Welcome Ralph!

--- On Sun, 1/25/09, rrej1955@a...  wrote:

> From: rrej1955@a... 
> Subject: [OldTools] bio
> To: OldTools@r...
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 1:25 PM
> hi
> 
> My name is Ralph Johnson and I am a old tool addict, just
> ask SWMBO, something about having all these tools that I
> don't used much (cant buy anything else untill i make
> somthing). 
> 
> I have been hiding under the porch since about 2001, and
> thought it was time to come out and join in the fun. I am 53
> years young and live in Mansfield TX, a old tool hell for
> sure. 
> I had shop classes in Jr high school though I don't
> remember much about them now. My dad did built most of the
> furniture we had when I was growing up and? I still have
> most of it, but I was not into woodworking back then . If it
> didn't have a motor on it I had no interest in it.?
> 
> I have worked in and out of machine shops for the last 30
> years(hard to believe its been that long) and have been in
> aircraft quality control for the last 20 years. I have had 5
> surgeries in the last 5 years so I am just starting to fell
> like doing anything again,?that is the reason for the?the
> bio( found out live is to short). hope to start doing more
> things out in the shop again. You people have made the time
> I could not spend out in the shop more bearable plus I have
> learn so much about restoring and using old tools that it is
> time to use this new found knowledge.
> 
> thanks for all the laughs
> 
> Ralph
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