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  1. 19th January 2010, 10:20 AM #1
    windwood
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    Default G'day mates! From rainy, windy, cold California

    I always wanted to say "G'day mates" but was sure I'd flub it up (I'm originally a Yankee from New England so I don't quite have the right accent.....)

    Lets see; I started in the home building/ remodeling stuff about 40 years ago and did 2 years in a union shop, then did 6 years of designing, building and installing solar energy projects in New Hampshire. Always had a big barn and a big workshop for screwing around in (right, hiding in). We had the rug pulled out from under the solar industry by a man named Reagan and we all had find new work. I had a wife, 2 kids and a house so I started fixing computers. Spent the next 30 years doing that (without the barn and workshop), escaped, so here I am trying to put woodworking back on a front burner.

    4 kids, 2 grandkids and a series of jobs later, I'm on the net and find this great site! You guys (and women, of course) have put together a tremendous site and a fantastic forum. I'm happy to join and look forward to learning a boatload from yu'all.

    John Downey
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  3. 19th January 2010, 11:00 AM #2
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    Welcome to the forum John. Its always great to hear from our American mates.

    By contrast in my neck of the woods, it was 43 yesterday - that's 109.4 Fahrenheit - a tad too hot to do much else other than sit inside with air-conditioning ( and watch some cricket as it turned out) or go for a swim.

    Like you, woodwork for me is a wonderful release from my day job - I look forward to hearing more from you and hopefully you will be able to have enough time to pursue your hobby
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  4. 19th January 2010, 06:00 PM #3
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    Hi John, welcome to the forum.

    "The training of the eyes to know when an edge is perfectly straight or a surface is flat, free from winding, and straight, is a very important part of a lad's training."
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  5. 19th January 2010, 07:36 PM #4
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  6. 19th January 2010, 10:14 PM #5
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    G'day John and welcome to the shed!!

    Looks like you have had much the same diverse range of experiences as most of the inmates here. Enjoy your stay with us.
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    Welcome to the forum.
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    Cheers John
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