New Year's Resolutions

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[Phisherman]

Find a new job. I've been unemployed for the entire 2004 year and I've been looking everyday to get an interview.

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 01:44:01 -0500, Silvan calmly ranted:

First, there's no "c" in mah name there. And second, if it's so glaring, why was it so hard to take as a joke?

I saw Dad the morning after his open heart surgery. It definitely had an impact on me.

[Tim Douglass]

*Nothing* works the same way as it did 20 years ago.

KnowwhatImean?

Tim Douglass

[Patriarch]

Silvan wrote in news:33pjmcF42vee3U2 @individual.net:

Stress does strange things to a body.

Patriarch

[Patriarch]

I spent several hours Saturday, cleaning and honing handplanes, so that they are neat, sharp and well-organized. This leads me to two resolutions:

1. Don't let them get into such sad shape again.

1. Stop buying every handplane of interest that comes along.

Patriarch, thinking that this is a year for chisels and gouges...

[Larry Jaques]

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:45:23 GMT, Patriarch calmly ranted:

Excellent idea.

WHAT? You'd leave poor, innocent, orphaned planes out on the street where they'd rust and fall apart? What a meanie!

There ya go. I'm either going to buy that gas welding outfit and make a slick out of a piece of leaf spring this year or buy an old one. As a tool coll^H^H^H^Happreciator, I am drawn toward the former.

[Patriarch]

Larry Jaques wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Well, at that price, maybe I'd be willing to give them a home. It's those sweet, new beauties from Lie-Nielsen and Veritas, and the quasi-antiques from the esteemed Mr. Leach's Olde Handplane Emporium that have to be avoided, at least until the checkbook heals a bit.

Yeah, bring them on in. There's a couple of rusty, orphaned planes for them to hang out with still, anyways.

Oh, and I have to be _very_ careful, when considering the work of that crafty Portland maker of functional woodart, Steve Knight. He seems innocent, what with his 30% off sales. Isn't that how a pusher makes new addicts? ;-)

Patriarch

[GregP]

You couldn't possibly know how much guilt this post lifted from my shoulders. Thank you, thank you, thank you.