Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 1/3/25 3:34 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 00:49:59 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    Find an old International Harvester truck ... SOLID steel all
    through. Parts may be tricky though ...

 My '86 F-150 is reasonably solid. I was sitting in it reading in a parking
lot when a woman trying to park backed into it. I didn't even bother to
get out to see if she'd done any damage. That was the front bumper. If
she'd backed into the step,n,tow bumper on the rear her problems might
have been greater.

   I knew a guy who made bumpers out of two large
   wooden utility poles he'd cut to size and shape.
   Older Chevy 3500 series. Looked 'rugged', kinda
   'back-country'. Damned things were a good 8" thick
   and about 12" tall. No little old lady was gonna
   so much as dent them in a parking-lot oopsie.
   There was one local outfit that had a mid 50s
   IH truck, converted kinda as a tow. The gearing
   was low, lower and REALLY low. SAW it split a
   large tractor in half once trying to pull it
   out of a canal. Real "American Iron".
   Hmmmm ... older vehicles and parts ... it comes
   to mind that NOW a lot of those parts might be
   re-created on demand using 3-D metal printing
   with just minimal finishing after. Could make a
   biz out of that .... how much would someone with
   a nice '33 Packard pay for a new piston or ring
   set or bearing ??? Just need the orig specs.