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49246 | "Adajian" <beavis@e...> | 1998‑09‑08 | Bio |
Hello fellow Galoots! I'm a new kid on the block, and thought I'd send some blurbadge on who I am.( Just in case anybody's interested!) I'm Gary Adajian, and I live in Bantam, CT., which is like a suburb,so called, of the town of Litchfield in the beautiful Northwestern hills of CT. I've been collecting tools for about 2 yrs. now, much to my wife's bewilderment, and I really find it quite fascinating.I've been to the Industrial museum in New Britain,(New Britain being the town I was born and raised in), And was a little disappointed at the amount of Stanley collectibles they had there. (MY #45 is MUCH nicer!) You'd think they'd give these people a little more support, but I guess being a monster business doesn't necessarily mean that you've got to remember where you came from! My trade is that of a toolmaker for the Torrington Co. in Watertown CT. A trade which I've plied for about 20 yrs. now. I think that a couple of the things that lead me towards old tools is:1) My grandfather was a carpenter by trade in Mansfield, CT., and 2) My love for designing and building my own furniture.I've found wood to be a MUCH more forgiving medium to work in than metal! Well, that's it, that's me, pleased to meetcha'! Gary A. |
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50750 | gunterman <john@g...> | 1998‑09‑30 | Re: Bio |
>I am responsible for the health and welfare of the Big Red >football and lacrosse teams. Ohh Ohhh ohhh... Any chance you know how to make a _real_ lacrosse stick? (bo-peep style) I mean like riving, shaping and steaming then weaving the stinging like it was done way-back-when? |
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50774 | Ed Bell <ed.bell@c...> | 1998‑10‑01 | Re: Bio |
Ron Banks wrote: (snip of fascinating bio) > BTW, any of y'all out there know the best way to get people > interested in takin' a turn on a pitsaw? I recommend you read Tom Sawyer, and study his method of drafting suck^H^H^H^H er, volunteers, to whitewash his fence. Welcome to the porch. Ed |
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50777 | Anthony Seo <tonyseo@p...> | 1998‑10‑01 | Re: Bio |
At 02:43 AM 10/1/98 -0500, Ron Banks wrote: > >BTW, any of y'all out there know the best way to get people interested in >takin' a turn on a pitsaw? > Beer, the answer is beer Tony ________________________________________________________ Two weeks at the flea market Without a single gimlet ________________________________________________________ |
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50782 | Ferdster@a... | 1998‑10‑01 | Re: Bio |
Tony, If you are serving beer while pitsawing, I sure would not want to be the pitman! Tut, Tut, Looks like rain, Frank C |
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50804 | Ron Banks <rbanks@v...> | 1998‑10‑01 | Re: Bio |
At 09:22 AM 10/1/98 EDT, you wrote: >Tony, > >If you are serving beer while pitsawing, I sure would not want to be the >pitman! > >Tut, Tut, Looks like rain, >Frank C So that's what those wide-brimmed hats are really for. Sounds like I'll also need to stock up on slickers and boots for the pitman--maybe even put in a french drain under his feet. Ron rbanks@v... |
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50822 | "Karl W. Sanger" <sangerkw@m...> | 1998‑10‑01 | Re: Bio |
In response to the question about how to get someone to work a pit saw, Tony suggested "beer". Well, for those of us here in Washington, DC, used to spending YOUR money on Champagne and big submarines, that wouldn't work. Now, if you put a nice female Intern on the top half....... Karl |
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50850 | "EFISHER.US.ORACLE.COM" <EFISHER@u...> | 1998‑10‑02 | Re: Bio |
Karl suggested: Now, if you put a nice female Intern on the top half....... no, no, no, the intern goes down ed |
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51064 | Ed_Balko@E... | 1998‑10‑05 | Re: BIO |
Jim wrote; " University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I have an MSc in Biology that was based on work on crayfish so that actually makes me an Astacologist" In light of this Jim, what's your position toward those who find crayfish to be tasty little devils? Ed Balko Middletown, NJ Been to Baton Rouge more'n once. |
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51077 | "Bill Clouser" <clouser@f...> | 1998‑10‑05 | RE: BIO |
I'm starting to feel sorry for Jim's wife and friends, > I have talked incessantly to my friends and SWMBO about planes, high > carbon iron, iron thickness, tight mouths and am starting to refer > to them by number like the #71 1/2 when he displays his full facility with the drive-by gloat, saying: > My only disappointment so far is > that SWMBO has turned out to be better at this, bringing home > more tools > at better prices than me (gloat). So, you sneak, I guess anyone with a helper like this, (Leach's dog comes to mind - no linkage with Jim's SWMBO intended), should be admitted to the Porch. We need to cultivate this art of choosing able and willing tool hunting companions. What's the trick Jim? - Bill |
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51080 | "Steve Kroser" <steve@p...> | 1998‑10‑05 | RE: BIO |
Bill said snip "We need to cultivate this art of choosing able and willing tool hunting companions. What's the trick Jim?" unsnip I asked myself the same question when SWMBO returned from an innocent trip to the fleamarket with the hands-down, butt-ugliest pair of miserable, rusted, cheek-broken, parts-missing, planes I have ever laid eyes on. She was so proud of herself that I didn't have the heart to tell her just how useless they are. Thank goodness they only cost $3 each, but I hope she never feels so generous again. Steve Kroser Fort Myers, FL |
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51119 | eoh@k... (Esther Heller) | 1998‑10‑06 | RE: BIO |
> > Bill said > > snip > "We need to cultivate this art of choosing > able and willing tool hunting companions. What's the trick Jim?" > unsnip > > I asked myself the same question when SWMBO returned from an innocent trip > to the fleamarket with the hands-down, butt-ugliest pair of miserable, > rusted, cheek-broken, parts-missing, planes I have ever laid eyes on. She > was so proud of herself that I didn't have the heart to tell her just how > useless they are. Thank goodness they only cost $3 each, but I hope she > never feels so generous again. > > Steve Kroser > Fort Myers, FL The real trick is choosing someone who will take some interest in your interests just because they are _your_ interests, and reciprocating with her interests. If you would like a hint from the "other" side ;-) I had a friend whose husband always brought her a flower when he came home from work on Friday. Unfortunately at first it seems he just grabbed a flower and didn't know how to tell if it was fresh or about to wilt. One day they were buying flowers for someone else and she told him what she was looking at while she picked out the stems. Seems she hadn't gotten an instant-wilt flower since.... I suggest planning a trip to any sort of antique mall where you know there will be tools but the owner isn't right there and inspecting the tools out loud, espcially for basic stuff like cracks or kinks in saws or woodies that are warped when you sight down their soles. The trip is not to buy something although you might, but to spend some quality time and gently transfer some information. If she is into anything particularly watch out for her doing likewise ;-) ;-) Esther eoh@k... |
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51129 | Jim Tremain <jim@s...> | 1998‑10‑06 | Re: BIO |
Crayfish are not commonly eaten around here. I used to occasionaly drive 1 hr down to Toronto to go to a hockey game, secretly I was going to the only seafood place that I have found that had crayfish. Last time I went they had taken crayfish off the menu :-(. Jim |
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51135 | Jim Tremain <jim@s...> | 1998‑10‑06 | RE: BIO |
Esther wrote: SNIP > The real trick is choosing someone who will take some interest in > your interests just because they are _your_ interests, and reciprocating > with her interests. Esther's right of course. One of the other ways is to find some common interest that links your separate ones together. One that works for us is that her family, including her 7 brothers, are not "handy". She would like our kids to learn that skill. My family does not, until recently this included me, have an appreciation for history. I would like the kids to have that. Old tools is one way of combining those interests. I also get some tools :-). Thanks for the welcome everyone. Jim |
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51137 | "Ron Harper" <harpie@n...> | 1998‑10‑06 | Re: BIO |
interests. > > Esther's right of course. Are you just learning that ? Esther is right most of the time. I'll bet a lot of guys on this list would give their spare # 5 to have a spouse who actually looked for tools for them. Never mind the condition, as Esther implied that can be taught. She is also right in that most streets run both ways Ron Whose SWMBO came home with a bedrock !!!!! 6420 > Biology, Univ. of Waterloo EMAIL: Jim@S... > Waterloo, ON, CANADA > N2L 3G1 > > -- > |
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51148 | HeyzaD@a... | 1998‑10‑06 | Re: BIO |
In a message dated 10/6/98 11:36:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jim@s... writes: << Esther's right of course. One of the other ways is to find some common interest that links your separate ones together. >> Let's see. Here's my spouse and I. He saves, she spends. He likes classical, she rock. He likes history, she likes new. She loved fashion, he doesn't care. Ad nauseum. Opposites attract. Love conquers all. Nineteen years of bliss. What can I say? Oh yeah. She thinks old stuff "smells funny". Dennis |
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