Well now, let me tell ya somethin’ ’bout these here coils of steel. You know, them big ol’ rolls of metal they use for all sorts of things? Yeah, those.
I ain’t no fancy engineer or nothin’, but I seen ’em around enough to know a thing or two. They come in different sizes, ya see. Some are skinny little fellers, and some are big and fat, like a prize-winning hog at the county fair. They make ’em all different ways too, dependin’ on what they’re gonna use ’em for. Some are soft and easy to bend, like a piece of wire, and some are tough as nails, can’t hardly make a dent in ’em.
I heard tell they call some of ’em “hot-rolled.” Now, what that means, I ain’t exactly sure. But I reckon it’s got somethin’ to do with how they make ’em. Maybe they heat ’em up real good and then roll ’em out like dough for a pie. Makes sense, I guess. Hot stuff is easier to bend and shape, just like when I’m makin’ bread. Gotta let the dough rise and get warm before you can do anything with it. Same kinda thing, maybe.
They use these coils for all sorts of stuff, you know. Buildin’ things, mostly. Big ol’ skyscrapers in the city, them shiny metal buildin’s. And bridges too, the ones that go over rivers and hollers. Even them little sheds out back, they probably got some steel in ’em somewhere. And cars! Lordy, them cars are full of steel. Keeps ya safe when you’re drivin’ down the road, I reckon. ‘Course, sometimes I think them cars are more trouble than they’re worth, always breakin’ down and costin’ ya money.
- Big coils for big things, like buildin’s and bridges.
- Little coils for little things, like parts for cars and machines.
- Hot-rolled coils, whatever that means, they seem to be pretty important.
I seen ’em haulin’ these coils on them big trucks, the ones with all the wheels. They gotta chain ’em down real good, or they’d go rollin’ all over the place. Can you imagine that? A big ol’ coil of steel rollin’ down the highway, smashin’ into everything in its path. Wouldn’t be pretty, that’s for sure.
They gotta store ’em careful too. Can’t just leave ’em out in the rain to rust. Steel’s tough, but it ain’t invincible, ya know. Gotta keep it dry and covered, like a good crop of hay in the barn. Otherwise, it’ll go bad on ya, and then it ain’t worth nothin’. Waste of good money, that is.
Now, I ain’t sayin’ I know everything about these coils of steel. But I know they’re important. They’re the backbone of a lot of things we use every day. Without ’em, the world would be a whole lot different, I reckon. Probably wouldn’t have all these fancy gadgets and gizmos we got now. Maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing, come to think of it. Life was simpler back in the day, before all this newfangled technology.
But that’s just an old woman’s ramblin’, I guess. These coils of steel, they’re here to stay, and they’re gonna keep on buildin’ the world around us, whether we like it or not. And that’s just the way it is.
So, next time you see a big ol’ truck haulin’ a coil of steel, or you see a buildin’ goin’ up, or you drive your car down the road, you just remember what I told ya. That steel’s there for a reason, and it’s doin’ its job, even if we don’t always see it or think about it.
And that’s all I gotta say about that. It’s time for me to go make some supper.
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