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Some time ago I felt it time to leave the scene. But I've decided to fight again. How long I'll last is unknown, but I've started with sanding down a small table for refinishing. Bending over with...

Reluctantly I have had to face facts. With a heart that is only five to ten percent efficient (both sides have failed) I haven't been in the workshop since I last posted in early March about my fight...

G'day Kevjed,
Just want to say how sorry I am to hear how rough a time you have been having. I know everyone, including me tells you to stay positive but it's easier said than done. However experts...

Rod, I believe you had your tongue firmly in your cheek when you called me a medical phenomonon. I hope so. If I gave that impression, I am sorry.From the start I have stated clearly that there are...

Artme,
As I said, I am lucky in that mine is not clinical depression. It is just that occasionally I find it hard to keep up the fight to improve my fitness and the ability to actually do things. I...

Chambezio, Anyone who suffers from clinical depression has my full sympathy. I'm lucky that when I'm down I have fulI support. I also know that the most useless comment is " pull yourself together." ...

Ray, Just been thinking a bit more (blood must be reaching my brain). I have to admit I haven;'t turned wood for some time. Might have to dust off the lathe, sharpen a few tools and get stuck in. It...

TL, lateral thinking is a great idea. Problem is force has an equal counter force. If I try planing whilst hanging from the ceiling, I'll pendulum backward as I push forward. Could get seasick.
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Before you go and buy one, think of your budget; how you will use it; and most importantly how you will sharpen it. Many woodworkers buy a plane either new or in lousy condition and get frustrated...

get used to using a marking knife or awl for marking out, it leaves a finer line than a pencil and try to master all aspects of the handplane. Sand paper is messy, more expensive, because it a throw...

TL, Thank you for taking the trouble to offer what is basic good advice, I know a little about Tai Chee and know it's akin to isometric exercise, although it has differences. For me the problem is...

Christos,
You'd be amazed how much even a few simple words of encouragement can help. Like visiting someone in hospital. You haven't much to say and you may eat all the patient's grapes yet the...

Ray,
I looked up CMT in order to understand your problems. Got to admit life has handed you a rough hand to play. Makes me a bit shamefaced to be moaning about myself. I'm not usually a whinger and...

I'm still coming to terms with just how weak I am. Just spent the week flat on my back with low BP. Today I started again in the workshop. A little work with a chisel to fine tune a ply jig and I'm...

Thanks for the thought Allan. Looks like you've had your share of medical repair.
I'm not a depressive really. Fortunately I have excellent support, but occasionally I get frustrated at not being...

It's everything I have complained about for some time; the walking shot, the hand gestures, the pointless visuals. It alluded indirectly to puns. Everything on ABC news, from headlines to visuals has...

Fencepost2,

Great idea. Ok next problem is moving supine bed around the workshop on wheels. Have to work on that. Keeping the mind active is just as important as physical endeavour. Opens some...

Well it's Friday and a week since I started back in the workshop. Hasn't been the greatest week. High temperature meant low blood pressure so flat on my back for long periods. I accepted that but...

The whole argument about how much, if any, government regulation is necessary is a complex issue. Laissez Faire (leave things alone) was tried by the British in Victorian times and found to be...

Wife just put the kybosh on my afternoon workshop. Ah well, there's always tomorrow

Jerry

I'm still happy. Saturday I lasted half an hour and retreated because of the heat. Very low blood pressure means you can't take the heat. Veins and arteries expand and BP drops but you get used to...

Welcome Brian,

So you are inclined to break out in iambic pentametre? Shakespeare had that problem also. Heavy and rhythmic. To cure the disease try trochees taken twice a day.

Also saw a...

Thank all of you for your words of encouragement. It has been a great boost to me.

I managed to get into the workshop after a slow start. Blood pressure remained low and I had to lie flat on my...

Not a momentous occasion for most people, but for me it was a wonderful day. I actually went into my workshop for the first time in what has been a problem year for me. My heart was restarted in June...

i used the word in it's colloquial form where to be pedantic I perhaps should have used logic. That is the testing of a belief by examining known facts and from them deducing an outcome.

I am an...

We are entering the area of philosophy here. A religion is a belief; it does not have to be based on a supernatural being or beings. To those who followed Stalin or Hitler their belief had every...

I was thinking of evangelists. My original comment was a throw away line but like Artme I had in mind a very prevalent TYPE of evangelist --the demagogic type.

Demagogue
A leader of the people;...

I've been out of the workshop for over a year now because of heart problems and just deciding to get going again. I like the imaginative use of a thin contrast stripe. It shows sophistication and...

No need to wonder Artme. They just embraced evangelists.

We are all aware and angry at the way US banking bosses have behaved in this financial crisis but this example of greed is almost beyond belief.

Morgan Stanley vice president Richard Garaventa...

Every country and every culture has a streak of racism in certain quarters. It is a natural, ANIMAL response to something that is different, that manifests itself in suspicion and aggression. Most of...

Welcome Spit. Guys on this forum are from all over the world, and that's just the OZ ones. In character we are a bunch that ranges from quiet achievers up to self opinionated braggarts and all types...

Stay with it Ern and try to see exercise as a step forward, not a present burden. Rushing this note through as I prepare to go off for rehab this morning so I know how easy it is to get fed up. I go...

Thanks for the support friends. It came just when I needed it.

Tests of the pacemaker this afternoon were inconclusive. All morning I had been down with low BP and my wife insisted I went to bed....

I wonder what is Pastor Robertson's view of the earthquakes that the good ol' USA has suffered? Should I also throw in bush fire and tornadoes for good measure?

Reminds me of a hymn from my...

It's a funny old world. Here was I warning others about depression and virtually saying I was fireproof. I was brought up to believe in fighting one's own battles and not complaining was part of...

As long as a fence is straight and true, not prone to warping and smooth, any material will do. Most people use laminate faced MDF because it is easy to work, easy to obtain and cheap.

Jerry

Ladies and Gentlemen, this discussion is bordering on confrontation. Both are allowed in this segment of the forum I know but let us not get heated. People have "pet hates" and they should be seen as...

Acme,
Those prone to burst into tears were probably woodworkers like myself coming to terms with a future of limited workshop time.

But to be serious, an increased risk of depression in heart...

I reely must take my tongue out of my cheek. Obviously I spelt "necessary" and "occasion" wrongly because they are two of the most constant mistakes. Also, with intent, I wrote "corect" in the same...

In discussions about correct English, be it spelling or grammar, the old chestnut is always trotted forth. English is a living language and prone to change. In that, I agree. and it has changed....

WW, applaud your viewpoints, both of them but there are occasions when time is a constraint.

Jerry

Gil we are in overlap territory here. For my money it's turned and has a place in wood turning, but equally it's a clock. Perhaps it should go in both.

Jerry

Sorry- Haven't been able to reply for a while.
While I agree with you Ray that depression can be a killer in itself and Aussie I know a positive attitude is necessary to fight any down situation ...

katherine,

One extra thought. Put your question again on the restoration forum. Might get better response.

Jerry

If the box is old then the chances are that the glue used would have been hide glue. Hide glue is water soluble. I frequently use PVA glue on new veneering work and have little experience with hide...

Congratulations Tea Lady. My lathe is dusty as it hasn't been used for four years. Giving me the impetus to return to it. Question -- Did you use the point or the other end.? I spenmt some time with...

Well now Phil you have opened the floodgates on"Happy Christmas".
It's best you remember that you choose your friends but are lumbered with family.
The wife and I had one daughter together with...

STILLS? Can remember working in a school and asking the science department if they had any ethyl alcohol that I wanted for cleaning some video equipment. I was shown a large cupboard crammed with...

Just read that there is a study at present on depression in those suffering chronic heart failure. Apparently sufferers from CHF are more prone to depression than other heart sufferers. According to...