Mel baby:
We don’t find you guys sexy, we just make you think that so you’ll carry in the lumber and sharpen all the dull hand planes! Think of it as a pleasant apprentiship!
madison2
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Maddy, my dear,
Wolfman Jack said it best. If you got the curves, baby, I got the angles. Sharpening bevels, I mean, heh, heh.
Ray
Yo Ray,
You talkin 'bout bevel up right?
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Now boys I'm hearing lots of boasting about angles and bevels here but you know I'm just a little concerned that maybe you're better at talking about those tools than you might be at using them. So I'll just stick with the apprenticeship idea.
Have a nice evening boys, I'll expect the lumber to be stacked and the palnes sharp in the morning!
Madison2
Madison, you know, there are somme carpenters which are right as a rule, and are straight as a chalk-line. Some of even know how to set the nail without leaving hammer tracks all over the place.
My My My, you boys are easily excited aren't you? Perhaps you should all go down stairs and sharpen up the plane irons and holler up to your lady friends "Honey, I've got the tools sharpened!" and see what happens next. You might just be surprised.
In the meantime I've got a business to run so have a great day guys!
Madison2
Madison,From the sound of your last message, you need a hug.
I wish I could help you out, but my wife wants me to move some furniture and sharpen the kitchen knives. :-)
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Mel and friends:
I see there are now 30 or 40 postings to your original message! All for fun of course but seriously guys if you're all sitting around talking to each other about this stuff all day long it's no wonder your ladies are at the mall! Why not help them see how fun it really is in the saw dust? Grab hold of that old #8 Stanley and let her see your arm muscles ripple a bit. You might be surprised to see how she reacts. In my case I married the guy and we've been making sweet shavings together for 38 years.
Now I've got to fire up the flat bed and we're off to the sawmill (yeah I like to drive the truck too!)
See ya boys,
Madison2
Madison,
You are all right!!!
Great attitude.
Keep it up.
Anytime you and your husband are going to get near Washington, DC, please let me know. My wife and I will have a nice BBQ ready, and we can swap some woodworking lies. There are a bunch of good woodworkers around here. I'll invite a bunch.
Your friend,
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
In my case I married the guy and we've been making sweet shavings together for 38 years.
In my case I married the girl and she hated my shop because she saw a spider once. She did Her thing, I did MY thing... We did OUR thing ALOT and we got along just fine.. Well, we did grow up as kids together so we knew each other pretty well!
Maddie,
" Grab hold of that old #8 Stanley "
So, size does matter? Darn...
Ray
Ray,
Why are you giving Maddie trouble?I like my women like I like my coffee -- hot, strong and full of flavor.Maddie gets 3 outta 3!At least, that is how I remember things.
I'll ask my wife what I used to think and let you know.MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Ray Honey:
It ain't about size, if you got a well tuned #4 1/2 Stanley use that, keep it tuned up and do the job right, nobody will ever know it wasn't an 8!
Now I for one have had way too much fun with all this boy/girl stuff so if you all don't mind I will say bye bye and will see you boys around. We picked up 5000bf of the most beautiful walnut last night and I can't wait to get to work. This stuuf was stacked in a barn since the 1940's according to the guy we bought it from. His father worked for a furniture manufacturer in Grand Rapids Michigan and when the company closed he got the wood instead of his last paycheck. Maybe if you guys behave I'll show you pictures sometime!
Madison2
Aw thanks Maddie,
That's what the wife tells me, or words to that effect. I have a #5, but it isn't very straight...
Hope you and hubby enjoy all that walnut, after you get it moved.
Take care,
Ray
I at least am perfectly well behaved, so just send some pictures to me and forget about the rest of those chaps.Philip Marcou
Philip,
Watch out for Madison.
She says that she has no problems using the #8.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Ha, Hold back Mel, I sence that the Mook is going to show some serious iron. Ha! K
Keith,
I think you are right.
The next plane I expect to see coming from Philip will be the 8 1/2 !!!
Specs:
Length 26"
Width 2 7/8"
Weight 12 lbs, but 14 with the high angle frog. Each Marcou 8 1/2 will come with an extra large bottle of pain reliever. If things work out right. Madison will be the featured artist in Philip's advertisement campaign, which will feature her using one in each hand. Mel
PS Madison has been a real sport about all of this. She gives as good as she gets. I'd vote for her for Mayor of Knotsville.Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
Mel,Yea, I have to agree with you about her sportsmanship and the mayoral nomination. I want a pin-up of her for my shop wall, just to remind me that I need to keep at it, and don't miss the line. HaThanks for enlightening me about Phillips plane. I thought 8 1/2 was the length, and the bottle of pills was viagra, which transformed it from a compass plane to a straight-shooter plane. Ha.
My My My, I see you boys are still at it! Hmm, sounds like some of you need to get off the computer and set up real dates with your lady friends. I tried to tell you that it doesn't matter if you've got a number 8 or a 4, it's all in how you use it. I mean really, a little snuggling with your lady has got to be better than hanging with a computer, and making up funny lockerroom quips.
As for the picture, well lets see, picture this, working on getting through my sixth decade, still wearing the same size jeans from college days and I can handle that number 8 but I gotta confess I like my planer and jointer for those big jobs most of the time. Been building custom furniture for clients in the 4 corners for just about 35 years.
Now let your fantisies go wild, I'll be in the shop with hubby carressing the walnut we picked up last week!
Enjoy,
Madison2
Now let your fantisies go wild, I'll be in the shop with hubby carressing the walnut we picked up last week!
Beggin yer pardon m'dear, but I'll have t caution ye t be more carefull with language like that; we've loadsa auld farts in here wi heart conditions far FAR worse than mine... mental images like that is guaranteed t have em reachin for bottles o nitro...
As for Mr Mookmeister's boastin... ye need t bear in mind, he's workin in metric... centimetres is nothin t brag about..!!
;)Mike Wallace
Stay safe....Have fun
Hey Mikey:
You got it all wrong my friend, the image you should have drawn was just another lady working to make a living. A lady with enough miles to know what she's doing and to be willing to hang with the guys now and then and hold her own.
If ye drew any other conclusions then me thinks ye been hangin wi the old dogs too long! Get out a bit and see what the young dogs can teach you.
Course if you're worried about grabbing for the nitro, maybe I ought to feel complimented that I can still flirt a bit and have some fun! Thanks for the morning chuckle and I like your accent. Out here west of the Mississippi we notice lots of folks have them funny accents, if yaall know what I'ma talkin about.
Enjoy the day!
Madison2
If ye drew any other conclusions then me thinks ye been hangin wi the old dogs too long! Get out a bit and see what the young dogs can teach you.
Get out a bit...?? I've only just got back innnnnn... ;) I took a time out for a little over a year to focus on my nemasis, but that's a different story...
Out here west of the Mississippi we notice lots of folks have them funny accents, if yaall know what I'ma talkin about.
<chucklin..
aye... I ken exactly fit ye mean.. ;) I spent 6 months working in Noo OOOOrlins back in 96... took me a while to givure out that "say whaaaaa..??" wasn't yer typical greeting slang... enlightenment happens... eventually... Ahem..
y'all have fun n play nice, y'hear...??
;)Mike Wallace
Stay safe....Have fun
All,
It just occurred to me, that the wife yelling, "Take those clothes off!" when I come in from the shop covered with dust, just might not mean shes thinks I'm sexy....
Married 35 yrs, and still learning,
Ray
Ray,
I strongly recommend that you do whatever necessary to make and keep your wife so content that she does not quit her day job. The number one rule of the woodworking profession is that one's spouse has to have a steady source of income. So if she says "Take your clothes off.", don't worry about her rationale, just do what you are told. Of course, in a fair and just world, you should be able to make the same request of her that she makes of you. Too bad this ain't a fair and just world. You know that I have long tried to come up with ways of making money in woodworking. My latest is a book for woodworkers that is entitled "Women's Fantasies about Woodworkers". I am going to list things like:
- Many women fantasize about their man standing naked except for a covering of shavings while using an LN #8.
- Women fantasize about their man and finely crafted workbench.
- Women fantasize about men who own expensive tools.
- Most women can't contain themselves when they see their man using a LN#9 at the shooting board. What do you think? Will this sell in Rockler and Woodcraft and Tools for Working Wood, and in The Better Things? I wan't to write something that woodworkers will buy. I used to worry about being correct, but I have been in Knots too long. Now I am only interested in what woodworkers find interesting. MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
I think the key word is fantasy
Doug
Doug,
You said:
I think the key word is fantasy.What else is there? Reality is so limiting. I fantasize about making furniture like Rob Millard and Ray Pine. I fantasize about making planes like Philip and saws like Mike. Of course, I do this while making much simpler pieces of furniture and tools. Heck, the reason I subscribe to FWW is to fantasize. Actually, as I look back on my work before and after I subscribed to FWW and joined Knots, I have come a long way. So turning fantasies into reality is what this is all about. But some fantasies are just fantasies.
I guess the key is knowing which is which.Enjoy,
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Mel,
One doesn't stay married to the same woman for 35 yrs without learning to say, "Yes, Dear," at the appropriate times.
If L-N makes a #9, can a #15 be far behind?
Sounds like more of an idea for a "Nude men of Knots" calendar, to me...I'm pretty sure that's a non-starter...to...put it in a nut-shell.
Ray
Sounds like more of an idea for a "Nude men of Knots" calendar, to me...I'm pretty sure that's a non-starter...to...put it in a nut-shell.
steady nowwwww... surely the purpose of a callander is to inspire, nae put folk off their dinner..????Mike Wallace
Stay safe....Have fun
Mikey, lad,
Aye, my point exactly.
Ray
Mike -
Isn't N'Awlins actually under the Mississippi - not west of it? - lol
yupp.... kinda freaky feeling when you experience it for the first time...Mike Wallace
Stay safe....Have fun
Each Marcou 8 1/2 will come with an extra large bottle of pain reliever.
With the prices he's chargin, I'd half expect to find a 25 yr auld well endowed brunette to give you a body massage too... might nae cure yer ails, but guaranteed t take yer mind off em for a while... ;)
<duckinMike Wallace
Stay safe....Have fun
Keith and Mel,
My mettle(sorry, you can blame *Ray for this bout of puns) is available for testing at any time and place.
My S45 is a lady's plane, performing at least as good as it looks....
Sorry Ed, if that seems like an advert:T/S.
* See his posts in the thread "Building timber framed doors...)
Philip Marcou
Edited 10/15/2007 1:06 am by philip
Maddy,
I got all excited when I got your message. I read it again and again and again. You said that you are going to make me feel sexy. Sharpening dull chisels and carrying wood would be a small price to pay. At 64, I am really looking forward to remembering what it was like.
When is this all going to happen? :-)
Mel
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
That would support the flash of insiration I had last year when I recognised that men were really only usefull for two things:
lifting heavy weights and killing spiders.
Dave
Apprentiship is good, Us old dogs can still do or learn new "tricks"
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
We don't find you guys sexy??? Gee I dress up a bit and shaved!
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