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Did it AGAIN!

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Did it AGAIN!

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>Dang it!

For the 6th time in as many months, I missed attending the monthly meeting of the Buck's Woodturners!

After diner, instead of walking to the car, I walked out to the shop and started working on a box joint jig. I didn't even realize I missed it until this morning! I can't believe I did this! I even marked my calendar here at work.

Sheesh! I join a club and you'd think I'd want to attend the meetings. Must be my subconscious.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this!

See ya around,

My ugly mug

Dominic

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You ARE the only one who has ever done this :-(

Clem Wixted Jonesboro AR

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Pete Kekel - Kentucky

>I bet if you did a project for the show-and-tell table, or brought in some wood to raffle off, or even volunteered for one of the officer spots, it would help you remember your meetings.

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RevDoug

>I don't forget, I simply can't make it to the dog-gone meetings. They keep moving them around the calendar so that they are hard to remember. Also, since they move around, I can't get into a routine of keeping a certain day (or evening) free for it. Oh well, I guess they keep going even though we don't get to them. :)

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Richard Allen

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Richard Allen

>Hi Dominic

Box Joint jigs? Is the woodturning infection over?

Good Luck

Richard

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Dinyar Chavda

>Dom, you are too young to be absent-minded, so I have to believe that you are in denial over some deep-rooted trauma that is keeping you from attending the meeting. I'd suggest intensive therapy!

The next meeting is on the 14th, not the 21st, and Merryll Saylan will be the demonstrator.

Dinyar

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Dinyar!

Dominic Greco in Sunny Richboro PA

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We have to work out some kind of "wake up call" for the day of the meetings!

The pathetic part is that I even made an entry in MS Outlook so that I WOULDN'T forget this time! A piece of twine tied around my finger, or a post it note CA glued to my head ought to do it!

See ya (hopefully on the 14th),

Dominic

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Man does not live by bread alone,.....

Dominic Greco in Sunny Richboro PA

>And I can't seem to get flat work out of my blood. I love making small boxes! :>)

And if it any consolation, I was planning on using the box joint jig to make a storage box for my Scorpion hollowing set!

See ya around,

Dominic

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Somewhat OT, but still relevant to you

Dinyar Chavda

>A couple in their fifties is having problems remembering things, so they decide to go to the doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells them that they are physically okay but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.

Later that night, while watching TV, the man gets up from his chair.

His wife asks, "Where are you going?"

"To the kitchen," he replies.

She asks, "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?"

The husband says, "Sure."

She gently reminds him, "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?"

He says, "No, I can remember that!"

She then says, "Well, I'd like some strawberries on top. You'd better write it down 'cause I know you'll forget it."

He says, "I can remember that! You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries."

She adds, "I'd also like whipped cream. Now I'm certain you'll forget that, so you'd better write it down."

Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down. I can remember that!

Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream!"

He then grumbles all the way to the kitchen.

After about 20 minutes the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs.

She stares at the plate for a moment and says, "Where's my toast?

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Richard Allen

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Richard Allen

>That is so funny. Making a box for turning tools.

It's a slipery slope. First a little box then it's a small table and the next thing you know you are fixing a chest of drawers for someone at work (;->)

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The string doesn't work...

BubbaBob

>...I look at my finger and say, "What the hell is that string fer?"

BubbaBob

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Especially if...

Dale Sherman - Pompey, NY

>..you lose the finger that the string is tied to. If I could find my finger, I might remember what the string was for!

Dale (taking shoe off to count to ten)

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