My wife and I drove a cargo van load of tools and etcetera down to Virginia
yesterday.
We had to move some old plywood to use to slide a tablesaw into the shop (by
the way, Ford cargo van doors are NOT 4' wide at the base: We ended up using
2x4s). Kept tripping over some chunks of wood. Then I remembered. That stuff is
6 to 8' long cherry, 10/4 x 8". About 4 pieces.
It will be FINE to get back. I checked around and there's enough wood there to
keep me busy until the first load I buy next month is dry in a year or so.
I need to make a couple kitchen cabinets and a new computer desk, so had best
get to drawing in my spare time.
Charlie Self
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce, The
Devil's Dictionary
[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote:
>"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce, The
>Devil's Dictionary
I love that quote! You just caused me to download the works of Mr.
Bierce from Project Gutenberg.
Wes
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Clutch responds:
>
>>"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce,
>The
>>Devil's Dictionary
>
>I love that quote! You just caused me to download the works of Mr.
>Bierce from Project Gutenberg.
Enjoy. Bierce was one of the wittiest writers of all time.
Charlie Self
"The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the
exercise of his mind." Jacques Barzun
On 29 May 2004 15:35:25 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
stated wide-eyed, with arms akimbo:
>Clutch responds:
>
>>>"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce,
>>The
>>>Devil's Dictionary
>>
>>I love that quote! You just caused me to download the works of Mr.
>>Bierce from Project Gutenberg.
>
>Enjoy. Bierce was one of the wittiest writers of all time.
Amen. I own a copy of the dictionary in question.
-
Yea, though I walk through the valley of Minwax, I shall stain no Cherry.
http://diversify.com
Well, there's also H.L. Mencken...
I suppose it's part of human nature that those who disparage and mock
convention, like Bierce, Mencken, Twain, are considered greater wits than
those who support and foster civilization and manners. At least Aesop used
animals, so as not to directly insult human feelings.
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Enjoy. Bierce was one of the wittiest writers of all time.
>
George writes:
>Well, there's also H.L. Mencken...
>
>I suppose it's part of human nature that those who disparage and mock
>convention, like Bierce, Mencken, Twain, are considered greater wits than
>those who support and foster civilization and manners
And who would those be? Or are they forgotten in the blink of an eye, because
they are fostering an ephemeral ideal for a single group, one with which too
few people identify. Who are we writing about here, though? Jerry Falwell? Pat
Robertson? Swaggert? Bakker? Or will we go with Art Buchwald? He's cheerful
enough for an old Marine, funny as hell...and has a jaundiced eye on the human
condition. Dave Barry? Something of a non-commentator on the overall human
condition.
>At least Aesop used
>animals, so as not to directly insult human feelings.
Umh. If being compared to a fox, bear, or other animal isn't insulting.
Charlie Self
"The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the
exercise of his mind." Jacques Barzun
The reader is left to make the comparison, the writer makes no such.
See how that works?
For the rest, it's the philosophical equivalent of "taxing the rich," since
you either missed or ignored the point. As if the quote you employed had
been modified to: "The test and the use of man's education is that he finds
pleasure in the
> exercise of belittling others."
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >At least Aesop used
> >animals, so as not to directly insult human feelings.
>
> Umh. If being compared to a fox, bear, or other animal isn't insulting.
>
> Charlie Self
> "The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the
> exercise of his mind." Jacques Barzun
>
>
>
Charlie Self wrote:
> My wife and I drove a cargo van load of tools and etcetera down to Virginia
> yesterday.
>
> We had to move some old plywood to use to slide a tablesaw into the shop (by
> the way, Ford cargo van doors are NOT 4' wide at the base: We ended up using
> 2x4s). Kept tripping over some chunks of wood. Then I remembered. That stuff is
> 6 to 8' long cherry, 10/4 x 8". About 4 pieces.
>
> It will be FINE to get back. I checked around and there's enough wood there to
> keep me busy until the first load I buy next month is dry in a year or so.
>
> I need to make a couple kitchen cabinets and a new computer desk, so had best
> get to drawing in my spare time.
After what you've been through the last couple of years it good to hear you're
going back to the old shop and a place you enjoy.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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Swingman writes:
>
>"Charlie Self" wrote in message
>
>> It will be FINE to get back. I checked around and there's enough wood
>there to
>> keep me busy until the first load I buy next month is dry in a year or so.
>
>You sound like a happy man again ... congratulations!
>
Soon. Move is scheduled now for 6/15, return the truck 6/16. THEN...enjoy. Of
course, I also have to replace a potload of tools I got rid of when job loss
city hit. But I'll be in a real shop again when I do replace them, and I am not
about to go anywhere again, at least for any projected long term living that
requires me to move more than 3 suitcases.
Charlie Self
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce, The
Devil's Dictionary
Charlie Self wrote:
> My wife and I drove a cargo van load of tools and etcetera down to Virginia
> yesterday.
>
> We had to move some old plywood to use to slide a tablesaw into the shop (by
> the way, Ford cargo van doors are NOT 4' wide at the base: We ended up using
> 2x4s). Kept tripping over some chunks of wood. Then I remembered. That stuff is
> 6 to 8' long cherry, 10/4 x 8". About 4 pieces.
First time I've heard of using cherry tubas to slide a TS around.
Different folks for different strokes...
Have fun. May you live for a thousand years and may the last voice you
hear be mine, saying, "Ooo. Nice work Charlie."
mahalo,
jo4hn
jo4hn responds:
>> We had to move some old plywood to use to slide a tablesaw into the shop
>(by
>> the way, Ford cargo van doors are NOT 4' wide at the base: We ended up
>using
>> 2x4s). Kept tripping over some chunks of wood. Then I remembered. That
>stuff is
>> 6 to 8' long cherry, 10/4 x 8". About 4 pieces.
>
>First time I've heard of using cherry tubas to slide a TS around.
>Different folks for different strokes...
>Have fun. May you live for a thousand years and may the last voice you
>hear be mine, saying, "Ooo. Nice work Charlie."
Not the ones used for sliding the saw out. Those were good old fashioned tubas,
from either HD, Lowe's or some other place. I always seem to have a dozen or 2
around. What I tripped over was more like 2-1/2" x 8" x 6' and 8' cherry. It is
stronger than the pine, I'm sure, and is unplaned, but ain't no way...
Charlie Self
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce, The
Devil's Dictionary