All of my cool witty retorts to all of these posts are being ruined by the fact that all of my mails are being scrutinized by the moderators first. Everyone is getting in before me. Mine are going to seem like the slow witted back-water cousins to these sharp NY barristers. pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 18/09/2006 10:31:34 a.m.: > A case in point: > > When it comes to driving a screw into a material (like wood) in which > the screw creates the mating helix itself when first driven in, you > might find it helpful to hammer a small portion of the screw into the > receiving part, so the screw "gets an initial hold". It is much easier > then to drive it fully in. Note that you do not need a heavy hammer and > in fact, using a heavy hammer in such cases might even be > counter-productive, since you would lose the sense of precision/accuracy > required: you would want to hammer only as much of the screw into the > wood as is needed for the screw to get "an initial hold" in the > receiving material and no more -- if you want to take advantage of the > greater holding power of a mating helix. > > P. > > Scott Ribe wrote: > >> I've > >> never used a hammer to put in a screw. > >> > > > > So I guess you're one of those ivory-tower theory-purist academic types, at > > least when it comes to home repairs. As a more practical person myself, let > > me just say that sometimes a 3lb hammer is exactly the right tool to get a > > screw set in quickly ;-) > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > match **************************************************************************** Statement of confidentiality: This e-mail message and any accompanying attachments may contain information that is IN-CONFIDENCE and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. **************************************************************************** ************************************************************************************* This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by the Ministry of Health's Content and Virus Filtering Gateway *************************************************************************************
