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76665 | "Mark Keenum" mark.keenu-@w... | 2000‑03‑24 | Bio |
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 |
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76666 | "Shannon Salb" ssal-@l... | 2000‑03‑24 | Re: Bio |
>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. |
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76671 | "Mark Keenum" mark.keenu-@w... | 2000‑03‑24 | Re: Bio |
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. |
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