Re: Unit labels

In message <ML-3.4.992531495.9071.books@babinga.dms.state.fl.us>, Roger
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> I use standard plastic bases and code numbers in binary along the
> edge.

*I'm* a computer geek, and this would annoy me. ;-)  Besides, Hex would
conserve more space. ;-)

> To be fair my girlfriend, who has a much steadier touch than I do,
> paints numbers along the edge.

If your SO actually participates in the hobby, it would be a poor man
indeed to criticize anything she does. ;-) The other day, I showed my
wife some painting I had done.	Her reply was, "Oh, that's great," and
I was almost floored with a flashback to when I was three and showed
my mother something I had drawn. ;-)

> Oh, as far as painting technique, the heels of my hands
> are always pressed together when I paint.  It doesn't
> matter if you shake as long as everything shakes together. :)

My table has a shelf running underneath it.  I brace both feet against
it and both arms on the table, and consign myself to repainting the