Yet Another Tom wrote:
>My latest addition is a 12"
>Noble backsaw from MofA. SWMBO took one look at it and said "old tools
>are always better". Am I lucky or what? I am the greenest of GITs so I
>will spend most of my time in lurk mode. The porch is just such a
>relaxing place.
>
>Tom Corey
>just say (tmPL) slippin' and slidin' and lovin' the ride
Welcome to the Porch, Tom. We here at the Support Group From Hell are
ready to assist you in your slide down that slippery slope. Yep. When you
really start to pick up speed in your slide towards the Abyss and the
still rational part of your brain begins to panic and you begin to think
that maybe you had better slow down before you find yourself in a flea
market in say, Canton TX, about to spend an UnGodly Amount Of Money on a
rare collectible plane or maybe sitting inside on a rainy day with a
fresh paycheck in the bank and the insane urge to get dressed and mount a
multi state drive-by looting of old tool haunts up through Maryland and
into SE Pennsylvania when you really should be down in the shop cleaning
up or sharpening that 50 cent D-7 Disston 'Lightweight' you got at the
flea market where the vendors know you by name (Oh yes! This is really
starting to get SCARY HERE) or hitting Friday flea markets and antique
stores on your lunch hour and bringing back somewhat rusty Objects Of
Desire and babbling about them to your coworker's who smile stiffly at
you to cover their growing concern (Ohmigod he's really LOSING IT) and
back away from you down the hallway before you get another rust stain on
their carefully chosen Casual Attire For Friday or you find another
Galoot who works nearby and you end up reinforcing each other's fixations
on those Got To Have tools and you end up having clandestine meetings in
the parking lot for Show 'n Tell Gloat sessions... Right. OK, yes, when
you pick up speed on the slide, we'll all be at the bottom of the Abyss
yelling helpful suggestions like "Point your toes, you'll go faster!"
We're here to help and there are several special interest groups such as
the Flat Sole Society and that bunch who own infills (I forget the
acronym), yeah that group over there with the smoking jackets and the
faux British accents, and the AHOB's (Ancient and Honorable Order of
Bottomfeeders) and Dumpster Divers Anonymous. There is no end to this
obses..er, _interest_. Truly.
Yep, welcome to the Porch, it's good to have another East Coast Galoot on
board. BTW, think carefully before you come over into the First State
looking for tools. The local gendarmes are primed to interdict anyone
with out-of-state plates and a Galoot hat on, or even anyone who looks
like they might be a Galoot, and the SOP is a body cavity search. I'm
told that they are very thorough. You'll need an escort. Email me or
Steve Reynolds privately for available times and rates although it does
look like we're booked up until about 2008 or so.
Good luck with your bench. Cast iron legs are considered cheating over
here on the Right Coast. Steve and I have been hand mortising his and we
only started in, lessee... Right. OK then, your rocker is over there.
Welcome!
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Tom Price
Brakes For Rust
The Flea Market Tactical Primer is featured at The Galoot's Progress:
http://members.aol.com/tomprice/galootp/galtprog.html
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