Steel Mail News - July '97
Vol.1, Ed. 2
New Members:
Kernie Hayman
- BOF Mechanical
Bob Prue
- BOF Mechanical
Andy Lonce
- Sinter Plant Electronics
Jim Jakubin
- Blast Furnace Electronics
Jeffrey Woods
- Blast Furnace Mechanical
Ruth Morris
- BOF Operations
Will Abatie
- BOF Operations
Ray Hofecker
- Caster Electronics
Clarence "Deadeye" King
- 160" Plate Mill (retired)
Dale Harter
- BOF cranes.
Sex:
Ruth Morris of the BOF has become our first female gender member and
reaching this milestone has precipitated a minor crisis. We feel it is
necessary that the name of "The Brotherhood of the Secret Button" be
changed to reflect our new mixed membership. An informal poll made it
clear that "The Personhood of the Secret Button" was not an acceptable
option. All but one (no opinion) agreed they could live with "The Brother
and Sisterhood of the Secret Button." There it is.
Age:
Clarence King is one of our newest members of "The Brother and Sisterhood
of the Secret Button." He is also our most senior member (by age) and is
our first retiree (1989). Formerly of LaPorte, Clarence now lives near
Murray, Kentucky with his wife, Lola , and gets in 4 or 5 rounds of golf a
week. He says he always walks the courses. Clarence and Lola are the
Father and Mother-in-Law of Kensey Alsman (our Editor/Publisher).
Steel Erection
(No, not that kind):
Several of our members are planning on taking part in the new class being
offered by the Career Development Center that will include hands on
training in the construction of a steel frame home. They will be reporting
on their progress and critiquing the class. The first report should be
forthcoming in the next edition of Steel Mail News. Mark your calendar.
Noise:
The Steel Mail page now has sound. It is not exactly the effect we were
trying for but we have not worked out the plug-in bug causing the problem.
We say it is with the NIIA and they say we are full of shit, so it is a
stand-off. Anyhow, we hope you enjoy it.
Vice President Gore Responds
(. . . and responds . . . and responds):
We have received several letters of encouragement from Vice President Gore
. . . sort of. Inexplicably, he keeps sending us the same letter
explaining how he doesn't really have time to answer his mail. (Has anyone
else noticed how odd it is that he speaks of himself in the third person
and then signs off with an alias?) It seems to us here at Steel Mail that
if he has time to type the same silly letter over and over again then he
could make the effort to personalize it a bit. (He is the one listed as
having "no opinion" in "The Brother and Sisterhood of the Secret Button"
re-naming controversy.) If he keeps this up, we may have to re-evaluate
this whole "politician on the page" thing.
Lorglinks:
If you have any favorite links you would like to see listed on "Steel Mail"
or "Kensey's List of Real Good Stuff" then send them along to Steel Mail,
c/o kensey@niia.net, and our editorial staff will evaluate them for
suitability (screen them for the good smut) and most likely add them to the
page.
Public Service Announcement:
The Steel Mail staff recently received a letter requesting our assistance
in a nation wide manhunt to locate the real murderer of Nicole Simpson. We
have been keeping our eyes peeled and have thus far searched Robbinhurst,
Michigan City Municipal Course, and Briar Leaf in LaPorte without luck and,
of course, Clarence King is scouring all the Kentucky golf courses he can.
Next, we will check out the Duck Creek course in Portage.
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