Subject: Free Technical Library

From: [email-masked]
Date: 6 Dec 1996 04:23:14 GMT

I've seen some postings on technical reading.  There is a HUGE library (above 50,000
volumes) in Silver Spring, Maryland belonging to MDNA (Machinery Dealers National
Association). All you need is to find your local MDNA member who is a friendly dealer,
and ask him to do you a favor and request a certain manual.  They'll mail it directly to 
him and you can borrow it (although he's still responsible for it!).  

If you need to find a membership directory of MDNA members in your area, call 
301-585-9494 and ask for a 1996 Buyer's Guide.

--- Mark Rogo, Morton Machinery Company
Visit us at www.mortonmachinery.com

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From: ANDY POPKY <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 17:34:12 -0500

dave 

very well put
liked your gas analogy

now lets see mark is MDNA member
i guess he was inviting
 all the members of this ng to call
him when they need a manual<w>
he realy is a NICE guy (sigh) 

ap

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From: ANDY POPKY <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 07:52:11 -0500

> Association). All you need is to find your local MDNA member who is a friendly dealer,

aren't they all friendly????

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From: [email-masked](Dave Ficken)
Date: 6 Dec 1996 13:34:55 GMT

>him and you can borrow it (although he's still responsible for it!).  
<snip>

 I am trying to picture the likely response that someone off the street
would get from a machinery dealer on this one. Let's see, you walk into
a machinery dealer and say: "Hi, I just bought a lathe at a garage
sale. Can you get me the catalog on loan from MDNA for a while? I
promise I'll return it."
 I suspect that you might get told to politely keep looking at garage
sales until you find the manual.
 I can think of a few dealers that might do such a favor for me. That's
because I spend thousands of dollars per year buying stuff from them
and can be considered a valued customer.
 Dave "who always buys gas before using the station's bathroom" Ficken
 Meridian Machinery
 http://hre.com/meridian