You are not sure????  Hee hee!

On Oct 5, 2014, at 2:41 PM, David G. Wittner  wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is an attempt at humor or blatant racism...
> 
> DGW
> 
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> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 2:07 PM
> To: porch
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Japanese
> 
> I finally worked out why japanese tools both saws and planes cut on the pull.
>> Yep, that's the reason.  Most of the work is done while sitting cross 
>> legged on the ground.
> 
>  Don't you just love Japanese woodworking?
>    (He sez with tongue in cheek)
> 
> Well, we can't figure out the screw. Its been a couple thousand years now, and
we just ain't gettin' it.  Got a problem with wedges too.
> And a holdfast? Are you kidding? Way too complex.
> So, we squat on the ground and hold the work with our toes.
>    Because we are so cool.
> 
> Our native metal is so poor we have to work 100 times harder for stubby little
blades that you can't push, because they won't hold up to that.
> And then keep futzing with it forever.
>  Because we are so cool.
> 
> And we are going to make the same boxy, flat, plain-as-a-mud-fence work,
> over and over like robots, unchanged for a thousand years.
>   Because we are so cool.
> 
>  (Tommy Chippendale eating his heart out the whole time, oh yeah
> sure........heehehehehe)
> 
> 
>  I think the best I ever saw was a lanky white guy from Long Beach or 
> somesuch, wearing a diaper and flip flops (with socks), and a stubby 
> little pony tail,
>  In an air conditioned shop with electric lights blazing.....
> Giant lodgepole up his butt and zero sense of humor.
>      Taking 150 times too long with everything
>              Because he was just soooooo cool
> 
>  yours Scott
> 
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