5th Graders on St. Lucia:
Our manufacturing plants are located near the City of Providence, Rhode
Island, USA, on Narragansett Bay which connects to the Atlantic Ocean a few
miles away at Newport where much ocean sailing and racing is done.
We use the internet extensively to send and receive 3D CAD models of parts
which customers wish us to precision cast in metal alloys.
We use computers to slice those 3D CAD models into layers which Rapid
Prototype machines can use to build the parts layer by layer in a wax-like
material.
We make a plaster mold around the wax, melt out the wax and pour molten
metal into the mold cavity to form the exact part.
In this way we can help anyone from around the world to go from their 3D CAD
design of a part to the actual metal part to hold in their hand in only
several days.
I would name the multi-colored cat Mindy.
At 09:18 AM 4/6/99 +0200, you wrote:
>>If you can spare a couple minutes please reply to: meow@candw.lc but not
after 5-3-99
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Dave Johnson, WD8DJB
>>From: The Fifth Grade Class on St. Lucia<meow@candw.lc>
>>To:
>>Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 20:32:42 PST
>>Subject: A request from the kids to hams
>>Message-Id: <00264553867746@candw.lc>
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>Greetings from St. Lucia, a lovely island nation in the lower Caribbean.
>>
>>I write this on behalf of my classmates.
>>We are in the fifth grade at Gros Islet Elementary School.
>>
>>We are learning about computers and the internet.
>>
>>Our classroom has a sign which reads, "Tell me, I forget.
>>Show me, I remember. Involve me, I understand."
>>
>>Our computer advisor is a Ham radio operator. Mr. Stewart, J67SL, gave us a
>>list of others with similar interests. He said you had friends all over the
>>world and may help us in this project.
>>
>>We wonder how far this message would travel around the world in 30 days.
>>
>>We have a big map of the world and will place pins in every location
>>which responds. Great fun and we will learn a lot of geography.
>>
>>Could you please take a moment and give us a brief reply telling us
>>where you are in this big world. Just a quick note will be fine.
>>
>>I promise that one of us will respond if you request it. We do not want
to impose on you.
>>
>>We would appreciate it if you would pass along this note to any friends.
>>
>>If you do forward this email, be sure to include:
>>
>>"Please reply to: meow@candw.lc but not after 5-3-99 please."
>>
>>I was elected to write this because I am the best speller in the class.
>>
>>Thank you so much,
>>
>>Mary Miller and all my classmates at Gros Islet Elementary School
>>
>>PS: We have a cat as our mascot. She wanders into our classroom
>>usually around lunch time. We have become very fond of her.
>>We are trying to think of a good name.
>>She is kinda all colours like Joseph's "Coat of many colours" in the Bible.
>>If you have any good ideas for a name we would like to know.
>>
>>Today I read that cats are composed of matter+antimatter+it doesn't
matter. tee-hee
>>
>>PSS: If you do not respond, that's OK. We will not trouble you again.
>>
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>>
>>Dave Johnson WD8DJB
>>
>> email: wd8djb@qsl.net
>> packet : WD8DJB@N8QGE.#SWMI.MI.USA.NOAM
>> web pages: http://www.qsl.net/wd8djb
>> http://www.qsl.net/ecarc
>> http://www.qsl.net/miarc
>> http://www.RadioLink.net/wd8djb
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