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53069 | Steven Ramsey <steven@i...> | 1998‑11‑10 | Bio |
First, thanks to all for a very educational and entertaining list. I was brought to woodworking by the love of split cane fly rods and a desire to make them, and by the recent inheritance of a number of fine old tools from my grandfather and the desire to keep him near through their use. I'm having limited but promising results at both. I raise field trial retrievers as a profession, so the majority of my wood experience is in application rather than creation ;-). We have been married for twenty five years, and we have a daughter about to begin college. While lurking on this list I have been fortunate to have private email contact with a few of the higher profile posters, and I have been treated with patience and extraordinary kindness. This is a nice place to be. Steve |
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54526 | "Flowers, Curt" <cjflower@u...> | 1998‑12‑10 | RE: Bio |
Ok, I'll byte. Is Absarokee in Japan, Australia or Ireland? Welcome to the List! > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe & Johanna Kern [SMTP:jkern@m...] > Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 9:50 PM > To: List for users and collectors of antique tools > Subject: Bio > > Hi: > My name is Joe and I have lurked almost a year now. SWMBO and I live on > a > small ranch near Absarokee. We ranch, custom cut hay (in the summer), > do > some > custom farming (spring and fall), and SWMBO teaches English riding. Oh, > and build > the occasional piece of custom furniture. We raise Australian Shepherd > dogs, > commercial cattle, commercial sheep, warmblood horses. > I just turned 40 and have a little girl who is 20 months. I have always > liked using > "old tools" and have learned a lot lurking, and been inspired to use more > hand tools > since lurking. I have started to accumulate a few more tools made > before my time > (I am not a collector tho). I still like the other tools (the bigger the > better) that use > *l*ctr*ns, but promise not to discuss them in public. I just recently > restored a sheep wagon > (to be used as a playhouse). > Good to meet everyone here on the porch. > > joe > |
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54531 | Joe & Johanna Kern <jkern@m...> | 1998‑12‑10 | RE: Bio |
At 12:01 PM 12/10/98 -0600, Flowers, Curt wrote: >Ok, I'll byte. Is Absarokee in Japan, Australia or Ireland? > >Welcome to the List! > I thought everyone knew where Absarokee is! It is right next to Fishtail, and Nye. Ok, well everyone now knows that I am forgetful!! It should have read Absarokee, MT USA. The MT got lost in "cut and paste land" during editing. (grin) joe |
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54537 | Phil Hopkins <hopkinsp@s...> | 1998‑12‑10 | RE: Bio |
Curt asks, >Ok, I'll byte. Is Absarokee in Japan, Australia or Ireland? Ohhh, Ohhh, Ohhh, I know this one. It's in Montana, and man is it just about the most beautiful place on earth!!!!! I used to hail from northwestern Wyoming, and I would go up to the country around there every chance I got. Welcome Joe. (<---Oldtools content) Phil Who wishes he were up there in the snow drifts rather than down here where it hit 80 a few days ago. Shoot, I'd even live in a renovated sheep wagon! Department of Philosophy Southwestern University University at Maple Georgetown, TX 78627 512-863-1882 hopkinsp@s... |
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54538 | msb@e... | 1998‑12‑10 | Re: Bio |
GGG, I, too wondered, and being far too worn out from fondling my tools (hey, cut that out - you know what I mean) to roll my chair over to the shelf and get one of my atlases (Brittanica, London Times, Associated Press Pocket, Rand McNally, Rand McNally U.S. Travel, Roads of Texas, and a couple others I can't see from here), I punched up www.mapblast.com, searched for Absarokee and not only found out where it was, I got step-by-step directions on driving there from my house. I'll call you from the gas station for directions to your house from the main intersection, Joe! ;-) All verbose silliness aside, there are several mapping sites of astounding usefullness out there, with none of which I am affiliated. Old Tools Content: Next to the atlases are The Complete Woodworker and a bound volume of Carpentry and Building 1889-90. Joe & Johanna Kern wrote: > > At 12:01 PM 12/10/98 -0600, Flowers, Curt wrote: > >Ok, I'll byte. Is Absarokee in Japan, Australia or Ireland? > > > >Welcome to the List! > > > I thought everyone knew where Absarokee is! It is right next to Fishtail, > and Nye. > Ok, well everyone now knows that I am forgetful!! It should have read > Absarokee, MT USA. > The MT got lost in "cut and paste land" during editing. (grin) > > joee |
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