Hi,

I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.=A0 My name is Mike and I
am from Ohio.=A0 I make my living teaching Industrial Technology at the
high school level.=A0 For those of you who are old timers this is read
"shop teacher".=A0 I teach Woods, Machine, Welding, and Drafting.=A0 I
also supliment my income and suport my hobies by whoring myself out
doing general construction, remodeling, home repairs, and the occasional
furniture/cabinet making job.=A0

My hobies include: hotroding, woodworking, metalworking, tool colecting,
colecting toy cars, colecting old shop and tecnical books, colecting,
restoring, and using antique machine tools, and I also like guns though
I find it dificult to get out and shoot more than once or twice a year.

As far as my colecting goes I am a botom feeder.=A0 I get my stuff as
cheaply as I can.=A0 I rarely or ever pay top dollar for anything.=A0 I
love the .50 cent and $1.00 finds at flea makrets.=A0=A0 I approach all
of my hobbies in this fashion.=A0 I rarely resell what=A0I get.=A0 So
they never make me any money buying cheap.=A0 I genuinely love the
things I bye.=A0 Maybe my kid will bennifit from it all one day.

Mike=A0
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Mike, Welcome to the list. Shop Teacher? That certianly qualifies you as
an old tool, maybe even a dinosaur.
--
Roy Griggs roygriggs@w... www.shavingsandsawdust.com
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>those of you who are old timers this is read "shop teacher". I teach
>Woods, Machine, Welding, and Drafting. I also supliment my income and
>suport my hobies by whoring

They still do that somewhere? It's sad that so many places don't find
such things important to teach these days. It's reflected in a society
that has trouble changing lightbulbs :-(

> My hobies include: hotroding, woodworking, metalworking, tool
> colecting, colecting toy cars, colecting old shop and tecnical books,
> colecting, restoring, and using antique machine tools,

I bet it's fun to play at your house :-)

BTW, do you have a '57 Chevy (from your email address)? With this car
and the T-Bird, 1957 was THE year for automobiles in my mind.

--
Cheers --- Larry Marshall Quebec City, Quebec http://www.woodnbits.com
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