Jeff, the door is always open!  Asheville is a great place to visit.

John

“P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried;
therefore I beg you to write and let me know.” - Sir Boyle Roche, M.P.

On May 2, 2017, at 3:16 PM, Jeff Thieme mailto:jeff.galoot@g...">mailto:jeff.galoot@g...>> wrote:

I have to say that I completely agree.  I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Chuck
face to face.  I only wish our trip was longer so we could have spent more
time together. But we packed quite a bit into a short time.

I also regret not spending more time with John Johnston before he escaped
Memphis for greener pastures.  I missed an opportunity to learn a lot from
him in his shop.

~Jeff


On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Chuck Taylor mailto:cft98208@y...">mailto:cft98208@y...>> wrote:

Gentle Galoots,

I have to admit to a tinge of jealousy when I read about the frequent
in-person interactions between and among Galoots living in the SF Bay area
(BAGs), the Middle Atlantic area (MAAGs), and the Toronto area (TAGs?).
There aren't quite so many of us Galoots living in close proximity here in
the Pacific Northwest.

In the past I have had the good fortune to be visited in my shop by Ed
Minch and by Adam Maxwell, and those visits have been duly reported to the
Porch. I run into a few other Galoots at PNTC (Pacific Northwest Tool
Collectors) meetings, namely Gary Allan May and Jack Birky. But more would
be better.

Last fall I discovered that Galoot Jeff Thieme would be visiting Seattle
from his home near Memphis, so we arranged to get together in person for
lunch on October 10. We had a good visit, told plenty of lies--oops, I mean
old tool stories--then paid a visit to E. Hardwick's, an old-time hardware
store in Seattle that stocks many galootish items packed floor-to-ceiling
in narrow aisles. Good times.

Then on March 18 I happened to be in Albany, Oregon. Knowing that Galoot
Curt Seeliger lives in nearby Corvallis, we arranged to get together over
dinner in a local brew pub. This was a particularly fortuitous
circumstance, since I had the good fortune to have Curt as my Galootaclaus
this past holiday season. Again, we told plenty of old tools stories and
had a good visit.

It's nice to sit here on the virtual Porch with the assembled Galooterati,
but it's particularly nice to have the opportunity now and then to visit
with other Galoots in person. If you are a Galoot, and you are going to be
in the Seattle area, please give me a ping.

Cheers,
Chuck Taylor
north of Seattle USA

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