>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.