(Bob Hall posted his bio on Saturday.)

Welcome, Bob!   You are about to be bombarded with email generated by FMM (First
   Monday Madness, or something like that), the once-a-month on-line flea market
 on   the OLDTOOLS list.   Look out for good deals and act fast (respond by priv
ate email   only)!

 Since subscribing to oldtools a few weeks ago I look forward now to reading my 
daily e-mail. 

I agree.   When the listserver goes down, there's a big emptiness in the inbox.

 I am trying to master the Galoot lingo and ask questions when stuck. How about 
IMHO & IMVHO ? 

Here are those and a few more common ones:

IMHO = In my humble opinion 
IMVHO = In my very humble opinion FMM = First Monday Madness The Porch = the OLD
TOOLS List Galoot = anyone on the porch IT = Independence Tools (makers of fine 
saws and scraper blades, more to come) MoA = Merchant of Ashby (Pat Leach) PRINY
 = Peoples Republic of Ithaca, NY

-- Michael D. Sullivan, Bethesda, Md., USA 
-- Email: mds@a..., avogadro@w...