Hello again GGs,

  Sorry about this, I know that it's exceedingly lame to follow up to
myself, especially on a mailing list.  Unfortunately this is sort of
important.  There's a gloat at the end to try and make up for it.

>  After posting a "Plane tuning FAQ for Nahmites" on rec.norm, I was invited
>by a regular of that group to "Go to hell".  Luckily for me, living here in

  This actually sounds worse than it is.  It was actually meant (and taken)
as a complement.  I believe the wording was actually more along the line of
"Come join us in hell".  Ugh.  Sorry for the confusing "inside joke".  

  If you're actually interested enough to have read this far, you might want
to do a Dejanews search on "Welcome to hell, Can I get you a refreshment?"
for more insight on the matter.  My intro post might make a bit more sense
as well.

  Alright, just so that this silly followup isn't a waste of bandwidth, I'll
take a moment to de-drive-by my previous gloat.

  Mother's Day weekend.  Not a chance in hell of getting any galooting in,
right?  Wrongo!

  Friday afternoon, leave work early and race home.  Pick up the wife and
drive towards the Southeast part of the state to see Mom.  It is Mother's 
Day weekend after all.

  "Hey hon, you want to stop and look at furniture in ?"
I asked slyly.  Score one saw vice.  Cast iron, no makers mark anywhere.

  It clamps on the edge of a table, has an adjustment that tilts back and
forth and the saw is clamped in by pulling up on a lever with an eccentric
that engages the outside jaw.  The throat is ~6 1/2" deep, jaws ~9" wide.  
Any ideas on this one?  Don't know if the price is gloatable, but I thought 
it was a steal for $12.  Saw a rustier version later for $40 in non-working 
condition...

  Back in the car and drive the rest of the way back "home".  Visit with
the parents, yada, yada, yada...

  Next morning.  "Say Mom, do you and dad want to go antiquing?"  My 
parents are both avid antiquers, so I already knew the answer.  We set 
out for a pillaging session across the SE portion of Iowa and somehow
end up in Western IL.  Which is where I found ...  A large 
timber framing mallet.

  Looks like an oak 4x4x7 with a 12" handle sticking out of it.  It's
a two hander, for sure.  Some small indications of rough use, but for the
most part all there.  Then I notice the price tag.  I'm expecting it
to be around $40 knowing the local pricing structure pretty well by now.

  $5?  Cool.  Then, I glance at the display shelf I found it sitting on
"Sale, 25% off everything on this shelf".  Heh, heh, heh.

  Load up my stash, say bye to the parents and head home so we can see 
the in-laws as well.

  All in all, not a bad weekend.

Tad Anhalt
"Shameless opportunist"