Frank and other reflecting GG's,

Is it the full moon, or the short light of winter ... Seems easy to look
back right now. I'm doing it with tools/woodworking and music/playing,
my two main hobby interests. I see progress in both but so... slow...

But remember what Carmen McRae sings: "In looking back, we just peek
thru a crack, between what's real and false, in this eternal waltz;
meanwhile, we all keep dancing." (1)

I'm giving away some tools, selling some. Getting some focus in the wood
shop and some new tunes and new players in the practice room. In both, I
manage to keep going by recalling something a fine musician told me
years ago when I went back to playing after twenty years of only career.
"Marv, there no such thing as a wrong note. You can play any note any
time. If you don't like how it sounds, just go to one that sounds real
good next."

Reflective Marv in sunny, spring-like Lexinton KY

(1) That's the bridge (chorus) of the tune Looking Back on the CD Carmen
    Sings Monk. Thelonious Monk called the instrumental version
    Reflections. Jon Hendricks wrote the lyrics.

At 11:38 PM 1/26/02 -0600, dilloworks@p... wrote:
>Alan,
>
>This sounds like a great idea, but the problem I have is that my "early
>purchases" when I knew nothing about tool buying (as opposed to now,
>when I know ALMOST nothing about tool buying) are, in many cases, worth
>a pittance compared to what I originally paid for them. I know that I
>need to clear dozens of planes and other tools out of the shop so that
>I can get into it and actually do something, but I can't bear to take
>them to a tool meet (like the one today in Bedford - SWTCA/M-WTCA Area
>I) with price tags significantly less than I paid 10 or 15 years ago.
>Or put them on the bay knowing that they are going to go for a fraction
>of what I paid originally. To do either would confirm that I was (am?)
>a total klutz - incapable of striking a reasonable bargain. Very bad
>for the ego. Besides, SWMBO knows what I paid for some of these. :-(
>
>Frank (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)
>
>Alan N. Graham wrote:
>
>>I find myself now examining the tools and wondering whether to get rid
>>of a few. The quality and unusual ones will stay, but some of the
>>early purchases, bought when my knowledge and experience were minimal,
>>lay unused and unloved in remote places in the shop.
>>