Lessee, where did this all begin?  Oh yeah.

Went to Old Salem, NC for vacation about 5 years ago.  Saw a gentleman in period
 dress working on the spring pole lathe.  Had a lot of wooden planes behind him 
which he very graciously showed me.  I remember he telling me things to look for
 before purchasing old tools.  There was a small cherry table there he had built
 finished in shellac that I just loved. 

While in NC we went to Durham and I picked up a book by Aldren Watson on Country
 Furniture.  I loved the furniture and the illustrations of the tools used to pr
oduce this furniture.

Then, back at home in the Atlanta area, I saw another book by Aldren Watson at H
ighland Hardware.  You might have heard of it.....Hand Tools.

Well, then things get real fuzzy and I can't remember so good what happened next
.  I do remember spending a bunch of money and turning the carport into a worksh
op.  I keep getting these packages of tools from people on the List and I assure
 you I can justify every purchase.

I am married with 1 child (2 ½).  I work as a pharmacist at a large hospital in 
Marietta, Ga (my place of birth & where I met my wife).  I have met several grea
t friends in my area from the List  (my wife looks at me real funny when I say I
 met him over the internet).  

Thanks for the List,
Mark 

Mark Keenum
Woodstock, GA
M-WTCA
EAIA

>I have met several great friends in my area from the List  (my wife looks
at me real funny when I say I met him over the
>internet).

Yup.  I admit that I often feel a little sheepish when I talk about
woodworking -- even more so when I talk about my woodworking friends over
the internet.  For us, it is a normal avocation.  For most everyone else,
its sorta wacky, a little mysterious, sorta dated. . . .  Maybe its partly
my age:  People stereotypically picture "woodworkers" as 60 year old white
men.  Maybe its also partly where I live, where people are more likely to
collect political buttons than patent braces (see the "p... b..." pattern
there?).

Just some random observations.

-Shannon

Oh, welcome, Mark.

Awright Shannon, I didn't want to say it but the conversation really went someth
ing like "you mean your're gonna spend the night in a motel room with a guy you 
met over the internet?"

Mark

>>> "Shannon Salb" ssal-@l... 03/24/00 01:45PM >>>
>I have met several great friends in my area from the List  (my wife looks
at me real funny when I say I met him over the
>internet).

Yup.  I admit that I often feel a little sheepish when I talk about
woodworking -- even more so when I talk about my woodworking friends over
the internet.  For us, it is a normal avocation.  For most everyone else,
its sorta wacky, a little mysterious, sorta dated. . . .  Maybe its partly
my age:  People stereotypically picture "woodworkers" as 60 year old white
men.  Maybe its also partly where I live, where people are more likely to
collect political buttons than patent braces (see the "p... b..." pattern
there?).

Just some random observations.

-Shannon

Oh, welcome, Mark.