Hello old friends

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William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Welcome back, John! It's good to hear from you again. Are you turning pool queues?

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John Snyder, Pocono's PA

>Good to hear from you William ... nah, pool cue turning requires itsy bitsy precision lathes (that more closely resemble metal turning lathes, and start at about two grand). Still noodling in bowl turning though until I get set up and can dig into larger scale stuff for the new place ...

J

How about a new friend? ;>)

fmutchler@adelphia.net

>Nice meeting you, John. Glad you're finding time for some thoughts about woodworking.

Just thinkin about you, I think.

Tony Sade (Charleston, WV)

>You used to live in Mechanicsburg, right? The reason I remembered was that my family, on a trip to relatives for turkey day, passed by on Mechanicsburg on the way home. My son pointed out the name, wondering why a town was named for a car mechanic, and I said I remembered someone from that town. Turns out it was you, right? If not, well then, as Emily Litella would say, "never mind".

Even if that wasn't you, welcome back to woodworking, or at least thinking about it. Tony

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John Snyder, Pocono's PA

>Tony ... yep, twas me. I only lived in Mechanicsburg for a short time, most of my recent past was in Lebanon, PA. Glad to be "back" ...

J

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William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>You can explain to your son that the term "mechanic" used to have a much broader and deeper meaning than it does now, and those with that title were given a lot more respect than they are now.

Hi John!

Bob Hackett

>Good to hear from you again.Glad to have you back.

You`ll find as good a bunch as luck will allow both here and over on the turning forum(to help with your new addiction).

Somebody wake Todd O up!He`s gonna want to see who just fell out of the sky.

Mainely,Bob

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dave jeske

>Good to hear from you John. Is a pool table in the future woodworking plans!? At least a cue rack.

dave

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John Snyder

>You bet ... I already built a flamed maple cue rack with sliding dovetails - I plan on refining the design a tad & its high on my priority list !!

J

Huh? Huh? Who the heck...

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in Florida Exile :

>is kicking my chair?! Oh Well, by god if it isn't John. holy smokes man, we thought that you had fallen of the face of the Earth! Great to see your name back on "The Boards".

When Wayne drained The Pond Ellis turned on his beacon for we lost souls and many of us washed upon his shores of Ellis Island. Found it warm and inviting so we stayed. Lot of other "old Friends" can be found over at Roger Nixons site, Tradional Tools, at least the last I knew they could be.

Know what you mean about getting addicted to pool. I did while stationed in Korea, and got pretty darn good at it. I rarely, rarely play anymore but sure would like too.

Got married to boot eh? Well, we all make mistakes. ;~)

At any rate, Welcome to Ellis Island, find yourself a nice comfy spot and build a homestead. When you get a chance come on down to The Point to my Shellback-dingy hut and have a visit. If the wind is up don't sit beneath the coconut tree tho. ;~)

Good luck with the new homesteads re-hab. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Todd O.

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John Snyder, Pocono's PA

>Thanks for the warm welcome back Todd ... Ellis' Island has a very pleasant vibe about it.

John

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Ernie Miller *Topeka

>Nice to see you John don't let Todd O scare you off some of us know more about picking wives than others. Todd's got a good wife just dosen't realize it some times. I'm betting yours is a gem. Stop in sit awile and let the curls float.

Re: Hi John!

John Snyder, Pocono's PA

>Thanks for the welcome Bob !!

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John Snyder, Pocono's PA

>Likewise !! I'm looking forward to getting to know the other folks here with common handtool-ish tendencies ...

Vibes are good unless.......

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in Florida Exile :

>you happen to mention such things as "Homeschooling" or "Alaises" than things start to resemble two tom-cats in a grain sack, eh gang? ;~)

Yeah, Ernie is right I do have a great wife overall, tho sometimes she is a little what I consider to be "controlling". What it is actually is that she loves me with all her being and is in absolute fear of losing me. No really, that's the truth Bob. Only time I really consider leaving her is when she starts on one of her rants that I don't love her, or that I'm seeing other women. Totally unfounded accusations, and I really get upset when she is calling my Personal Integrity into question. I can tolerate alot of BS, but I draw the line at that. Other than that John, marriage is wonderful and I wish you and your new Bride a long and Happy marriage. Treat her as your best friend, and commmunicate, communicate, communicate.

Thanks for the kind words Ernie.

Todd O.

Hey, John, welcome back

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I can really sympathize on the house repairs business. I spend a lot of time dreaming of woodworking as I fall asleep, rather than doing it when I have tools in my hands - patching in structural members to a 115-year-old house isn't my idea of fine woodworking.

By the way, anyone know why a balloon-framed house would have a 4x6 (or thicker - ran out of drill extensions before I got through) firestop halfway down one wall, placed where you can't drill through it to snake romex to the outlet box for your Christmas porch lights?

3 simple steps to keeping Todd

Bob Hackett

>If your wife is worried about losing you just get her over here and I`ll tell her how to keep you.Come on now,you trust me don`t you?

1-get up before Todd.

2-Get to the flea markets and buy up all the rusty old tools before he can get there.

3-Bring them all home before he leaves the house.

You`ll never have to worry about what he`s doing ever again as he`ll never leave the house except for new electrolosis supplies(you can get those for him too).If he`s not in the shop he`ll be on the computer either asking us what his latest prize is or selling on E-bay.

Glad I could be of service to you both.

Maybe I should think about a new career as a marriage councelor,then I could charge for this sort of thing.If I make enough money maybe I could even get MY wife on the program.:^)

Mainely,Bob-Who is just plain amazing at times.I know this because SWMBO is shaking her head in disbelief again as she reads this.

OH,OH,I know this one!!

Bob Hackett

>It`s there because "that`s the way my dad did it"!

I knew that paying attention to what those old farts said would come in handy some day.

Mainely,Bob-Who`s wife is shaking her head yet again.She tells me I`ve dispensed enough wisdom for one day.Time for another pill,tomorrow`s another day.

Close, Bob, but not quite

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>It's next to the front door, and I just realized - it's a header. Caught me by surprise, first because it's the only header I've seen in this house (which includes a section four feet in, both ways, from one corner of the original roof that is now cantilevered out into space, nothing below it to carry the load if you don't count the dead spiders - among many other feats of structural ledgermain); and second because it extends about one stud bay farther to the side than it needs to do to be a header - and there's no match on the other side of the door. Wonders will never cease.

Fortunately, I was able to put the opening for the electrical box above the header, but now I have a 3x4 hole in the wall to patch. LOML is Not Pleased that our freshly painted house has a boo-boo.

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Ernie Miller *Topeka

>Todd I had my wife address that lever cap and her return address. and lipstick on the back of the envelope You better hope you get the mail.

Ernie! You Bass-ted!

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in Florida Exile :

>Tell me, Oh Bloody-A, tell me that your kidding!

Todd O.

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Ernie Miller *Topeka

>Would I do that? Just jurkin you chain.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Yeah, Ya' got me that's for sure. Would you do that? Brother, I wouldn't put nuttin' past you, especially after you said the next slick I buy from you you'd paint pink.

Ya' had me sweatin'. LOML would find NO humor in that what-so-ever.

Todd O.

How layin' in wait for Ernie ;~)