Really enjoying this brace of write-ups by Tom and am very glad to have
clicked on the excellent Stan Rogers link provided.  I must admit I
completely got hold of the wrong end of the stick and misread Tom's closing
remarks.  When I read the passage about "workers rising up", I thought "oh
dear, will the phrase "*busy as a bee'"* now be retired as millions of the
tribe apini walk out as part of industrial action with complaints about
cramped working conditions and a seven day work week!?"  A completely
different song was going through my head.

https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=tjDxZqQhRBU

Paul, waiting for the wind and rain to start.

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Thomas Conroy 
wrote:

> Gregory Isola wrote:
>
>  "I also found the findings a bit thin on the ground, but then was
> pleasantly surprised to see the accumulation piled on Kirk's tailgate. I
> recall thinking Michael's set of punches in the wooden cylindrical case,
> someone's $5 backsaw, and your #54 shave were especially special."
>
>
> The $5 dovetail saw was Kirk's, of course. Looked sort of like pre-1920s.
> No maker's name, but it had a really good feel except that the handle was a
> little tight on my hand. I think it was Brian who had the brace attachment
> for drilling around corners---    not the big heavy
> always-a-45-degree-angle kind, a simpler variable kind:
>
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Millers-Falls-RIGHT-ANGLE-hand-dril-a
ttachment-/390993557420?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b090837ac">http://www.eb
ay.com/itm/Vintage-Millers-Falls-RIGHT-ANGLE-hand-dril-
attachment-/390993557420?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b090837ac
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mpozmbc
>
> Shed a tear for Joe Parker's hives, dead of unknown causes and stripped by
> robber bees before he got around to them. He saw the activity and didn't
> notice the little eyemasks and sacks with "loot" written on them, hence he
> thought all was well. He still managed to get a bit of honey for us, and
> promised that there would be new hives in the future. All the little
> workers rise up, rise up / all the little workers rise up now / they rise
> wings up, wings up, wings up / they rise wings up, wings up now (with
> apologies to Terry Pratchett.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-
aEcPgkuA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-aEcPgkuA
>
> Tom Conroy
> The Queen is dead, long live the Queen.
>