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-745 Thvedt, Jim 1970‑01‑01 Intro/bio
All:

Patrick Leach chewed me out for not participating in the Great Saw 
Debate, so I guess it is time to quit lurking.

By day: a stuffed suit in a dead-end job oppressing workers for a large 
capitalist corporation.

By night: a dad to four   =:o   kids, able to quote long stretches of 
Dr. Suess from memory.

By weekend: aspiring neanderthal.

Dramatic gesture submitted in lieu of hazing for entrance into 
apprentice galoothood: selling my table saw to--partially--finance the 
purchase of an infill smoother.  (Still keeping my band saw, though ...)

Like many, I first mangled wood in a high school shop outfitted with 
many large pieces of motorized iron.  My epiphany came a few years ago 
as I shoved some cherry through the table saw, and suddenly realized 
that, as a musician, I had grown quite fond of each and every finger on 
both hands.  In fact, I'm an organist, and like my feet, too.  As I got 
rid of whining, dangerous equipment, my satisfaction grew, results got 
better, and productivity (such as it was) suffered hardly at all.  

I live in the San Francisco Bay area, BTW.

So, I don't know how much I'll be able to contribute, given everyone's 
high level of knowledge and experience out there ... the only special 
thing I've done is build a couple of clavichords (a real old-time 
keyboard instrument) from scratch, otherwise it is Shaker-like furniture 
for my own home ... but introducing myself is worth it just to say how 
much I've enjoyed "listening" to the conversation for the last few 
weeks.  

jt



Recent Bios FAQ