Inge, I must admit that due to my birth date and historical condtions I have not been in the service. My father was drafted in WWII. My exposure to the machine was at large town nearby on the 4th of July. Every year the Army Reserve/National Guard sets up a display manned by volunteers. Some gear is there and you can sit in a military Hummer and see other things. One year they had the Dog Tag machine and if you waited in line a long time on a very hot day they would make you a Dog Tag. My wife gave up but I stuck it out just to see it work. There were a few dud tags tossed that day. In the end I had a dog tag made for"""""""""""". My wife's dog! Very friendly and prone to wander (sneak away) if not watched closely. The few times CoCo (Yorkie Poodle mix) snuck away the tag hit pay dirt. Where ever he ended up in town we received a phone call and went to get him. He passed away with my wife holding him at the Vet. He was 17 and life was very hard for him. He was blind, deaf and incontinent by then. My wife still has the tag. Based on your response I have missed the mark too. Drew --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------