Welcome, Wiktor!  Or should I say, Velcome, Victor?  Or ...

Here, we don't care how you spell or pronounce your name.  We only care 
about how you feel about tools, specifically old tools.  It sounds like 
you will fit in just fine.

Mike

Wiktor A. Kuc wrote:
> Hi...
> 
> I've been lurking here for a month or so and benefited vastly from the
> porch's pool of knowledge. The messages are interesting and full of info
> that I can learn from.
> 
> My name is Wiktor Kuc (Victor Kootz - this is a phonetic spelling). I know
> for many it is somewhat strange, but.
> 
> I am an emigrant from Poland. I am 57. I arrived in US in 1982. time of a
> big movement of Poles after the Marshal Law was imposed in 1981. I came here
> with wife and six months old daughter. My first stop was San Diego, CA. It
> has been a few interesting years - adjustment to a new country, finding work
> in TV industry. 
> 
> Now I live in Albuquerque, NM. After several years of working for different
> government contractors life become somewhat boring and I started my own
> business. The name of it is Multimedia Concepts, Inc. We develop variety
> software apps for training, Internet apps, web sites, etc.
> 
> Sometime ago last year I have been looking at myself and realized that time
> is running out and I better find some time to do something I always wanted
> to do - work with wood.
> 
> So here I am. Setting up my shop, getting some hand tools, scraping rust
> from the old tools, and having fun of my life. It is all like a dream in a
> high fever.

-- 
Michael D. Sullivan
Bethesda, MD (USA)

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