to say with > >>belgian customs. > >>They always want cash, so it is easier and (in the > >>end) just as > >>cheap/expensive to order in Britain.... > >> > >>Patrick > >> > >>JESSE LIVINGSTON wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Patrick me lad, > >>> > >>>"Machinery's Handbook" is a wealth of information > >>> > >>> > >>on any sort of thing a > >> > >> > >>>machinist needs to know and I highly recommend > it, > >>> > >>> > >>but that 60 GBP sounds a > >> > >> > >>>bit steep when converted into 'Murrican money. I > >>> > >>> > >>think I paid 15 $US for > >> > >> > >>>mine back in the 1950s and I didn't know they > were > >>> > >>> > >>that expensive now. The > >> > >> > >>>information in the older books is still viable > and > >>> > >>> > >>I seriously doubt that > >> > >> > >>>much has been added or changed so if I were you I > >>> > >>> > >>would see what I could get > >> > >> > >>>a used version for. Ebay or Amazon.com perhaps? > >>> > >>> > >>There is a wealth of > >> > >> > >>>information in the book that you will never need, > >>> > >>> > >>but it is there if you > >> > >> > >>>need it. I had to take my copy to the local > >>> > >>> > >>hardware store because the > >> > >> > >>>bloke who owned it kept saying that a #6 screw > was > >>> > >>> > >>1/8". I had told him > >> > >> > >>>that a #5 was correctly a 1/8" , but it took the > >>> > >>> > >>book to prove it. > >> > >> > >>>Jesse in Tennessee > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>2) An "OT" (On Toppic) issue now. > >>>>I am about to order "Machinery Handbook 27th > >>>> > >>>> > >>Edition" ( at 90 Euro's or > >> > >> > >>>>60 GBP) and I was wondering if any of you had > any > >>>> > >>>> > >>thoughts on that book > >> > >> > >>>>(before I spend my hard earned penny's) > >>>> > >>>>Patrick > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > >>> > >>>To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > >>> > >>> > >>to, > >> > >> > >>>modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > >>> > >>> > >>"unsubscribe" in the subject line. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > >> > >>To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > >>to, > >>modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > >>"unsubscribe" in the subject line. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > >http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > >MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > >modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.