OK, I now have 30 seconds or so end-to-end, and I figure I better write
this up before O'Deen comes after my wedding ring with a clamp. Or comes
after my Work-matey with a Skilsaw...
I'd characterize myself as a Neanderwannabe more than anything; having
moved into a new house last August, and having an eighteen month old
around, I find I don't have a whole lot of time to dedicate to
hobbies. The "woodworking" I've been doing of late has been limited to
things like putting down a floor in the attic... But even for simple
things like this, I find I just like working with hand tools better.
I'm at the bootstrapping stage; I have to somehow build a bench,
working with only a Work-Matey. So first, I have to buy Landis' book,
of course. (I'm in the process of convincing my wife it would make a
great birthday present.) I'm also in the process of moving stuff from
the back of the garage to the attic in which I just put down the floor,
to make room for said workbench. Another reason for Neanderism - I
don't have a *whole* lot of room for machines....
In the Real World, I work for AT&T (that's the once-and-future AT&T,
not NCR or Lucent...) doing Systems Engineering, which means I spend my
days going to meetings, giving presentations, and writing requirements
documents. Mike Fairleigh wrote that he "produces something that is
invisible, which all together fits on only a few feet of magnetic tape,
which won't be appreciated 2 years from now anyway" -- well, I write
the *specifications* for those things. So you can see how tied to
concrete physical reality *my* job is...
Dave Lewis
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