And suddenly I knew George and I would never take a golf trip together again. We didn''t chat much on the way to the airport, either.It doesn''t have to be like this. There are some simple things you can do to head off the petty, sophomoric, self-involved, grandiose, absent-minded, boorish, moody, drunken, vicious, infuriating behavior that threatens nearly every trip and often causes four grown men or women to have dinner at three different restaurants. We outline these steps for you below in "The Ten Commandments of Golf Trips." They''re based on an informal survey of golfers accounting for more than 300 trips, with help from the people at the Golf Digest Schools. The most important piece of advice is probably the first: Similar types do best on golf trips. Competitive golfers don''t want to play "for fun" and casual players think of 36-a-day as the Bataan Death March. Unfortunately, there is no magic pill that makes a golf trip go right. The fact is, even if you assemble four single-digit, Type-A personalities who crave two rounds a day for $10 a hole, you''ll have feuds--both on and off the course.

Engineers at Davisco Foods International Inc. wanted to incorporate mix-proof valves into their process controls for three new cheese vats at the company''s Jerome, Idaho, facility. Unfortunately, the PMOs did not recognize any block-and-bleed valves that could handle the cheese curds the system would have to deal with. Rockford, Ill.-based Sudmo North America Inc. accepted the company''s challenge to design a valve that could handle large particulate without clogging and then win regulatory approval for the design.

Though light in weight, Airbor magnetic drill has a powerful 1.6-hp air motor and 1,600-lb magnetic holding strength. With its extra rack, stroke length is extended to 10 1/4 in. Annular cutter capacity is up to 2 1/16 in. diam. Geared chuck adapter converts the unit to a standard drill press. The Slugger Air Force pneumatic drill, at 24 lbs, 6 1/4" high, is useful for confined area drilling. The drill''s features include a permanent magnet that turns on or off by air power, a cutter capacity of up to 1 1/16" diameter x 3/4" depth and the ability to use ShortSlugger cutters and frame cutters. These cutters'' geometry allows the operator to drill multi-layered truck frames in a single pass.

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