So was this endgrain maple butcherblock, which is the nec plus ultra for 
kitchen cuting-board purposes but probably not so strong longitudinally 
and thus not great for a workbench?  Or was it sidegrain butcherblock, 
which is less ideal for kitchen cutting-board purposes but 
longitudinally stronger and thus better for a workbench?

--Mike

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:59:01 -0400, jpeck@m... wrote:

>O.K., shoot and then duck. Here goes nuttin'
>
>I was driving down the road a couple of weekends ago with 
>SWMBO and GIT when SWMBO spotted this "DESIGNER YARDSALE" 
>sign. Since I couldn't conceivably find anything that I 
>could be interested in, I sputtered out a few laim excuses 
>why we shouldn't stop. All this did was increase the amount 
>of time it would take to turn the car around and hit the big 
>sale.
>
>It took five seconds to zero in on two 36" x 60" x 1+1/2" 
>pieces of butcher block. $20 bucks later, I had one jammed 
>into the back of the car. This guy stopped me to ask what I 
>planned to do with it, to which I replied "I have no idea, 
>but I'm sure that I need it".
>
>That evening, while sipping a cold one and patting myself on 
>the back for insisting that we stop to look.....I soon 
>realized so many GOOD uses for that butcher block that I 
>can't stop kicking myself for not picking up the other one.
>
>Will I ever live this one down???
>
>Regards 
>Jonathan Peck
>
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Michael D. Sullivan
Bethesda, MD (USA)