Ahh the consumate engineer. 'What do you do in your spare time Iain?' 'I program CNC machines for fun.'

Sounds like my stepson. He's doing a course in that stuff. He loves it. He is making something for me at the moment (the nerd).

Is that a Bowdlerised version of "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"?

Apostrophes are fairly straightforward, though, in comparison to hyphens. I'm with the Fowler brothers (editors of the original Oxford English Dictionary published in 1911) on hyphens:
To the OP: It's really not worth your, or anybody else's, while to get exercised over punctuation of any kind on a forum - least of all "apostophes" [sic] - and spelling. I could get all Biblical and motes-and-planks on your ass by quoting Luke 6:42 at you but I won't... oops, too late.

I blame DARPA. No computer filename I know contains punctuation except for a dot before the file type (.html/.jpg/.wmv).

Not a hobby, (Im not that sad / dont have $50+k for a machine), its just one of the hats I juggle at work. Would you believe that the primary software used to do it is Excel!

Dont worry about the OP, its a threetime flouncee who reappeared yet again. They wont be back

That's rich coming from the Dowelmeister himself.

I have a buddy who is buying a second hand milling machine and getting it converted to CNC. This is (one of) his hobbies. Which seems odd for someone who in real life is a mountie.

Iain, you're an engineer, and engineers are to 'apostophes and spelling' what Harold Shipman is to geriatric care.

The Panda; forest dwelling lothario

The last time my father-in-law was over from Vancouver (last October); when we picked him up at the airport he ask - "Who's Harold Shipman? The flight attendant said i looked like him".

How we laughed..................before hiding all medical related paraphernalia in my mums house.

I haven't used one of them in a while and they are not suitable for everything. What I want is something that will securely hold two bits of wood together at 90 degrees while glue dries. I've never come across a decent 90 degree clamp. He's making me one.

So what does this mean?

Is there a new rule three "flounces" and you're out?

Not at all sure I like the direction this place is taking.

That could be considered a potential flounce, Steve. I'd be careful if i were you

One down, 2 remaining.

1. Speak for yourself please (assumptive pov). I know we're human and we all make mistakes . . .
2. What's this :- ? A new punctuation form? A face w/o a mouth? A winky? Thor's hammer Mjollnir?
3. etc.