I was afraid it had faded into the ether...
 
The Oldtools list, that is.  
I have once again set up a shop, am finishing up the "carpenter's tool
chest" I started 8 years ago that houses all my neanderdreams, and I began
pondering.  Hmmm... I wonder if it's still out there... So, I did a little
surfing, and I found it -- the Holy Grail of woodworking -- the Front
Porch!  It's still there, and I'm not!  But...
I'm back.
In those days, I was blissfully pursuing a Master of Divinity degree in
Kentucky.  Over the screams of the more self-righteous administration, I
somehow escaped from that otherwise esteemed institution with my parchment
and headed not toward my native western New York, where they have tools to
sell, but instead to Texas (can ya pick a horse's hoof with that thang?) 
I'm in my sixth year as a "preacher", have one wife and one daughter (10)
and one son (5).  And for the last four years or so the workload has been
so intense that I didn't make a single shaving until about 3 weeks ago,
when I got out the guitar I had started building 9 years ago...
I have been repairing miscreants of the violin family for 20 years, been a
computer guy (CAD), worked in a marina (sailing bum, handyman woodworker,
way too filthy for the girls), and a gunshop (is it unloaded?), and a
drywall installer (lots of seminary, little of scholarships).
I read my old bio, and it complains about the heat in my shop in
Kentucky... little did I know of the Hill Country of Texas!  It's
beautiful, but it's Texas.
Present hobbies/therapy include: woodworking (again), shooting, music,
gardening, and Hill Country history.
Years ago I would sit on the front porch with all my grandfather's
brothers as they smoked pipes and talked of building things, farming, and
fishing.  Those are some of the best memories I have.  It has been a while
since I sat on this particular front porch, way too long.  I've missed you
all -- good to be back!
 
Mack --
Maroon Galoot Capwearer, bumper sticker sporter, IT's no.-408, Galoot
T-shirt, etc. Shop Video, Just say (tm) have we made any new caps?