[Public-List] Tiller Head - I'm stuck!

[Gordon Laco]

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On 2012-04-01, at 10:43 AM, dan walker <dsailormon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> gord, i see you have been taking writing lessons from mowatt..
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> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Tiller Head - I'm stuck!
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> I deal with old fastenings like this:
> 
> First one must "Address the bolt" and apply various techniques involving
> cursing the bolt, one's tools, the whole boat, etc.   Second  one must "Get
> the bolt's attention" which involves hitting it smartly on the head with a
> hammer.   If one does this before the first wrench is applied, the bolt will
> know that this is a battle to the death that it cannot win.
> 
> Success in the whole procedure hinges upon not losing the moral high ground
> and letting the bolt dictate what your next action will be and how the job
> was going to go.  You must keep the initiative.
> 
> Applying all one's available resources at the first go is a mistake, because
> if the attack fails, clearly the bolt now has the upper hand knowing you've
> already played your best cards.  The bolt will face your next attempt secure
> in the knowledge that it has soundly beaten you once, and it may beat you
> again.
> 
> Better to use gradually increasing levels of force.  This keeps the upper
> hand in your court, because the bolt soon must know that if it has resisted
> the most recent assault, that victory is hollow and means nothing, because
> recent history would indicate that you will be back and with more force, in
> only a moment.  You keep your morale high, you may even laugh, while the
> bolt's morale simply must get lower and lower until it knows when it is
> exhausted, it ultimately must give up.

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