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In that connection, you may be interested to know that Homer J. Bunsen was buried a couple of weeks ago. He was 93 and his main claim to fame was that he was the man who invented the Hokey-Cokey.
He...

Which reminds me of the story of the publican who had a dog named Rover Rover was a real character and all the regulars loved him. He did tricks and was always entertaining.
One sad day, Rover died...

Sorry I haven't got a picture of this as I gave it away, but some time ago, I was making a chess set, and turning the king, I stuffed up the top, so I decided it was still big enough for a bishop-...

Farnk,
Just off the top of my head, when I read your post I couldn't help mentioning that My club, The Barwon Valley Woodwrights inc., have just bought a JET mini lathe for the use of the club, and...

Well,That worked! Now a couple more.
The first ones were: A general view of one of the display shelves,
The Female Schools First Prize:(Leaf tables) Free form Carvings by Tom Adair, A carved...

I am going to try to put some pics in. Keep your fingers crossed.

Another couple had just got married and were on their honeymoon. When they were undressing ready for bed, he threw over his trousers to her and said, "Here. Put these on."
She tried but they were...

Sorry, couldn't attach pic. Will try again later

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Put it in your clothes cupboard., the shavings, I mean. It will keep Silverfish, Moths and other nasties away.

Fellow walks into a shop.
He says "Can I have a packet of Irish sausages?"
The assistant says, "Are you Irish?"
Fellow says, "If I asked you for Danish Bacon, would you ask me if I were Danish?"...

As far as the originator of the first one- 'Little Boy Blue' It was me; the others were taken-(stolen) from a book, which my daughter brought me back from U.K. on a recent trip. It's called 'One...

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn
The sheep's in the meadow,
The cow's in the corn...
or
Dimunutive child of cerulean hue,
Come ullulate on your cornu
The bovine woolmaker is now a-lea...

Beautiful work, Peter.
I think this is the bowl (unfinished) which I admired when I was visiting Darwin a few weeks ago and called on you. Thanks for the hospitality, by the way.
Dendot.

Just thought I would share this with you.
My Son-in-Law aked me to build him a Dunny for the bucket on his unserviced bush block. He left the planning to me- so I thought I would design something...

Second try.

[QUOTE=dai sensei]Have you ever had a project that continuously goes wrong and you throw it in a corner out of frustration, only to return to it over and over again. Well this jewellery box for my...

You wait till you nod your- er-head.

I can't get any of it on my ancient P.C. (It runs on steam), but I remember a picture I saw of a street scene, showing a tennis match being played in a back yard. You could see the ball in mid-flight...

I remember seeing one of these about, I kid you not, sixty years ago!
A bloke brought it in to work to see if anyone could figure out how it was done. He had a pin through the middle so that you...

I stood quietly, one hand resting on the bed, gazing down at the slim, white shape before me.
My head was haze of sensual thoughts of what I was about to do.
I breathed hoarsely and a...

I was going to add some really pithy and relevant comments to this post-
But I forgot what they were...

I was going to add some really pithy and relevant points to this discussion- but I forgot what they were.....

When I was in the RAF we had a phonetic alphabet we used. I can't remember all of it but some goes like this:
A for 'Orses
B's for Honey
D for cate
E for the love a mike
F for vessence
Gee for...

How about this one? I photographed it at the Australian Woodturning Exhibition last week. They told me that it was done by a 90 year-old turner!!
I will try to enter picture.

Re. the above: Many years ago, when I was alive, I was fitting out the school hall across the road from where I live. The electricians had just finished setting up the Microphone system on the...

This is no use whatever, but it maybe of interest. I once sold my piano to the bloke next door, and when we went to deliver it, we found it wouldn't go through his door. As his house was almost the...

Just wish I was a bit nearer. I love lemon wood. I wouldn't waste it on chisel handles or anything else like that. It is a beautiful timber for turning; hard, close grained and finishes like ivory....

When I looked at your photo of the board, I thought I was seeing things!
I will try to enclose a photo of one that I made about a year ago. As far as I can tell, the only difference is that my...

Which reminds me of the carpenter on site who asked his apprentice to give him a measurement.
"It's two feet one and a bit." he replied, and the carpenter went spare. "What do you mean, "a bit" ?"...

A ninety-year-old man goes to his doctor. "Doc," he says "I'm getting married to a nineteen-year-old beauty and I want to start a family. What do you think I should do about it?" The doctor thinks...

Some years ago, I was doing some amateur blacksmithing- don't ask- and was all alone in the shop. I was trying to straighten a bar and I judged that one more good wack would do it. I put down the...

I am a Veteran and until fairly recently, the Medical officer for the D.V.A. was a bloke named Killer. True!

Just a slight change of subject- or is it?- I rmember reading that, in I think it was Sweden, some years ago, the doctors all went on strike- and they found that the death rate was halved- until they...

You missed out the one that says that no matter fast you are going in a car chase, you always have another gear to change up to!

I turned the pieces on the lathe, but the knights have to be hand-carved, of course, for ther faces. Have you noticed, by the way, how often knights, (in the Staunton pattern), are cross-eyed? Look...

Yes Oges, Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I meant the dark pieces were heartwood etc., and the finish on those were mainly shellawax.

Hi Craig L,
I have just finished a set of Cheese board, Fruit board and Bread board, ( with the appropriate knives, and I asked a knowledgable colleague about this. He recommended Grapeseed...

O.K. I suppose I might as well show (off) my chess board, which I have just finished.
It is all Blackwood; the dark pieces of heart wood and the white parts of sapwood.
Since I took these pics, I...

When I was in England some years ago, we were just driving around and came across a most beautiful little village, real picture-postcard stuff. My wife said, "What a beautiful place; what is it...

I don't know how many members are familiar with the U.K.Mag.'Woodturning', but they had an article on the late Tony Boase. apparently whern he died he had hundreds of blanks etc, ready for turning...

Just another couple of quotes from that U.K.Magazine I mentioned before:-

1. The assassination of President Kennedy was a very traumatic time for me. People thought I had done it.
For years...

Or, as my English teacher used to say:- "Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. Why do you chose such dull books to be read to out of from, for?"

Which reminds me of the one about the old biddy running through the nursing home. She would stop in front of the men, throw her skirt over her head and shout, "Super Sex!'
One old fella thought for...

Just a little story which I got from a U.K. magazine I read. It made me laugh:-
A little girl was sent to the Headmaster for using bad language.
He said, "What words did you say?" and she...

Just thought I would add my 2d.
Some years ago, we had a friend who was a member of the 'Weekend Soldiers' and he invited us to a Christmas 'Do' at the barracks. We turned up in our new Valiant...

"For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost..."

Does anyone remember 'TOWA' tools? Well, I have a good old belt sander, very handy for rough, tough work, and it's still in good working order,...

I don't know if this picture will show, but here goes.
My Son-in-Law asked me to make a Dunny for his bush block to house his Chemical toilet and I thought I would design something appropriate. Here...