I think we were all appreciative of the photo, and had ‘instant’ understanding,
but we are all too well aware that it could have been any of us.  Or it HAS been
MOST of us.



and my old Mum (Mom, Paddy) said not to laugh at other people’s discomfiture.   






Been there, felt your pain, admired the colour (color) 



Richard
Finding it hard to get hold of milk paint here  and wondering what a Gragg
elastic chair can possibly be, and how it involves anything elastic.


> On 8 May 2021, at 10:53, Ed Minch  wrote:
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> If you have to explain a joke, it’s not funny - the color was last thing I
wanted you to look at.  It is “Old Fashioned Milk Paint’s” Soldier Blue with a
bit of black in it.  All of my other’s are either black or dark green and I
wanted something different.  Nancy Evans’ books note that yellow was very
popular, but I need to reserve that for the Gragg elastic chair I am making at
Don Wilson’s barn 3 months from now.
> 
> But thanks for the guesses
> 
> Ed Minch
> 
>> On May 8, 2021, at 1:56 AM, yorkshireman@y... wrote:
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>> But to anser Ed’s question, I was expecting you to have used that 18 Century
green, so you could add a couple of tiny spots to your planes and other tools.
It’s expected.  In fact, I thought it was the rules - green paint spots are
mandatory, with (dirty) white being the only allowable substitute.
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Yorkshireman Galoot
in the most northerly county, farther north even than Yorkshire
IT #300