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   pzaxtl | Nov 05, 2007 08:51am | #1

   Man, that must have been some sex!  I wonder if they give lessons? -- I've got some old furniture I'd like to get rid of...

   It's been two hours since I first read this and I am still laughing!  I've got a zillion responses I'd love to post but all of them would get me banned.

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   dherzig | Nov 05, 2007 08:15pm | #2

   Bragging will get you everywhere.

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   charlie4444 | Nov 05, 2007 08:25pm | #3

   Seems to me in very few words you've broken two codes:  the gentleman's code and the woodworker's code.

   Regarding the first, isn't discretion the better part of valor?  Or at least it used to be in most circles.....

   Regarding the second, you're a woodworker and you're tossing a perfectly repairable futon?.....because you don't have the time......?

   Oh shame.........

   editor's note:  the esteemed Bob of Kidderville helped with the spelling in the above...thanks, Bob!

   charlie -- "Count your blessings....it could always be worse!"

    

   
   

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   Edited 11/5/2007 1:47 pm by charlie4444

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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 05, 2007 08:58pm | #4

   disgression?

   Not discretion?

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   charlie4444 | Nov 05, 2007 09:43pm | #5

   LOL!   Ah well, blew it on the nickel word.  I knew it looked funny somehow....!

   Sort of a combination of discretion and digression........

   But I discress...

   Thanks, Bob!charlie -- "Count your blessings....it could always be worse!"

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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 05, 2007 10:08pm | #7

   Charlie,

   You had me for a moment. 

   Google disgression and it brings up some interesting hits.  I think the OP should repair the futon don't you?  I'm sure it can take a few more (s)miles!

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   oldbeachbum | Nov 08, 2007 08:59am | #17

   "Regarding the second, you're a woodworker and you're tossing a perfectly repairable futon?.....because you don't have the time......?"

    

   ...about breaking the two codes....you don't understand.  There's no time.  They have to get on with whatever it was they were doing,  but only somewhere else.

    

    

   Who said woodworkers don't have a sense of humor?...The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.  -Mark Twain...

   Be kind to your children....they will choose your nursing home.

   ...aim low boys, they're ridin' shetland ponies !!

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   byhammerandhand | Nov 08, 2007 04:31pm | #18

   Repair is simple:
   Gorilla Glue and pocket screws.Or not.

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   frenchy | Nov 08, 2007 10:16pm | #19

   byhammerandhand,

    I'd do it a little more elegant. I'd align the pieces and then from the bottom I'd take a forstner bit and bore up thru the break and into solid wood..  I'd then take a hardwood dowel that size and giving it a nice coat of yellow glue  slide it in place.. a little more yellow glue at the break point  and a clamp, Might take me less time than it would take to haul that out and load it up for somebody..

     You'd need a drill  with a largish forstner bit, some glue and a clamp.

     Be almost as strong as original..  

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   user-83153 | Nov 09, 2007 05:34am | #22

   Does the word gorilla have any place in this thread? Just wondering.

        Rob

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   Lataxe | Nov 05, 2007 09:49pm | #6

   Lee,

   Those stains will add character to the phoenix piece that emerges from the now defunct trysting couch, so the happy owner will be able to regale the company with a tale, inclusive of lurid details and even imaginative embellishments of a fascinating albeit unlikely kind.

   Lataxe.

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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 05, 2007 10:09pm | #8

   Lataxe,

   Thanks, I needed a good belly laugh today!

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   woodman2263 | Nov 06, 2007 03:05am | #9

   Mapleman, its been 20 minutes and I am still laughing.  Thanks for the laughter I so desperately needed tonight!

   Jeff

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   pzaxtl | Nov 06, 2007 09:00pm | #10

   C'mon, Lee, that was over the line.  Yes, the man commited a major faux pas, but his wife is completely the innocent party in this.  I doubt she even knows that her husband revealed details of their intimate moment to the world.  It's one thing to kid Wotan, but his wife should be off limits.

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   mapleman | Nov 07, 2007 12:02am | #12

   I have voluntarily deleted my posts since obviously you and Wotan have had your sense of humor removed.

   Have a great day guys!

   Lee

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   Hazlett | Nov 07, 2007 09:56pm | #14

   mapleman-----

    i don't see how the O.P. makes a post like that----and somehow YOU are the guy "over the line".

    i thought your post was funny!-- i mean the O.P. let's loose that kind of info on the internet-----wadda ya expect in response?????

    keep up the good work

   Best wishes,

   Stephen

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   dougmeyer | Nov 07, 2007 10:09pm | #15

   It is the modern way, peaple want to live thier lives with anything and everything being open (look at all the videos posted on Utube and other sites) but if anyone picks on them or cracks a joke at thier expence well that is over the line.

   Doug

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   mapleman | Nov 08, 2007 08:03am | #16

   Stephen and Doug,

   Thanks for the kind words. You guys have inspired me to post the photo of Wotan's girl again. After all, it's almost my 13th birthday;)

   Lee

    

    

    

    

   
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   pzaxtl | Nov 06, 2007 09:08pm | #11

   Well, what were you thinking?  So you've got a broken couch and would like to give it away for the lumber -- great!  That is all the information anyone needed.  What does it matter how the futon was damaged?  Your little detail added nothing to your post, or your predicament, but it left you wide open to all manner of snickering comments.

   Frankly, the best thing that could happen for you now would be for the sysop to delete the entire thread, which, frankly, for your sake, I hope he does.

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   Zappa | Nov 07, 2007 07:55pm | #13

   Nice  we did the same to an ottoman tore that up.... the ottoman that is   . I still have our Futon , it is over 15 years old  and now it is in the kids room...  Good Post.... hope you did not hurt yourselves.. LOL  Z

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   Tommo | Nov 09, 2007 04:39am | #20

   Well I must tell you, WOTAN, that I did enjoy your post.  I laughed.  Not gonna lie.  It is a great story (and admire your willingness to give away the remnants).  And I'm going to put it out there:  I'm was shocked to learn that there are those among us who were born without a sense of humor.  I cringe in the presence of such people.

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    danmart | Nov 09, 2007 05:29am | #21

    Hey Wotan

    Maybe you could put up a notice on the Bayside Dock or the Douglaston Dock for some of the sailers to use the maple on their boats out on the Little Neck Bay?? If you knew the boat, you could see it sail by with your futon. You could wonder if they are keeping up the legacy??