GG's

I've gotten all the new bios into the bio database.  A couple points to 
make:

    * I haven't yet "removed" the links older bios, for those of you 
      posting an update.  Next week I'll find all the duplicate names 
      and take out the old bios.  Feel free to let me know if you notice 
      you're in there twice, and let me know which one to eliminate 
      (tell me the message_id number in the upper left of the bio).

    * Those of you new to OldTools, please look at your newly submitted 
      bio.  First, make sure I saw your bio and stuck it in there.  
      Again, if it's not in the list, let me know, and either tell me 
      approximately when you submitted it, or better yet, the message_id 
      if you can find it in the archive.

    * Second, make sure your bio is formatted properly.  The most common 
      mistake people make is not wrapping your text at 72 columns.  
      Messages that haven't been wrapped will be forceably wrapped by 
      your mail program, and you'll see lots of funny things like '=0D' 
      at the end of each line.  Consult Ralph's FAQ for ways to 
      inform your mail client that you wish to wrap your lines at 72 
      characters (or less).  Also, if you're sending HTML mail, or mail 
      as an attachment, you may see something funny in your bio.  If you 
      see a problem, first fix your mail program.  Then mail me a good 
      version of it and I'll update it.

    * Finally, if I've misspelled your name, made other errors, or 
      want out, just drop me a line.  Your email address is obscured by 
      the archiver, so you needn't worry about getting spam as a result 
      of having a bio.

The FAQ is at http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/OTFAQ.htm, and your bios 
can be picked from the list at: 
http://nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/bio.phtml

Thanks!

Actual tool content:  The guy down the street drove his truck into my 
mailbox yesterday, so I had to fix it -- I used a Goodell Pratt brace 
with a Millers Falls chain drill to bore holes through 8 inches of 4 x 4 
in order to bolt the cross-pieces together with carriage bolts.  Also 
wound up using a 1" mortise chisel, bit extender, Disston #23 crosscut 
saw, Millers Falls eggbeater and a Yankee screwdriver (#131) in the 
reconstruction.  He did leave a apologetic note and offered to pay, 
which I thought was very considerate.  The mail in the box was unharmed.

Chris, archive / bio maintainer
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Christopher S. Swingley   University of Alaska Fairbanks
cswingle@i...     http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/

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