I see I’ve way surpassed a thousand posts and figured, hey, maybe it’s time I quit hiding behind a screenname and tell you who I am. Not that I’m important. In fact, I’m one of the biggest nobodies you ever met. But screennames reveal little, so here goes.
My name is Denny Blew. Can you imagine the jokes I got on the playground? Anyway, the “blewcrowe” handle is a combination of my surname and my mother’s maiden name, Crowe. In addition to a frustrated furniture builder, I am also a farmer, a writer, and a pastel painter. I paint under the name blewcrowe: it’s a long story to save for another day.
I’m in my 50s. Second marriage. Three grown children and three grown steps I helped raise. My woodworking skills are fair. I’m a glorified hobbiest with a better shop than I deserve. I grew up on a farm and learned woodworking as a youngin. Not that I always learned the right way or the best way. But you stick with a hobby off and on for 50 years, and you accumulate a serious bunch of serious tools. Seriously.
I’m passionate about my beliefs, and quick to make a joke. So if I get my arse in trouble with one of my wisecracks, I ask your forgiveness in advance. I assure you, I intend no offense; only fun.
Fun is one of my top three reasons to participate in a forum such as this. We too often get to taking ourselves much too seriously. And too quick to get outraged. A forum to me, at least a good one, is a quest for human exchange where one can learn, enjoy, and imagine. An appreciation for personalities who can lobb the verbal tennis ball back and forth, and do it without getting the proverbial nose out of joint.
Anyhoo, it’s an honor to be here and exchange with people of such knowledge, honor and integrity. I’m enjoying it, and gaining from it. Made some nice friends, too.
Now, iffn you wanna come out of the closet, er, screen, feel free.
Denny
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Denny,
Not to be picky, but you neglected to mention that, among other things, you are a loudmouthed naysayer. Further, you have been known at times to be a tilted loudmouthed naysayer. Perhaps you should cut back a bit on the shellac and get more fresh air and exercise..... (_E=mc2_)
-Jerry
Careful now, some might misconstrue your comments as being "banter and inuendo." There's talk afoot of reporting such things to the authorities. Why, I even heard that the mere mention of "shellac" these days could get you meanie-weenie points.
Enough of this horseplay -- remember, everything here is to be strictly business -- joking is not allowed! Now go starch that collar and hike those skivvies up in the properly constricted manner -- come back when you're nothing less than serious and morose.
Michael
You guys are goofy, I'm a nobody too, happy to know you
Dave
Hey, Dave,
Welcome aboard! Yeah, we have a good time, as well as educate and inform -- and sometimes, piss off and annoy, but never intentionally.
everybody .........
"HI DAVE"
Michael,
I am aghast at your broadside (actually, it's rather amusing) and direct your attention to 41472.7 where you can read from the master's own pen accounts of his naysaying.
On a more serious note, at times I really do cringe at some of the insults and such flung about these parts. The shellac "war" being one of the stupidest (geez, there was also a good one on whether or not to pull a neutral wire in a 220v circuit....). If I could offer only one suggestion to everyone: when making a post, please carefully read the post you are replying to before going off on some halfcocked essay. All this name-calling and such does nothing positive for the Knots community.
OK, sermon's over and we may cheerfully return to misconstruing comments, banter, and innuendo.
Best!
-Jerry
Hey, Jerry,
Yeah, sometimes we get carried away. Although, I don't think I've ever called someone a name, with the exception of a specific poster for whom I have a great disregard. In all honesty, I wouldn't necessarily dislike that person, either, were it not for the fact that he called a fellow poster a pedophile -- which is perhaps the most contemptible thing you could call a person, especially a good and decent fellow as was the case. Other than that, I pretty much like everyone here. Disagreed with some, but like them nonetheless.
Edit: oops! just checked your link. You're right he did say that. I stand corrected. On my honor, I'll not foolishly charge you with frivolity ever again.
Your dour friend,
Michael
Edited 5/15/2008 11:17 pm ET by pzaxtl
Edited 5/15/2008 11:20 pm ET by pzaxtl
"Wow, I picked a bad week to give up amphetamines." --- Lloyd Bridges
There is no parking in the Red Zone, the White Zone is for loading and unloading only....
OMG, I'm spilling my coffee all over me. Oww oww oww.
Just the thought of it makes me bust out laughing.
P.S. I'm gonna sue the he** out of you for making me spill my (HOT, oh yess, vvery very hot) coffee. Plus, I'm gonna report you to the authorities and get you into more trouble than pretzel Mike is in.
Hey Denny,
Glad to meet you (at least, officially). I've enjoyed the back and forth with you and some of the other good folks here -- chuckled often and heartily at some of the posts I've read. And almost pee'd myself, once or twice.
I'm 45, married with two teenagers -- one going off to college this year, another two years behind -- then, the empty nest! I love my kids, but am definitely looking forward to grandchildren some day. My wife is the greatest gem of a woman a man could hope for -- she is the sum of my earthly treasure.
My screen name means nothing. I wanted something that was unpronounceable and I think I succeeded.
I grew up all over. My father was a career military man (Air Force) which meant that I grew up in Japan and Guam, as well as Maine, North Dakota, Colorado & New York (I liked Guam and Colorado best!). After the service, my father entered the ministry and has since retired from the pastorate to devote himself full time to foreign missions (he is in Cambodia or Vietnam at the moment -- not sure which since both are on the itinerary).
My wife and I both work. She owns her own business as an organizational development consultant working with several large companies. I say she is a corporate trainer but she gets mad when I do -- she says her job/role is much different than that. I'm a ceo of a nonprofit. She makes all the money -- I get to help people. She hops a plane somewhere -- here and abroad -- nearly every week which means I get to be chief cook and bottle washer when she's gone. Truthfully, we have a very good income, but I'd rather have my wife at home with me than have more money. As well, I get to referee the standard, "she touched my stuff" or "he's hogging all the cereal" fights. Fun, fun! Usually I don't try to decide who is right or wrong but punish them both -- one for starting it and the other for whining about it.
I love this forum -- I post here quite a bit. The only other forum that I'm a member of, and that I regulary post to is the forum at Seymour Duncan (they manufacture guitar pickups and since I play guitar and work wood, well, it was inevitable that I'd get into building as well as playing). Probably, I enjoy them both equally. Both forums have a great group of people involved, with lots of laughs and some great info. Both have a few turds, as well.
My passion for ww'ing began in my 20's. I wanted to build a dog house and after I finished I couldn't believe how satisfying it was to actually make something out of wood. Didn't pursue it to any great extent until a few years later when I picked up a copy of Fine Woodworking off my brother-in-law's coffee table. Reading the articles and scanning the Reader's Gallery, I was smitten by the desire to work wood. Not likely that you'll ever see something of mine on display anywhere. My skills are modest but my satisfaction supreme. Like you, I have a shop with tools that are probably better than what my skill warrants. Yeah, I can cut a dovetail and chop a mortise, but not with the speed nor the precision of many on this board -- there are some exceptionally talented woodworkers here. And that's ok because I build for my own enjoyment, not for money. In all honesty, if I had to do ww'ing for a living I don't think I'd like it as much -- probably true of any career choice.
Anyhoo, good to know you!
Michael
Michael,
It's pronounced "zacks-tull". The "P" is silent.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
I'm still voting for "pretzel".
PWell, P'I psuppose pthat p'is ptrue pif pone p'is pfollowing penglish prules pfor pronunciation. PMy pscreen pname, phowever, pfollows pthe Palau prules pof pronunciation pand, pin Palau, pthe pee p'is pnever psilent. PTherefore, p'it premains punpronounceable.
PHave p'a pgreat pday,
PMichael
Nope. I think I've settled it.
Pretzel Mike.
I ppronounce it zactl (zak til) which is probably wrong. Did you forget a p for Palau or is it alua? Allow of aloe?
Oh my, hte beykroad toens'd wrok nea mroe!
Gaerds,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Pmichael,
Pthat's pdarn phard pto pread!Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Pthat's pdarn phard pto pread!
Yeah, but typing it was worse!
"I wanted something that was unpronounceable and I think I succeeded........."
Is pretzel close? <g>
Some great info there. You could write a woodworking book. "From the dog house".
Denny,
P'I pthink preztel p'is pclose. PSome pwould psay P'I phave p'a ptwisted psense of phumor, pso preztel p'is psomewhat pfitting. P'In pcase pyou phaven't pfigured p'it pout, P'I'm pgoing post pall presponses pfrom pnow p'on pthis pway -- using the Palau pronunciation pscheme.
PCheers,
PMichael
Pokay.
If it weren't for the P, it looks a lot like a Nahuatl word, in which case it would be pronounced something like "zashtul."
-Steve
"zashtul" Hmm, not bad! Wish I had thought of that one first. Of course, it probably wouldn't work because it is easily pronounced. Any idea what it means? (my luck, it probably means something like, "Buttsucker")
Edited 5/16/2008 6:27 pm ET by pzaxtl
No, I'm sure that it's far, far worse than "buttsucker."
-Steve
steve,
For those of us who used to read the old Superman comics, it looks like what Mr Mxtptlk would use to chop down a tree,
Ray
Any relation to Joe Btfsplk of Lil' Abner fame?
-Steve
steve,
EVERYBODY'S related in Li'l Abners neck of the woods ain't they?
Hah,
Ray
The age old question in Lil' Abner's neck o' da woods is if a husband and wife get divorced, can they still call each other brother and sister. :]
Chris.
Actually, I'm thinking of doing a tv series: "This Old Dog House". Take a ratty old mutt shack, renovate and enlarge it, include the latest fixtures and green building technology, film the whole process and put it on PBS. What do you think?
I LOVE it. LMAO.
Denny,
My name's Chris Wong. Flair Woodworks is my fictional (dream) company's name. I'd like to start one, but don't have some hurdles to overcome - one of which is finding a name I like. I'm twenty years old (young), born and raised in Port Moody, BC. I have been seriously into woodworking since I was 15 or so and currently work in a two adjacent spaces each roughly 10' x 24'. I guess I'm an amatuer woodworker looking to go pro. I take on contracts and they keep me busy.
Half a year ago, I acquired a 8" jointer and spent a few months (foolishly) thinking that I had all the tools I needed. (Two weeks ago, coming back from the Pomona woodworking show, I was THIS close to bringing back 6 routers. Yes, 6. I use my tablesaw, bandsaw, jointer, planer, and compound miter saw mostly for dressing lumber. The bandsaw is also used for resawing, cutting curves, and preparing bowl blanks. I do a lot of work with handtools, including mortising, smoothing and scraping boards, and joinery.
I strive to become a well-rounded woodworker. I can (but don't particularly enjoy) build cabinets. I primarily make furniture but also do a fair amount of turning. Pens and screwdrivers are quick and easy; I always get compliments and am known for my unique pens. I have the most fun turning bowls. The design possibilites are nearly endless and an entire bowl can be completed in hours, not days, weeks, or months. When the weather is nice, I enjoy working outside (my shop has a pair of barn doors leading into my backyard which has a level lawn). Power carving is a fun way to spend a few hours and a darn good way to spread sawdust over a 10' radius. I do some carving (by hand) and a little pyrography.
I took all 6 woodworking classes offered in high school and read all the woodworking books in the public library on summer vacation several years ago (including their archive of FW magazines). I've continued to read. I especially enjoy inspirational books (I brought back Sam Maloof's book from California and have read it three or four times over the past two weeks. I subscribe to FW as well as two Handyman and Canadian Woodworking and Canadian Home Workshop. The last magazine has been very good to me and has published several articles I wrote and continues to ask me for more. There's not a lot of money to be had in writing, but I enjoy it and it puts my name on the map.
I spend time at this forum because there is so much to learn and it is also an opportunity for me to pass on my knowledge and wisdom. People tell me that I am wise beyond my years. It's probably because of what I do and who I hang around with. My closest friends are the ones I work with. By the way, my daytime job is with one of the greatest companies around, Lee Valley Tools. The quote in my signature line was told to me by my good friend Klaus on the day he retired. I'd brought him a turned bowl as a retirement gift which I called "Out of the Woods".
I still live at home (what - did you think I could afford a house here in Vancouver?!?!) Someday I'll be able to afford a shop with a house. In a way it's nice not having a house (or car). Can you say: DISPOSABLE INCOME?
Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Chris, it's an honor and a delight to have a young man (er, person) so interested in the trade. Stay with it, and never give up learning. With your heart, I know you'll make it.
Chris,
Nice to meet you! Sounds like you have a great life, and at such an age as yours that's a rare thing -- my life wasn't so hot until I hit my mid 30's.
I only have one piece of advice for you: don't leave home! You've got it good where you are. No bills to pay, no meals to prepare.... Your parents shouldn't mind, I mean, it's not like you asked to be born. No, they made you, therefore, they should assume all the responsibility for your life and well being. Kick back, relax, enjoy the scenery.
(hoping you don't read this sarcastically -- it's totally in jest).
Anyway, sounds like your off to a great start for a great life -- here's to your future!
Michael
Michael,
Well, it's nice to live at home, but I do pay Room & Board. I'm also expected to help with maintence, house cleaning, and cooking by the members of the household, including myself.
I find it hard to "kick back and relax". When I'm not in my shop working up a storm, I'm riding my mountain bike down any trail I can find on the mountain I live on. Infact, my "days off" are so intense, I look forward to going to work because I can take it easy there (relatively speaking). I just hope that life isn't passing my by while I'm busy doing what I do.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
I just hope that life isn't passing my by while I'm busy doing what I do.
Chris,
Take your time! Life is wasted when we rush through it. Personally, I've never bought into the "I have to be at this station in life by this time" mentality. I'm more of a journey than a destination person. Soon enough, a wife and kids will come and you'll have less time for personal pursuits and interests. Of course, you will have the wife and kids, which is a pretty good trade-off in my opinion.
Thanks for the reassurance, Pretzel Mike.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
I just hope that life isn't passing my by while I'm busy doing what I do...........
We gots some news for ya, my young friend. What you just described .... IS life. <G>
Maybe "social" life is a better description. Outside of Knots and work, it's practically non-existant. That's life, I guess.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
It is nice to put a name and details to a post wishing you and you family all the best.
Regards John Bolton Melbourne Australia
You can make it fool proof but not idiot proof
John, it's great to meet you. And I didn't realize you were across the western pond. So tell me, do we yanks talk funny?
And then you travel to Hobken or Jersey City here in the USA!
Edited 5/16/2008 11:23 am by WillGeorge
Hoboken's better. That's where ol blue eyes grew up.
And there's a plaque outside the house that he grew up in on 4th and Monroe.Paul - Brit who ended up on the other side of the pond
Not any more than we do avagoodwegend.
regards JohnYou can make it fool proof but not idiot proof
Actually I know a horse riding lady by the name of Denny.....
But that is very good, you coming out of the closet and all.
You should add that post to your profile.
Whatever you do don't adopt several names: the position has been well and truly taken.
Well, even with the name Denny, I get Dennis, Denace, Danny and Donny.
Denny,
I am a mysterious person, particularly to myself. Once there were attempts at self-analysis but each day produced an entirely different and somewhat contradictory story from that of the day before, depending on the current mood of the storyteller (me).
Then I discovered that other folk saw me as something completely different from any of them stories of mine about who I was.
As to "real names" these are mere impositions of the parents, who never consult before pinning sometimes unhappy nomenclature to our lives. I am "David" (which apparently means "beloved". Ha ha, very droll).
Anyway, I am now retired from wage-slavery and do what I want all day long. These wants are many and various but include a bit of furniture making. Some wants will never be fulfilled as they are either illegal, too dangerous or on the list of "disapproved behaviours" which my controller, the ladywife, has.
One final aside. something of a question: why confine yourself to having just one personality and its associated history? In practice, them stories about who you are can be as varied as your imagination (otherwise called memory).
Lataxe, a mere cyber-thang.
Some wants will never be fulfilled as they are either illegal, too dangerous or on the list of "disapproved behaviours.........
Well, Beloved One, I took the plunge and became a biker. "People in our family don't ride motorcycles." I was told. It's taken them years to get over it (and some never will).
Sorry for the late addition to this thread...Well, I use the name "old-baldy" because that pretty much makes me easily identifiable in a crowd! My shiny dome began it premature appearance in my early 20's, so to distract attention to it I grew a full beard (unorthodox in my small hometown in the early 60's :) My dad called a g____m commie, a close uncle called me "J.... C...", somewhat sarcastically, and the kids in town called me a "hippie" (though at the time "beatnik" might have been a bit closer to the truth *shudder*. I was neither "hip" nor "beat" ....independent and free-thinker might have been closer to the truth).I only wish I could add to the wit of Lataxe, the profound wisdom of Philip, or the generosity and knowledge of Forestgirl (sorry I can't mention all of you wonderful people), but the reality is that my only expertise is in the area of teaching Biology to undergraduates. So there is little woodworking wisdom I can contribute to this forum most of the time, though I would much like to. By way of background, my father was a heavy-duty mechanic and jack-of-all trades, and as the oldest in the family, I was number one helper. Thus I learned that working with one's hands is most useful and that the more one can do for oneself, the less dependent one is on others. The additional lesson was to not be afraid of trying to do things (always keeping safety in the front of one's mind). Mistakes are OK – as long as the board is too long, it can always be cut shorter!! ...embarrassing ooopps are never acknowledged.... just quietly put aside and used somewhere else...I am recently retired, am in the process of doing most of the work on our retirement dream (spouse's opinion – bad dream :) the odd thing has sort of "gone south" on us) home, and developing an acre of mostly scrub bushland into a somewhat presentable landscape (north-eastern Alberta, Canada). This forum, and Breaktime too, have been very valuable sources of knowledge for which I am most grateful. Thanks for initiating this thread, and many thanks to the many of you who make it such a valuable source of information!Ted
Ted, it sounds like you got beat up a bit when you were younger, but sometimes, if we can get over that kind of stuff, it makes us tougher and wiser. Even good peeps can act shallow when they feel threatened, which causes them to throw names at others. But if you've got principles, they eventually calm down and figure it out and come to terms with it.
Jefferson said something that stuck with me ever since I was a young man. Whenever I get beat up for doing a thing a little differently, I remember his words.
"In matters of style, flow like a river. In matters of principle, stand like a rock."
Sorry for the rambling, Bald Ted. I appreciated your words, and they sent me back in time for a minute or two.
Lancaster, England (UK) Dang! My Kin from Lancaster, as in the USA Pennsylvania
My Mom even worked in a Coal mine there as a child. But that was LONG ago... OK so as she tells me at her age.. She is like me.. We tend to Streeeeeeeatch things a bit... But I believe her.. Just something I believe she could do! Not mining coal.. Just bringing food and water as I recall to the workers way down there. She never went to school and she knows about anything you can think of. OK, so I never asked her about Calculus! As I remember I just barely passed that subject and had four years to try!
Nice to know ya! You sound sort of like me but with many more skills!
Only one wife here thought. She put up with me! I have no idea how.. But then again we were friends since kindergarten!
sort of like me but with many more skills! .............
Don't count on it, George. I come from a long line of bullshooters. There's a trail of flies leading right to my door.
I find greed to be one of the least attractive traits in humanity. I can live with egoism and stupidity and annoyance. But greed gets my goat. That, and arsedness. What's arsedness? That's whereas I can't figure out why there are more horse's arses than there are horses.
I find greed to be one of the least attractive traits in humanity. I can live with egoism and stupidity and annoyance.
Gee I thought that was what a Human was!
I didn't say it wasn't human. I just said it's one of those things I struggle to get along with most. <g>
I didn't say it wasn't human. I just said it's one of those things I struggle to get along with most.
OK as long as you do not hurt yourself or other folks!
OK as long as you do not hurt yourself or other folks!.......
So, you want me to apply my SawStop version of communication? <g>
Hey blew man crowe,
:-)
Here's my trip down memory lane:
Back in '64 after I graduated from High School I decided to become a barber so I went to Boston to learn and seek my fame and fortune. Back in those days about the only viable prospects to that end here in northern NH were farming, working in the woods or driving a truck - not exactly my cup of tea.
After going to barbers school (6 mos.), serving an apprenticeship for 1½ years and working a year in a shop in Waltham, MA I decided this was too boring and went back to college to learn about computers, 80 column punch cards and all. Thirty one years later and still working in the computer industry employed at Wang Labs; I met a new friend who is still a friend indeed to this day - Fine Woodworking.
Interspersed in all these years my woodworking has been pretty much confined to carpentry, remodeling from framing to wiring, plumbing and finish work, with an occasional fine woodworking project sprinkled in here and there. I have essentially been out of the computer field for the past 3 years and living back in my hometown. And guess what, it's still pretty much an economically depressed area and, well you guessed it: career paths haven't really changed all that much from when I left 40+ years ago!
And so with retirement on the horizon I am looking forward to clean air, a simple country existence and enjoying one of my passions - Fine Woodworking. Oh, and there is also another source of enjoyment that I have found - Knots.
Now an old Fine Woodworking wannabe phart; not to be confused with a horses arse,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
So, I'll bet that barber trimming and cutting experience really did pay off anyway, huh?
Just think. Iffn you'da stuck with it in that field you mighta invented the the Lie-Nielsen equivalent of the shaver.
Yup, trimmin and parin with those scary sharp irons that could shave the shavin cream offn a balloon - without gettin splattered!
Kinda paradoxical in that now it's hair offn me arm to see if me planes & chisels are sharp.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
So, you want me to apply my SawStop version of communication?
NA.. Just keep Your fingers safe!
SawStop version of communication is sort of like a Woman you meet.. She smiles and you grab her.. She SMACKS YOU in the jaw and you looses a few teeth!
Edited 5/16/2008 11:07 am by WillGeorge
Yeah tell me about it. Aside from being bored I wasn't making a lot of money either!
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Afternoon Denny, I'm Sarge. My mamma looked over the top of the crib and said, "ugh... Sarge". She knew how to say things in parenthesis as she was a quite talented southern lady. And actually the crib was a card-board box sitting on concrete blocks as we couldn't afford a crib.
I came in as a nobody and will leave as a nobody. My epitaph will read, "He never owned a cell phone". I eat when I am hungry.. I sleep when I am tired and I work in my shop the remainder of the time at the moment. I did apply for a job that I was hand selected to inter-view for last week. Even though qualified with experience, I don't expect to get it as they will deem me too old for their needs as I have heard more than once recently.
I find.. am given.. re-cover junk wood for the most part and build junky furniture.. and do it rather frequently even though using excellent joinery. Junk-yards just look at of place without lots of junk and a junk-yard dog..
Somewhere along the line (I think that the State of Georgia required it to register for school) I was given the name of John Thompson for usage in official matters. But that waste to much energy IMO.. so those that do not call me by the real name of Sarge... just use JT to save the energy for something more important.
That's about it as I have to go finish a piece of junk I started yesterday by Sunday evening so I can start another piece of junk on Monday. The coffee is good.. the weather is great.. plenty of junk wood on hand.. the junk-yard dog has been feed and I take great pride in being a nobody that builds junk from junk!
My cup runneth over....
Sarge..
Edited 5/17/2008 1:35 pm ET by SARGEgrinder47
Your name ain't hard to pronounce. Simply pronounced as pzaxtl.
:] Chris.
Good one. How do you pronounce your name?Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
"Good one. How do you pronounce your name?"
Correctly.
After I read some of your posts to this thread, I have to admit that I am rather impressed with your abilities and your endeavors. Whether you live life fast or slow, it is afterall, life. At any point in time you are the sum total of all that you've experienced in life to that point. Personally, me thinks you'll be just fine.
Chris.
Chris,
I'm sure that if I keep my focus and maintain my integrity, I'll be fine. I need to improve on my finish prep work. If nothing else, I atleast have a good head start on most woodworkers. Thanks for showing your faith.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Integrity. Even if everything else in life goes awry, keep up with the integrity, it is the only true measure of one's self worth.
Enjoy your life my friend.
Chris.
Yeah, that's how I pronounce it, too! Sounds kinda like giving someone a "raspberry", either that, or flatulence.
Ah, well, great minds do think in the same gutter. The raspberry part is a given, as for the flatulence nomenclature, I would refer to it as more of a "reverbrating flatulence". You know, like 'releasing' whilst sitting on a wooden bench or a steel chair. But, that's just me, and I am a bona fide idiot. :-}
Chris.
But, that's just me, and I am a bona fide idiot. :-}
Well, then, you're in good company -- there're many of us here!
Yep. I maintain the axiom "if ignorance is bliss, then I'm one of the happiest persons you'll ever meet!" DISCLAIMER: the aforementioned phrase has been modified to maintain the "G" rating of this forum.
Chris.
Yes, we sure are some happy people, you and me, huh?
That's right! We're only here on this rock for a little while, we might as well enjoy it.
Having read the latest ramblings to this thread, I see that your nomenclature has you akin to the beasts of old--dinosaurs. I find that quite interesting. I'm more of a dinnersaur myself, I get a little saur if I miss dinner. As for species I'm of the genus Bigisguttus Phatisrumpus Nobrainishavus, often described as a semibald, pleasantly plump, bearded middle age man who posts goofy ramblings to Knots forums when he's not out in his garage carving goofy things outa wood.
I'm not really sure what all this we write has to do with woodworking per se, but me thinks so longs as we write the word 'wood', or have some reference to 'wood', we're ok.
Chris, who after hitting the half-century mark came to the realization...I thought I knew more than I actually do, only to find I'm more confused than I ever thought I was.
Funny, every time I read your name, I imagined a newly discovered dinosaur species related in to a teradactyl... So I found this ancestory for you to deny...
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Well, there are some similarities, but not the same. The Pterodactyl belongs to the genus Ptero and the Pzaxtl belongs to the genus Pzaxto. It is assumed but not genuinely known that these two are both derived from the same order and family, having diverged at the genus level during their evolutionary past. Of course, I don't believe in evolution, so, your guess is as good as mine.
I don't believe in evolution?
I DO AND believe in a GOD! One in the same to me.
However I believe God not that hard on the good folks as some would think. He/She has a sense of humor.. God made us just to see what would happen! I'd bet a bit overwhelmed by our foolishness!
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Wow, that's neat! A bunch of diverged geniuses....
http://www.mantyweb.com/dinosaur/pterodactyl.htm
A really big flyin' reptile?
... having diverged at the genus level during their evolutionary past.
OK so my KIN were a bit strange but good folks! Just coal miners from Lansdale county PA here in the USA!Diet:It was a carnivore (meat eating creature). Maybe one of our kin!
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Denny
Since you deny your ancestorship to Ptero and have adopted you own, as yet, unverified genus of Pzaxtl, we at Knots what to know what differentiates you from your ancestors.
My own particular guess is that your genus developed prehensile pzaxto knife like fingernails. They made a movie about your deformed brother, Edward, while snubbing you since your unguis was deemed non substantial. In frustration you turned to wood working, being able to mark, scribe and scrape ambidextrously. Years of development and honing your unguis skills has left us waiting for your artistic output with pbaited pbreath.
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Umm, I'm not Denny. Denny is "Blewcrowe".
As to your assertion, I believe you're confusing genus Pzaxto with genus Velociraptor, which bears no taxonomical relationship, whatsoever. And, since I am the only living specimen of genus Pzaxto, I am unwilling to subject myself to any and all scientific analysis of my particular biology. Come to think of it, I may just apply for endangered species protection.
Pregards,
PMichael
Sorry bout dat Pmicheal. It is 108 outside and I have been out in it all day. Brains are fried, and I am definately addled....
xacto dactyl it is until you submit yourself for endangered species consideration.
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Morgan, are you talkin' to me? Or to Pretzel Mike?
Regardless, my guess is ........ you're right.
I was talking to xacto dactyl, but you can wear the shoe also.... Sorry got some names mixed up, newbies what are gonna do with em....
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I sometimes have a problem with Brainius fartius. I think it's fairly common amongst woodworking bikers.
OK so I have wrecked 4 helmets biking. Not bad for 17 years and 30K miles. But I am sure it contributes to Brainus farktus. C H R I S is a rider also, and from the North Shore style. You a rider also?
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Harley. <g>
We don't need no steenkin' engines. We's got pedal power! (not to mention gravity!) Let's see you do a 3' drop-off on your Harley! That's why I bought a full-suspension bicycle instead of a car!Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Ya but Chris, I can do a hunnert in third. And a five hundred mile day is nothing.Denny
Only one thing nicer then cruisin down a country road in fifth
gear, leaning in the turns and rolling with the hills.
Cruisin down a country road in tenth gear silently leaning in the curves and rolling with the hills.
Nope. Don't like silence: I like the music of my pipes and the sensation of raw power in my grip. The only disappointing thing of my Harley is I haven't found a good location on the bike to mount my gun turret.
To each his own.Denny
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A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
That's sort of what I'm looking for.Denny
Yeah, every one's different.
I'm in between bikes at the moment. My last was a 1976 BMW R900, one of the
things I loved about it was how smooth it was. And the pipes had an almost soft purr. I love a packed engine, with out the blather of those
after market pipes.
You can have all the power you want with out making a ruckus.
Without making a ruckus? What kind of fun is THAT??? <g>Denny
And the pipes had an almost soft purr. lol
I LOVED TO SCARE THE OLD FOLKS! Old Harley from a WWII package I got back in the early 50's!
Oh don't get me wrong, I like the sound of an old bike as much as
anybody!
That old Beemer spoke up when I asked her to.
I just don't like those aftermarket noise makers. That's not what the bike sounds like and it's just noise.
But please ride that old Harley by any day, I won't mind one bit.
My first bike was a old Indian! As I recall it was just as loud!
I LOVE noise! OK, so after I was this as a kid! Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fsqYctXgM
Actually my first Harley I had sounded sort of like this. I got it Army Surplus all in all sorts of gunk!
Closest I could find as I recall!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCqV7XqCkU0 So LONG AGO!OK.. So my grirfriend and I (my future wife painted it Black!) I'd bet with Lead house paint! WE had fun!
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Will,
A few of those 1940's Harleys found their way to the then Rhodesia. My brother in law had one whilst he was a university student and I remember the look of disgust on my sister's face when she first saw the item. I thought it was an orrible thing myself.
They are very popular here in NZ but I can't see why: listening to those videos has promppted me to say that not much has changed- they sound like cement mixers or Dakota engines when most of the cylinders are dead.
Meanwhile I just enjoy my Honda VT750C2 Spirit: looks good, sounds good, goes good, shaft drive and no oil leaks....Philip Marcou
If you happen :>) to visit the states.. bring your bike.. and suddenly catch up to a group of Hell's Angels on their Harley's.. either pass them quickly or drop back a distance. Do not try to blend into the tail of the column. They would consider a rice-burner in their midst as a direct insult and trouble would brew quickly.
Well Phillip, that's your "bike gang" tip of the day at no charge to you personally. Now... you could just send me one of your hand planes from your shop in gratitude for that useful information. ha.. ha... ha..ha..ha..
Regards and have a good day my friend...
Sarge..
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Phil, Harleys haven't leaked for twenty years.
Denny
Yeah they run almost as good as a Honda ;) I've been thinking of getting an Ural with the
shaft drive side car. Even comes with the spare tire and shovel!
Problem is they probably don't run any better now them the first run
thirty years ago.
I know a couple guys who have them, and with the side car. They seem to keep them running okay.
Last fall, I saw a fully operating 1913 Harley-Davidson. Original. Started right up and ran like new. It was beat to sheet, but it ran good.
Denny
Did you see where Indian is upstarted again and taking orders?
Denny
blew,
Indian has upstarted again? The "new" Indian co has gone under-- several yrs ago-the name was bought by Stellican, and is allegedly in the process of starting up again. More power to them.
Ray, '38 Chief (real Indian) owner
Here ya go, Ray.
http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/
You can have one from the first assembly line run, fo the low low price of only $31,000.00 or sixty easy payments of just six hundred seventeen dollars and ninety nine cents.
Denny
Den,
I would think Ray might want the ball & claw pedal option.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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Me, I want the ones with the dovetailed fenders.
Denny
How 'bout one of these?
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It's an wooden Indian! Uh oh, Ray will want one with a cigar!
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
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No.
That runs against the grain of all good motorcycles.
Those are only ridden by splinter groups.
Ride one of them and you'll get a good shellacking.
A bike like that is never finished.
Takes warp speed to a whole new dimension.
That is knot a real motorcycle.
Denny
blew,
Man! You took all my puns! Ordinarily, I wooden let you get away that. It chips away at my self esteem, to the point where I now have a mental block. Oh well, gotta split,
Ray Pine
I know a guy what has a gun shop and his name is Shute. I also know a guy who pumps out cesspools and his name is P. Guy.
Denny
Ray,
I also know a guy who pumps out cesspools and his name is P. Guy.
Our local c-pool pumper is named Leroy and his truck is Leroys Honey Wagon????
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Somehow, those images don't quite match the name. But who am I to stand in Leroy's way.
Denny
Yeah I know. His bumper says, "One mans crap is another mans pleas...."
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
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blew,
I hear that ol' Leroy doesn't take much pride in his job, rumor has it if you have a problem, he won't stand behind his work.
Ray
Ray,
Ol Leroy was quite the character in his day. He had a note inside the cab of his truck that said, "Don't smell bad in here 'cept when I back up."
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
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Hey Bob,
That reminds me of the guy who ran a plumbing company in Harare, Zimababwe. All his trucks had "Kako Plumbers" in bold sign writing on them. Turned out he was a Greek with a sense of humour- "kako" in Greek can mean sh5t.Philip Marcou
Ok, I learned to frame houses putting myself through college. The forman on our crew who hired me was named Dude. No one, and I mean no one ever called him anything but Dude. He was one of those wirey guys, about 5'8" and 160 lbs. Tough as nails, yelled when he thought it was right, which was most of the time. Now about a month into working with him and puttin up with his BS, I find out over a lunch break that his name is Richard. Yeah that's OK, so why the change to Dude? Some sadistic father named him Richard when his last name was Head. That "Boy Named Sue" never ever had as many fights as Dude. Word was, if you called him Dick, you wouldn't have time to look at your watch to know what time you died. You know I was a smart guy, green behind... well everything, and the fact is I am still alive. I only called him Dude. Learned a lot that summer framing houses.
Morgan
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Morgan ,
That was good , thanks for sharing .
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That's a great story. Thanks.
Denny
blew,
I talked once to a sociology student doing a thesis on peoples' names and their line of work. Once you start looking for it, there are quite a few. Met a basketmaker named Liz Braidwood. There is a podiatrist in town named Dr Shouey, and a dentist nearby, Dr Capps.
Ray
blew,
"You can have one from the first assembly line run"...uh, that's what they said in 07, '08, now it's 09. Panhead hardly-ableson wannabe's anyway, with valanced fenders and headdress decals, imo.
Flathead power,
Ray
Well, it appears it'll actually happen this time, but they'll have some struggles. The price is "up there", and there are the fears of a new machine.
Denny
<<The only disappointing thing of my Harley is I haven't found a good location on the bike to mount my gun turret.>>Two words - Side Car.Andy
Andy,
I hope Denny doesn't get road rage easily. Maybe it's best to avoid Southern New Jersey just to be safe.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Five hundred in a day is good. I used to ride Gold Wings and led 4 rides for Shriner's Burn Centers for Children called a "1000 in One". Yeah, that's right, 1000 miles in 24 hours! I couldn't do it every day but it was a great feat for a great cause. 0400 leave time, a circular route through several states on Interstate Highways, 2- one hour plus food stops, 6-7 gas stops, and back by 2030 or so. What a ride! I have lead as many as 20 bikes on this run at a time.
We had a bad accident in 1999 when I found out I was diabetic by passing out for a second or so down in West Virginia. That wouldn't have been so bad except we were in the middle of a long sweeping turn at the time. I remember leaning the bike over, and the next thing I knew the front wheel was going off the road into the gravel. We went down hard on the left side and my wife's left foot got caught and just turned around to pointing backward. She had a compound fracture of the left ankle area, four surgeries followed, and then the ankle had to be fused. I only got her on a bike once after that and since we have been married 42 years and do most things together it just wasn't as much fun to take short rides without her so I sold the bike. If I could get her back on a bike I would buy another Wing. In 8 years with the last one, a 1991 Aspencade, we only put 155,000 miles on it. We live in Ohio and have seen over 35 states from that saddle and the Pacific ocean 3 times, the Atlantic several times, the Gulf Coast once, and had more fun than ought to be legal.
Keep on riddin', cut wood when you aren't, sleep when you have to!
Bruce"A man's got to know his limitations." Dirty Harry Calahan
Hey Bruce,
Have you ever heard of The Blessing of the Bikes? It happens every year in my hometown, WAY up here in NH.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Yes, Believe it or not, it is done in a lot of places, including Columbus, Ohio! :<)
Bruce"A man's got to know his limitations." Dirty Harry Calahan
bruce, that's what's now called an "Iron Butt Ride".
Sorry about your accident. Motorcycling has its risks. You accept and ride, and do what you can to prevent it, or you don't ride.
Cheers.Denny
I agree 100%. I have ridden a lot of miles, taken 2 MSF courses, an annual First Aid/CPR course, and went to many safety seminars. I've even taugh GWRRA Chapter safety classes. Sometimes we slip and something happens. I could still ride any day but the wife will no longer accept the risk.
Bruce"A man's got to know his limitations." Dirty Harry Calahan
Yeah, I think my missus would have the same reaction if that happened. So far, so good. But as for me, it's my life. I'll give it up right after I swear off gin, money and an an attraction for the lovely things in this world.Denny
Motorcycling has its risks. You accept and ride, and do what you can to prevent it, or you don't ride.
That's why they say: "There's only two kinds of riders: those that have been down and those that are going down."
Pretzel Mike <g>, that's probably so. However I can tell you that 99% of the going down takes place as slow speed parking lot drops or almost-stopped tip overs.
As I said, it carries its risks. That said, the most comprehensive study on m/c accidents (The Hurt Report, Harry Hurt, done some years back) brought forth some interesting data, such as "50% of the accidents involve substances" {IOW, booze}, and "90% of fatalities happen to riders who've had no formal training".
Anyway, I love it, and live for it. Cheers.Denny
Yeah, I was coming down Mingus Mountain to Jerome on my skinny tired bike at 45 and passed a Harley and his "passenger on the inside of a hair pin corner. You could see the white in her eyes...
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I don't imagine a passenger to be very comfortable on any motorcyle (at least from a mental standpoint).Denny
OK, it's time for my first post! I've been eavesdropping long enough. Now I see both of my passions, bicycling and woodworking, in the same topic.
I was a woodworking enthusiast through the 80's and built up a pretty decent shop in the basement 200 sf that's shared with the HVAC and water heater. Subscribed to Fine Woodworking all that decade.
Then, in 1991 I discovered bicycling and diverted most of my free time to pedalling. I've been averaging over 5000 miles/year for the last 17 years. Dropped 50 lbs in the process and got my cholesterol under control. Raced as a Cat 4 and even took the Ohio state time trial championship (age group) in 2006.
But that's not what we're here for. I've rekindled my love of woodworking in that same 200' shop. I've missed a lot of advances and changes mostly in the WW machinery industry the past 17 years but I'm really enjoying and learning a lot from you guys & girls in this forum. I'm happy to finally meet you formally!
Grant
Grant,
Thanks for posting and welcome in!! You have been reading and looking around longer than I have, Newbie I that I am. At least by FG, Sarge, Bob, Denny, Saschafer, Zxacto Dactl and others. They tolerate weirdness well, you know they are awsome folks here, and more than willing to help you pull up your pants when you need it.
So that makes 3 of us who are cyclists, Chris Wong, I am sure you have caught posts of. I put my picture up riding on the White Rim of Canyonlands. We do the 110 mile ride every year for 11 years now. Total blast of some old college buds and our wifes.
I have 100 miles of single track desert riding out my back door. I learned to Mountain Bike in 1995 and started road training about 1998. Got totally wraped up with sport, raising two boys and racing bikes. They both whup on me any time they like, but we have a great time as a family riding and exploring still. I ride 4 days a week now, run a business, and have started back woodworking again also.
My shop is in progress, some posts you might have seen about setting up planers and such. Having a great time doing cabinets and boxes for stores and tools, NOT. I told FG the other day, I like organized chaos better than chaotic organization. So when I get my work space settled I can be focused and serious. I bought my first TS when I was 20 and have did some furniture for our family in the early 80's, still have my first issue of FWW. Like you lost touch with a passion and am reconnecting again.
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AZMO,
Thanks for your bio. I've tried to attach a couple pictures of my latest, an oak buffet for my daughter's house. I finished it about 3 weeks ago. I bought the plans. I'm an accountant by profession (left brained) so I'm constantly amazed to see the work others have originated in the mag and on this forum.
Grant
Red bikes are faster.
Another cyclist over here. I've been building riding and racing most
of my thirty six years. I'm not competitive (except against myself) but
I ride pretty hard. Mountain biked for a decade or so in the Pacific N.West but the country roads are sublime here in Upstate New York so
I'm mostly a roady now. I'm a full time carpenter, do mostly restorations. Spent five years doing creative and sculptural works for the art world out of Manhattan. Fine woodworking is my hobby (when time allows).
I get a lot out of rubbing shoulders with the craftsman here, and just
wanted to say I appreciate it.
Chuck
Chuck,
Nice to meet you also. Wish I was 35 again and riding, but you know one of my favorite things being 55 is listening to some 30 year olds behind me on my wheel and riding and the sound diminishes to nothing. Well it happened alot when I was 52, but a serious crash has me handcuffed a bit. Any day of riding is better than a day stayin home!
Racing yourself is always good, I have a great group that rides a lot together and we play lots of games and push the limits. Fun indeed.
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When I'm pushing 60km/h on my bicycle, it feels like 100.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
But Chris, don't them byesickle velocipedes involve thet thair "exersize" thing? Thet wuz allus a word what skeered the he!! outta me.Denny
When I'm pushing 60km/h on my bicycle, it feels like 100.
And if you wipe out it'll definately feel like 100! Let's hope that doesn't happen. ;-)
Pmichael,
Denny's right - most falls (atleast for the two of us) occur at slow speeds. Usually when I lose momentum on rocky trails. Once I wiped out doing 25km/h going off a jump between two trees. Well, I hit one of the trees with my handlebar and...Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Ouch! Last year, one of my friends tore his hamstring filling up his Harley. He forgot to put down the kickstand and as he was reaching over for the gas pump, his bike started to topple over. Rather than letting it fall, he muscled it back up and injured himself. He was out of work for 6 months. It seems that in addition to the torn hamstring, he developed a large, swelling blood clot that took a lot of time to diminish. He couldn't sit for over two months and couldn't bend his leg for about 4.
Ouch! That sucks. A friend of mine is selling a vintage Harley because he knows that it's so heavy that it would take two people (and he's a big guy) to right it if it falls over.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
That's a brain fart on the bike. I've had a couple.Denny
Oh, do tell!
Do you know who Artie Shaw is? If you do, you'll know what it looks like.
Denny
Chris, that's why I never jump between trees with my Harley.Denny
Chris and All ,
Since you guy's are talking about bike wrecks I'll share a story with you .
I have a brotherinlaw that lives up in Tacoma Washington , he and a partner have done many years of riding , this one day they were riding over the tide flats in old Tacoma , which was actually a draw bridge and his buddy Charlie got his skinny front tire of his old road racing bike stuck in one of the grooves where the bridge locks together and threw him off and gave him a case of road rash .
As if that wasn't bad enough , they tried to free the bike to no avail and , yup , the bridge opened and his bike went up with it as it was still stuck in the slot . Mostly just the front wheel and tire suffered , but it was an interesting picture indeed .
dusty , the land and water lover
Oh, the image. LMAO.
Denny
Old Dusty,
That, indeed, would be a sight to see. Does he still ride the bike on bridges and trails?Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Yeah , those two are pretty hard core riders , but lucky for them the draw bridge over the tide flats has since been reemoved .
dusty
I'll do that 3' dropoff on my motorcycle anytime and then turn it around and go right back up it. But then my bike is a Sherco and is made for Observed Trials, thats where the trialnut comes from. I'm sure he could do the 3' dropoff with the Harley it's the getting back up part that gets sporty. :~o
RichThe Professional Termite
But can you bunny hop?Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Yes and on a good day I can do it right. Many of my riding buddies can bunny hop without even thinking about it. Just second nature to them as anything becomes if you practice it enough. A bunch of us used to also ride Trials on bicycles. Most of us had a Monty Ot Pi replica. Lots of fun and good memories.
RichThe Professional Termite
Chris
Here is a photo of us having some fun. This was taken at a National Observed Trials event I put on in 2005. I am the guy leaning against the tree with my hands crossed and the lady holding up the other side of the tree is my bride. The rider is I think Geoff Aaron. The vertical rise on the block is 7' 4". No, I can't get up it, a 4' log is pretty much my upper limit.
RichThe Professional Termite
Rich,
You guys are nuts! I guess you already knew that. Are serious injuries as common as I think doing that kind of thing? It looks more dangerous than hill climbing in jeeps.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Chris
Yea I know we are nuts but we enjoy the insanity as well as defying gravity. Not only is serious injury unheard of but even minor injury is rare. In my 25yrs with this sport our club has never had an insurance claim and the worst injury I have seen is minor abrasions and a twisted knee, but he still finished the event. Good clean fun.
RichThe Professional Termite
Sarge,
You are in my small book of somebodies so you will have to leave that epithet you quoted to me. :-) I am relieved to see there are chaps in America who value themselves without having to resort to braggadocio or the belittling of folk other than themselves; one sometimes tires of them Very Certain lads with their struts and puffs.
Just now I am sipping at a glass of brain-loosener. I hoists the glass to you, sir: a fine and gentle man, despite all that desparate fighting you had to do.
Lataxe
Thank you very much for the compliments, Sir. I don't drink anymore.. so I'll just have a glass of frozen yogurt with butter-scotch syrup on top while you savor the brew.
All reports that have been received so far indicate I really don't need a brain-loosener anyway.. it appears to be hanging on by merely the very last threads at this point. :>)
And have a good evening sir which is early morning for you...
Regards...
Sarge..
Ahoy David,
And a hearty Yo Ho to you, our fine British bloc. Perhaps if you gave up the brew you'd have just one personality, but then that may be boring for you and us since we get so much entertainment from your ramblings even if we Americans don't understand but half your speak. I haven't been on knots in months as I've been busy building and installing kitchen cabinets for a friend. I bought some new tools so I had to work to pay for them. Can't say that I made much money with all the long days I've put in. I did gain a lot of experience, which is what we get when we don't get what we want. Life is great her in So. Cal. Went boogy boarding(like Surfing) a few days ago at La Jolla shores . Water is already warm, girls are always hot just like the weather. Good to know your still around. Danny
Danny,
I always enjoy being in California, even though the only time I'm there is on business. The weather (and people) has always been wonderful and the atmosphere is very laid back - not like Vancouver, BC.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Chris,
It really is nice here, despite the fact that the city of San Diego is nearly in the throws of being bankrupt... The downtown city is very beautiful and the wife would love to move to a downtown condo over looking the city and bay. I wouldn't mind it as well,but then I wouldn't have a wood shop on location and I'd go nuts.
Danny
Danny,
I' glad to hear life is treating your properly and not just giving you everything you want. :-) (Gawd save us from getting what we want - I'd be dead in a ditch by now, having committed a number of naughty acts to the displeasure of the neighbours).
I envy you the boogey-boarding, although I hope to be doing some myself at Manorbier in West Wales this July, where we go on holiday and stay in the castle (a jen-u-wine Norman one with towers, dungeons, curtain wall, moat et al. Happily it now has a modern suite of rooms built into the keep).
Manorbier has a beach that faces straight out into the Atlantic. In fact, from the top of the castle's highest tower I can just see Noo Yawk (or it might just be a large piece of flotsam, how can one tell). I am hoping for a clean 5 foot swell and an offshore wind. Also a road block so that the real surfers can't get down to the beach to hog all the best bits.
Anyroadup, I hope you're enjoying the woodworking too, despite having to build kitchen cabinets. :-) Now is the time to make that Greene & Greene dining table and chairs perhaps.
Lataxe, who should have been a beach bum.
David,
I throughly enjoyed the tour I took through Wales some years ago. Toured six castles ending with a medieval feast with a welsh choir and harpist. Was very cool. Friends are still trying to get me to take up surfing and the wife is not in opposition. Hey, I could then be in the better spots for catching the waves too. Maybe I should! I could work off some of excess weight I've gained standing behind the table saw. You really should plan on coming this way sometime for a super holiday. I'd be happy to show you and the lady wife around this beautiful town. Not quite there with the Greene and Greene furniture yet, although our woodworking club just announced a Greene and Greene seminar/ workshop. Tools aren't quite paid for yet so I need to do some more cabinets, so I'll have to miss this one. Nice to hear from you!
Wood and Wave fettler from So. Cal,
Danny
Mr. Dan,
La Jolla, pronounced La Hoya right?
Man, I heven't been there for over 25 years. I'll never forget how beautiful it is/was there albeit a bit on the expensive side. Being from the Northeast it was what I had always thought California was all about. My first visit was in '64 and whenever I was in San Diego (many times over the years) I always made it a point to go there.
Went to a Chinese restaurant there and had some of the hottest food I've ever had.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,
Yes you got the pronunciation correct. And yes it is an expensive community. Housing prices start in the millions. My wife is a nurse there at the UCSD hospital. That would be our only claim to this beautiful location. Wonderful beach! Picked as one of the top 5 beachs in California by the travel channel. Came in at No. 3 I believe.
Danny
Yeah, but Mission Beach at night is a lot of fun -- at least it was when I was there compliments of USN.
John, er, Sarge, I am
LMAO !!!
Nice to make your acquaintance.
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