Yep. Tender fingers -- and clumsy ones too -- Jesse. The calluses from operating a 10-key adding machine just aren't where they need to be for more active endeavors. My operative theory, based on personal history, is that anything I can break I will break. And the last thing I need to do during this stretch run is break a piston ring...or several. Charles > Good thinking Charles, but why can't you do as I said and just squeeze the > ring together with your finger tips or has a life of accounting and book > keeping left you with tinder fingers?? > > Jesse 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.