Mapleman and cscwem offered the etymologies of their screen names and cwcwem specifically suggested a thread on the topic. I like the idea, and it doesn’t seem anyone else has started that thread, so here it is.
MaxYak was originally intended to refer to my kayak (a Mariner MAX), in which I spend a great deal of my free time.
My wife has since pointed out that it refers equally well to my loquacious (nay, even gabby) nature.
Mike
To the man with a hammer, all the world is a nail.
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I started out on boating forums. My boat is a called a Quickstep.
Cherry is my favorite wood, but walnut is a close second........ Besides I am a little nutz!
Walnutz
PzGren is the abbreviation for Panzer Grenadier -- German for mechanised infantryman, which was what I did in a former life. I speak German reasonably well and spent a large portion of my career touring West Germany in an armoured Winnebago, so it seemed appropriate at the time I adopted it.....
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Tschüß!
James
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that...."
--A.C. Clarke
Jeanlou is a computer format of my name, Jean-Louis. It is less than 8 letters and worked well in Dos based systems. Today's operating systems don't really care any more, but the user name sticks like glue. JL
Love animals. We have two cats and a Bernese Mountain dog ( the cats name is colebear ). Been using colebearanimals as a user name for different online activities for years , so why change.
Paul
douglas2cats is my Indian name. Given to me by the tribal elders when 2 cougars were found raising me when lost as a toddler in the woods. A lot of the tribe was voting for naming me He-Talks-Much-Buffalo-Dung, but they took pity on me and douglas2cats won out.:-)
Seriously - it was just an attempt to pick a name not likely to be in use when registering on forums, ISP's, etc. Just makes it easier to remember my account name and password if it's the same one everywhere I go. douglas2cats1dog was a bit unwieldy so....
If you build it he will come.
I don't know, I'll have to ask my mom and dad since they chose it.
Rob Millard
But what does the "R" stand for?;^)Glaucon
If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...
I'm with Rob.
Polar Sea was last of four icebreakers (and last of eleven ships) I served aboard during 28 years of service.
Glad to hear about another fellow woodworker with connections to the Polar Sea. I was graciously given a tour and short sail aboard the Polar Sea when she was in McMurdo 97-98. I was there as a helicopter pilot in support of the National Science Foundation. I was very impressed with the intricate lashings on all the stairwell railings. I have also flown off the USCG Healy in Alaska in 2006. As always, professionalism and courtsey from the crew and Captain during our operations, Well Done
Greetings Willey Field veteran! It is nice to hear from someone that has spent time on the frozen continent.
Well, I grew up close to a little creek here in southwest FL, my business name is Joshua Creek Woodworks, so I just put the two words together, and there you have it.
Not much flair, but it works.
Lamadriver is a little misleading as I do not drive South American llamas but the rotary wing type made in France, the SA315B Lama helicopter. Until the French set the final overall helicopter altitude landing record on Everest at 29,000+ feet in 2005, I have held the North American altitude landing record at 20,320' since 1995 on Mt McKinley also known as Denali.
I'm with Rmiller.
Jack
My first choice for a name was already taken, so since I work for Miller I chose it as my name. It just came to mind when I was filling out my profile.
The day I sold my GI 50-185 and bought the Craftsman 22124 table saw, I took alot of ribbing from some rambunctious members on a different forum ....all in good fun of course! Two members actually edited their screen names to my real name (Scott Spencer), and had themselves a great time making phantom posts posing as me, saying I had bumped my head, was on drugs, was hallicinating, got drunk and bought the saw, was going thru a rough time, etc. At the time I had no idea who it was or that there were actually two of them posting. I laughed so hard I darn near choked, but it got confusing enough that I ended up edited my screen name to "Knotscott" so I could at least sort out my own posts that day! I never changed the screen name back, and it stuck...
Saw, that's what i do to pay the bills and nobody pays for what I've seen, only what I saw!
Saw
No Safety, Know Pain
Know Safety, No Pain
Have a good day!
Absolutely nothing! Just a bunch of letters thrown together in unpronounceable gibberish (which is why I like it!)
I decided to copy and paste my name explanation in case anyone missed it in the "frustration" thread
Cheers,
Lee
I think I was buying stuff on Ebay before I joined knots. My ebay id is "birdseyemaniac" because, well, I have an affinity for the stuff. Am I a specialist in the use of maple? Well, no, but I build kitchen cabinets for a living now, and that seems to be the wood of choice (at least it is when I tell them how much more it is to use cherry).
So when I first joined knots, I was birdseyeman (because birdseyemaniac was too many letters for the log in id at taunton)
Then, when they reconfigured the forum a while back, everyone had to pick a new name. I tried for "forestgirl" desperately, just to keep Jamie from getting to use it, but she beat me to the punch. (just kidding). I tried "mapleman" because it was shorter, and voila! it worked. Then there was a huge debate at that time about using your real name, blah blah blah, and so I started signing Lee at the bottom of my posts, because that's my real (middle) name, and that's what my friends call me. So anyone here is welcome to call me Lee, or mapleman, because I consider(mostly) everyone here my friend.
Some more insignificant trivia: Evidently all of the forums are linked, so what ever your screen name is at knots, it would be the same at breaktime, over the fence. etc (I did not know that at the time I picked the new name). Come to find out, some poor chap at "over the fence", taunton's gardening forum, was mapleman, and I stole it from him. He's not too happy with me. He calls himself " the real mapleman". That is an absolutely true story.
The name does have a double meaning in my case, as I also as a hobby collect and graft japanese maples. There are about 400 or so named varieties of japanese maple, and I have a little over 200 of them. My next door neighbor's dad came over last spring, and he swore I was growing pot. I had to show him all the little tags on each plant with the name. I really think he was contemplating calling the cops on me.
Nothing real interesting to mine. Perhaps I should change it. In any event, the first three letters are my initials: Patrick Michael Morris; and the last 4 designate my day job: trial attorney. So there it is. No big shakes. PMM
A combination of the two things I spend my time working on; Stained Glass and wood projects.
Well, Bobabeui as I understand it was somekind of fictional character or saying that Howard Stern (radio shock jock) used to yell out to badger callers (I personally never listened to Howard Stern).
Some coworkers used to affectionaly call me BOBABEUI, so that became my screen name (ps. all caps is yelling).
I live on a farm near the beach. Genius, no?
Figure it out . . .
Rich14 said:
"Figure it out"......ok...Your name is "Rich" and you were either born in 1914, are 14 or have really big feet!
Nah,
I wanted just Rich, as it's my name. Simple, huh? But it was taken. As were Rich1 thru Rich13. Thus . . .
I thought you'd gotten rich at the age of fourteen.
Well, yeah, there is that . . . but I didn't want to brag.
Mike and Becky Holden = mbholden
Years and years of playground fighting over being called "Heathbar, Heathbar, ....." took it's toll. No one ever dared call me Jeffrey except my mom. I guess it stuck, just plain ole' Jeff Heath.
Back to the closet.
Jeff,
Hey man, where ya been? Punished or somethin? I was fixin' to hafta post a "what happened to Jeff Heath" thread. ;)
Lee
It is mostly what I make. Once I figure out how to solve the problems, and build the jigs-n-fixtures, I usually loose interest in the project. All the assembly, sanding or scraping and finishing is just not as much fun as solving the problems.
I wonder if Boss Crunk will post and explicate some of his screen names.
Ed,
"I wonder if Boss Crunk will post and explicate some of his screen names".
My guess is that it's an anagram of "Cross Bunk". This is a particularly unpleasant form of applepie bed. I cannot discuss the nature of the unpleasantness here as the site-owner's are sensitive about that sort of thing, much to Jeff's disgust.
Lataxe
Awesome. Now when we Knotheads need a solution for a jig or fixture we cal call on you!
Thanks Man,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
This is my first post.
I am currently doing a graduate degree in University. My undergrad is a Bachelor of Fine Arts. I am currently working on a Master's of Fine Art degree specializing in sculpture. My thesis, in a contemporary art context, is building historical utilitarian objects out of cedar. I have built two WBC bee hives with half blind dovetails and copper roofs, a set of saw horses, a ladder, chair and plough complete with cast bronze blade and hardware.
My Dad is a cabinet/furniture maker and I learned all my woodworking skills from him. Part of my project is defending how my work as "Fine Art". It tends to be categorized as craft in contemporary art. I am reading people like George Nakashima and Shaker furniture, two examples that have been "accepted" as "art". Artists were once (before the Renaissance) artists because they were master craftsmen. Rodin for instance, was an artist because he was a professional stone carver. We have moved away from this concept and now an artist is an artist if he or she claims to be so (or markets themselves in such a fashion) regarless of thier technical skill.
It is my intention to move art back to the handcrafted. The feminist movement applied such a cause in the fine arts. They returned to quilting, needlepoint, and pottery. I am following a similar discourse. My work borders on the art/craft debate being both aesthetically pleasing and functional or utilitarian. Making everything out of cedar, and not the wood that my objects would traditionally be made of, is upsetting what is expected and creates further thinking and analysis from the viewer. This is one of the techniques I employ.
My Dad, being an amazing craftsmen, in no way thinks of himself as an artist in the traditional sense. It is my intention to demonstrate that what he does, and what I am doing, is indeed "art", and not solely craft. This is hard to explain in a short post. I am writing 25 pages to explain this, that I will make available upon completion for those interested.
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Edited 2/23/2007 12:03 am ET by FineArtMaster
Good luck in your program. Are you in your first or second year? Some of what you wrote made me smile..... knowing and remembering.... The first week I was in my program, into my studio walks one of the senior professors. He looks at the two sawhorses I built out of particleboard and asks if they are a piece. I was dumbfounded..... they were simply cheap sawhorses. He asked why I didn't consider them a piece of sculpture. It took me a year and a half to know what he was talking about. Oh.... those sawhorses were just sawhorses..... they'll never be art, at least, not art made by me. I keep my furniture and art very separate. Others get confused, but I don't. -- Sapwood, the part rejected by some
Dear FAM,
Good luck with your degree. You already know the problem of dealing with people who think that "Art is better than crafts", and who think they know the difference. Let me tell you a story. In 1971, I was in Dothan, Alabama, a small city that had just gotten its first stoplight, and is not known as th arts capital of the world. They have an "Arts and Crafts" contest every year. I had just carved an "American Eagle" out of a big piece of mahogany. It has an olive branch in one claw with leaves and 13 olives, and the other claw clutches 13 arrows. The branch and the arrows are almost carved "in the round". I was very proud of this piece (and still am). I got down to the show to enter my eagle. When I got to the front of the line, the lady said that I was in the wrong line. She said that Crafts is the other line, and this one is Arts. I told her that I wanted to enter the eagle in Sculpture. She said that was senseless since sculpture is done in stone, and that whittlin' is done on wood, and whittlin' is a craft. I mentioned that Michaelangelo had whittled a nice set of doors for a cathedral in Florence. She had no idea of what I was talking about. She said that I would be wasting my $5 entry fee to put my eagle in Sculpture. I told her that I would take a chance.Do you know who I was talking to?
Of course, she was the sculpture judge.
That year, in Dothan, they did not award a first, second or third place ribbon in Sculpture because she did not feel that there were any worthy candidates.I hope you run into more cultured folks, who understand the nature of arts and crafts, and how the two are intertwined.Best of luck,
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
I entered this eagle in a juried show in Salt Lake City 25 years ago. The show's theme was birds in all mediums. The jury didn't accept it.Art is very subjective.Leep.s. The eagle has a 24" wing span, 11 different woods, 392 pieces. This marquetry eagle is inlaid into birdseye maple.
Oops, attachment issues...,Try this one,Lee
Lee,
Thanks for responding to my message about my attempt to enter my eagle in a sculpture contest. Your eagle is gorgeous. Attached is a photo of mine. I am not proposing a contest between us. You win. I only wanted to give you a sense of my skill level. If I was to carve this eagle again, I would try to give it more motion and "life". You did a great job of that.In the past, you have given me advice on tool selection, and on sharpening. I really appreciate that.
Thank you.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
That is some nice whittlin'.To the man with a hammer, all the world is a nail.
Max,
Thanks for the nice words.
They are appreciated.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Different skills, different mediums, both excellent work.
TerryLee
You are a politician as well as a nice guy.
Thank you.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Just trying to give credit where credit is due. I was an eighth grade science teacher for 32 years and the worst thing you can do to a young mind is to extinguish that love of learning you see in their eyes. If I was there I would have throttled both those judges. You could have lost interest in your talent from one insensitive idiot. I had a student come up to me after about a month of school on year and ask me if she was talented enough in science to go to medical school. I told her I would be speaking a her graduation party from med school. Her 7th grade science teacher from another district told her she wasn't smart enough to go to med school. I felt like strangling the guy. This girl stood up at her graduation party from University of Michigan Medical School and told everyone I was the reason her had the courage to keep trying. Of course I stood up and said that being a brilliant science student, a bulldog worker and a real people person had nothing to do with her success. Keep working at what you love.
TerryLee,
I understand your feelings about helping students become confident. I always answer posts by newbies on Knots, and I give each one a good deal of personalized support. Knots is a great place for newbies to get a lot of help and support.
Thanks,
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
When I joined the forum I was drawing a blank as to a name, and every one I came up with was taken, so I tried what I do. I'm a Quality Control Inspector in aerospace. Tried Inspector but it was taken too! Put QC in front and it stuck. Not as entertaining a some but you did ask. Or maybe it's the way I tell it. ;-)By the way is there a way to look at a roster of member names? Might make it easier for people applying to see if their pick is on the list before they start to sign up.
I wanted to choose a name that was both callipygean and self deprecatory and being somewhat polyglot I choose "Citrouille" it means pumpkin and simpleton as well.C.
I probably have a few years more of hacking away at wood. I won't show you my early work, I think I've burned it all except for a napkin holder my wife keeps around to remind me of my humble beginnings.Nice work, though, Mel.Lee
Lee,
Thank you. Shortly before I carved that eagle, I bought a set of twelve Two Cherries carving gouges. Now I wish I had bought a couple of dozen sets of Two Cherries carving gouges. I could sell them on Ebay at great profit. Oh well. My original set has served me well. I am now augmenting that set, and enjoying carving.
Thank you for the kind words.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Hey Mel,
That Iggle is closer to sculpture than whittlin'. I've seen whittlin'...
Ray
Ray,
You must have learned from Bill Clinton. You can lie with a straight face. In any case, the eagle and I thank you. By the way, I won't be able to make it to the Tool Collectors meeting tomorrow. My wife had car troubles up in Maryland, and I have to drive up tomorrow morning and get her, and solve the car problem. If you go to the meeting, please tell them that I am sorry that I couldn't make it, but will certainly be there at the next meeting, so don't take me off of the list. Thanks,
Mel
PS - Today -- iggle whittlin. Tomorrow -- Chippendale whittlin.
I can see it now -- a special two-act afternoon at the Smithsonian. "The Three Tenors" (Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti), followed by "The Five Whittlers" (Lee Grindinger, Nora Hall, Chris Pye, Ray Pine, and Mel). Tell me that wouldn't sell out all of the seats. Oops, I just woke up. I must have been dreaming.Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
Mel and Lee,
Stop putting your junk on knots for us to view. I would be ashamed to own such abominations. So send them to me for proper disposal. :-) Advise me of shipping cost so I can send appropriate funds.
Seriously, the workmanship I see on knots, whether carving, inlays, furniture, cabinets, work benches, etc, amazes me. Your pictures I'm sure, don't do justice to the workmanship you have posted. Please continue to post some of your work. It inspires us woodworking fakers. Often someone claims to be a newbie and I really wonder if true, what will they do down the line that will amaze us. I'm sure that after 30+ years of woodworking, I going to learn how to saw a straight line. Surely someday!
BTW, my better half and I live in the woods overlooking a lake with the house rear deck being almost 20 feet above the ground which slopes sharply down! Thus a treehouse with an address. We spend many hours on the deck eating, drinking, and watching beautiful sunsets.
With me dreaming of posting a picture of that three legged milking stool I've been working on for the last six years. <grin>
A bad day woodworking is better than a good day working -- yes, I'm retired!
81,
It is quite an honor for someone to address a message to "Mel and Lee". Lee is an accomplished professional carver. I am a hobbyist. But thanks for the nice thought. It brought a smile to my face.Thank you very much.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Ahhh, a glutton for punishment, eh?Like Mel said, I do this for a living.http://www.furniturecarver.comLee
after woodworking, my favorite hobby is gardening, especially water gardening. From April to October, if I'm not in my shop, I'm usually puttering around the pond I built. It's the residence of several koi and a bizillion goldfish. At times I feel like one of the denizens, especially when I'm at frog depth in the pond. (frog depth == knee deep)...Recommending the use of "Hide Signatures" option under "My Preferences" since 2005
Mel,
I didn't make it to the tool meeting either. I'll be in the shop today, after I finish my coffee, and tomorrow too. Have a smallish cabinet to get done by Mar 3, (EEEK!) as it's a wedding present my customer is giving to her daughter.
Am planning to make the meeting in March, hope to see you there.
As far as Iggles go, have you seen the ones carved by Wilhelm Schimmel in PA?
Ray
Ray,
When and where is the next tool collectors meeting ? You said March. I will be in Big Sky, Montana from Mar 3 to 10. Don't feel sorry for me. It is a symposium. I put together a panel on robotics.I looked up Wilhelm Schimmel on Google. I have seen his work. Very nice. Folk art. I would call it "whittlin at its finest". I might even venture it call it sculpture, but as we know, that is a loaded term. I like his eagles. They seem more like loveable pets than fierce hunters, and protectors of the peace. Let me know about the collectors meeting.
Thanks,
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Mel, very fine bird-you must take a bow in the absence of a medal. What have you done with this delightful carving?Philip Marcou
Philip,
Thank you for the kind words. My eagle, or "iggle" as Ray Pine calls it, hangs proudly on the wall, as it has since I carved in back in about 1971, or it might have been '72. I believe it was my ninth carving. I had bought a set of 12 Two Cherries carving gauges, and I felt like I needed to prove to my wife that the outlay of money was not in vane. When I carved that bird, I hadn't had any training in carving, and I had no knowledge as to how to sharpen my gouges. I have come a long way since then, and I have come a lot further because of your recent advice on judging sharpness, and achieving a useful degree of sharpness. I do appreciate your help. Again, thank you.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
Crosscut SawFrom the Albert King song. Big influence on my guitar playing. :-)
[Avoid schadenfreude]
A name I picked up packing in the Yosemite back country. It appealed to me for its interesting spelling, and now reminds of the peaceful wilderness and a desire to return.
My initials, I used to bo skidoo, because that is what I drive, but thats to close to my secret name, and my wife made me change it.
Elcoholic - as in El Camino-a-holic. Came up with it to describe my additiction to my the restoration of my '65 El Camino a few years ago.John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking
The more things change ...
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Petronious Arbiter, 210 BC
Came up with it to describe my additiction to my the restoration of my '65 El Camino a few years ago.
I love the front end on those!. The '66 too. I always preferred that front end to the much more popular 67 front end made famous on the Chevelle.
My first car was a 63 Nova SS with the 283 motor and 5-lug running gear from a 64 Impala SS. Bought it as-is from the guy who did the work... and who had wrecked his mom's 64 Impala SS and thereby came up with the stuff to convert the Nova from it's stock 4-lug, straight 6 configuration. LOL
I only owned it about 6 months. My older brother wrecked it and I ended up selling it to him.
Come on! Everybody knows those Chevy's only really want to be a real muscle car, like a 69 Dodge Charger R/T with a 426 hemi or 440 Magnum........<g>
God, I miss my Charger.....
Walnutz
Best Chevy I ever owned was a 63 Impala SS. Nice cars.
The computer at work cant spell my name. It just prints AB on everything.
A. Brian Blackburn
Back in the early 70's easy rider was big. My last name is so hard for people to pronounce. So Bogart was just easier. It stuck. Don't Bogart that jo_nt my friend. :-)
what is your surname?my screenname, espalier is a reference to the kind
of fruit tree pruning i want to spend my time doing.espalier pruning is training fruit trees into formal
shapes. also to my day job as a farmhand
fo a small fruit farm.nathan carpenter beauregard
(family name, realy)
Those old Chevy's are a whole lot of fun. But they're no more a match for the late 60's Chevy's then they are the late 60s Mopars. Now if you wanna talk apples to apples then one might be tempted to suggest one of the handful of 68 or 69 Cameros lucky enough to be shipped with the ZL-1 427... <bg>
Ah, yes..... I remember seeing one or two of those in my rear view mirror as I was blowing their doors off. LOL
The good ole' days of hotroddin!
Walnutz
Had a '69 Camaro SS, 396/375hp, tuned aluminum headers, 4.11 rears, Holley 4 bbl w/Edelbrock alum. intake. Use to blow the doors off 427 Vettes down at Revere Beach Parkway in MA.
Then I settled down and bought a family car - '70 GTO Judge!
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
I'm not surprised. The Camero was a much better platform for drag racing than the 'Vette was. Which is why I suggested one of the Camero ZL-1's instead of the more famous "Vettes with the ZL-1.
Of course not every motor/car combo made sense for drag racing either. The Mustang King Cobra was a great example. Righteous 429 motor that was tuned for oval tracks rather than drag racing. Ended up with a not entirely deserved reputation as a dog on the street because of it. The motor didn't really start to hum until it hit 7500 RPM - not much use on the strip or street where instant power usually won the race.
The 375hp 396 was a really sweet engine. I had a buddy whose first car was a big ol' 69 Caprice 4-dr with one of those in it. Man that car was a LOT of fun. Went through a few sets of tires in not very much time. For a big old boat that thing could really scoot!!
ctsjr are my initials--named after my dad and I'm proud to carry it. The 82--would you believe like Rich14, there were 81 other ctsjr's out there? No? Ok, it's my class year from A&M. Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"
Best chevy I ever had was a halfton pickup, red, 230 inches,6 cylinder, four speed
I'd have taken any of the 1st A Body Elco's from 64 - 67, but my favorite as is also the case with Chevelles is the '66. The 67s look a little too busy, like maybe the Pontiac guys had a hand in it. The guy that did the work on your Nova sounds talented. Those Chevy II's front ends were trash and really needed a lot of work. I had a friend that turned a 13:65 one night back in the day at Lyons with stock suspension, tires and an open rear end. It was definitely a wild ride! John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking
The more things change ...
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Petronious Arbiter, 210 BC
Nice looking ride! I've got a woodworker friend who last I knew had a 66 Elco that was his daily driver. Badly needed restoration. But it was straight and all there.
The Chevy II's had a well earned reputation for being a wild ride because they were so freaking light weight. In fact the guy who sold the Nova to me warned me that it was a potential death trap. Mine had the unmodified 283 coupled with a Saginaw 3-speed manual tranny with a clutch disc that had seen much better days (slipped pretty badly when you really goosed it). Even so, I could start at a dead stop on a fairly steep downhill slope, drop the clutch and light up the back tires at will. And by "light up" I mean really smoke 'em! It was a lot of fun and impressed all my teenage friends.
These days the hot setup for Chevy IIs is Mustang II front ends.John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking
The more things change ...
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Petronious Arbiter, 210 BC
My buddy Eddie said I work like a coolie, hence jeffysan.
Youngest of family of ten. Mother gave all of us pet names, never been known as anything else since then 1939. Very few people know my real name which is Eugene .Hasent done me any harm in 68years 69 the 25 th March.
jackplane, the workhorse of planes.
Expert since 10 am.
I'm an earth scientist, specializing in permafrost.“Expectation strolls through the spacious fields of Time towards Opportunity.”
Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before
Trackersoft -- Tracker Software -- we have been doing database software and network service for 12 years. We are going to launch a new social network site targeting an older group than myspace and youtube -- trackersoft.com -- in the next 45 days.
Scott
"targeting an older group than myspace and youtube "
Ah, then you're going after the pre-pubescent kids, huh? ;)
Older, as in the obsessed with naps and soup crowd?
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
My web name is Woodshepherd. It seemed like a natural. I am a clergyman and the Sr. Pastor of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Grenville Christian College in Brockville, ON, Canada. I am also a passionate woodworker. The similar name of "Wood Shepherd" then morphed into the Woodshepherd. Neat, eh!
- Woodshepherd
My son's number when he played TE in college. Mine was 55 ( center ) in college, but he is more important to me then me.
It's a reference to the job I do now as a environmental rehabilitation tech. Basically I work in the mud all day, taking sample of contaminated soil, hence hog. Also, like a lot of others, I was trying to find a screenname that wouldn't be already used.
Good thread, have a good day.
Rehab.
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There was this bell that had a crack in it that looked just like a smile.. Some called it a smiling bell, others called it a grin-dinger. I lived in the shadow of this bell, on the leeward side so I chose the name lee grindinger.
Lee
I compete in an offroad motorcycle sport called Observed Trials which I am just a little nuts about. OK, obsessed about. Use it for just about everything in the computer world.
The Professional Termite
My screen name means Joe Sullivan
JJV=John J Viola
My initials print out on everything at work, and people have called me by my initials all my life. I used to be Johnniev here but when they switched and I had to pick a new name, I went with the easy one.
Boring? Yes. I kind of wish I just used my name.
Maybe someday I'll know a little something.
MY,
Lataxe is the Cumbrian word for a froe, a crude tool consisting of a large, straight, downward facing blade on the end of an axe handle, used to rive green wood. The handle is used to position the blade over the end of the log/billet and then the blade back is walloped with a heavy knocker (a crude mallet). The wood begins to split so then you extend and steer the split by leaning on the handle, one way or another.
That is, I am a crude tool that you hit with a blunt instrument; then I rive everythang to to my liking, especially the information from Knotheeds.
Lataxe, a split(ting) personality.
Bioman = Profession; Biomedical Engineer
Evolved from other non-woodworking websites
Appropriately enough, my shop's in Boardman, Wisconsin.
Mike,
I guess that I got this all started with I asked mapleman what his name meant, and I explained mine to him. When someone suggested doing a thead on what names mean, I didn't think it would go over well. I was wrong. This is quite interesting.
When I signed up for Knots, I had no idea of what I was getting into. It asked for a screen name, and I just entered the number on my street address. Not very creative. I have thought of changing it, but there has been a lot of static about people having two names, or changing their names, so I just left it alone. Most of the regulars seem to know me as "Mel" now, and that's my name.
How I got my real name is more interesting. Not many Italian boys in my neighborhood named "Melvin David". It turns out that my parents wanted me to be a priest, so they named me after the one priest in the extended family. He was an Irishman named Father Melvin Cowan. How many Irishmen have you know with a first name of Melvin?
When my parents went to have me baptized, the priest asked them my given name. They said "Melvin". He said: "There is no Saint Melvin. So pick out a middle name which is more Catholic." They came back a week later, and said "Melvin David". For some reason, the priest decided to stop arguing with them. And that's how a little Italian boy got the given names of "Melvin David". So far, I haven't run across any others. :-)
Have fun. It is great, getting to know all of you a little better.
Mel
PS I can't wait to find out how Sgian Dubh picked the nickname "Richard Jones".
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
There was a dog of course.
Found as an emaciated puppy under a truck in the rain.
Sammi also had a couple memorable encounters with automobiles.
First one she was in the truck during an accident, lost one eye.
Many years later got clipped by a car, lost her tail.
No matter what happened was always happy.So we started calling her the IronDog cuz she was so indestructible.
She finally did pass away from old age and I named my business after her. IronDog Design.I also liked how it referred to bench dogs, which were sometimes made of iron!TomP.S. - The picture in my profile is Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord). I love Hawaii 5-O and the quote below is from a particularly bizarre episode.You Don't Know.
You Don't Want to Know.
You Aren't Going to Know.
Being in a bagpipe band I can answer the Sgain Dubh question, But will leave the honor to him.Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Steve Pickett is my name, nickname was 'pick', have always done design..........
Have fun
Just who I am, Almost made it drumsgt. since that's the position I hold in a Bagpipe band.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
I worked as a chemical formulator in the printing ink business for a number of years. Name has stuck with me ever since.
Tim
IM,
I thought your name might have printing ties. I spent the better part of 18 or so years in printing myself. Ran 4,5,6 color sheetfed presses, bindery equipment, and for a few years before I quit I was production manager of a fairly large shop. Don't miss it a bit, though the money was really good.
Cheers,
Lee
Maple-I was involved with printing for over twenty years, and like you, I don't miss it either. Most of my time in the biz was spent working with/developing sheetfed inks. Pretty high stress environment and I'm glad I'm out of it. Can't seem to shake the name though.
Tim
Mine's real easy, It's where I live.Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
As a boy, I had a job as a doorMAN at a movie house. Now that I'm a man in the door business I am known as doorBOY.
"Roger Staubach for President"
can't sleep clowns will eat me...
can't sleep clowns will eat me...
can't sleep clowns will eat me...
You can blame the kin folk from Ireland, then my fadda, then my mudda, and the rest you can blame on me.It’s all in the name.
Mine isn't as creative as most others. My name is Steve and I live in Kingwood....Exciting isn't it?
May I confirm that I am not an official expounder or doctor of Mohammedan law. Other meaning? Meaning mifut!
My last name is Melin -- properly pronounced 'muleen' ( phonetic spelling). Somewhere around the third grade the denizens of Waite Park Elementary School found the mispronunciation hilarious and , when I was not amused , dubbed me Melonhead.--- Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger --- Nietzsche (I've been told.)
Bill
Dear canoe, as most have fessed up, so shall I. As a young lad in "Sou't Brooklyn " , that's in New York City, in the 50's and 60's I was a fairly accomplished participant in pocket billiards. Given that I have a penchant for ALWAYS wearing a hat (not a CAP) as all gentlemen wore a HAT,a felt grey -brown or black with fine dress and an Aussie/gaucho/smaller western for dress down in the cooler months and a Panama-real ones- between Memorial/Labor days. -thus-
The manager (aka, house man) of my local billiard emporium (pool room) who sat at his post (the house desk with time stamping clock) in front of the #1 house table (where the crowd and the action were) would as I came through the door, announce that "DA HAT'S HERE!" .
So my appelation is a NY varient of "Patrick the hatter has arrived". Which is much better than hearing " free money-your FISH just came in" which has been said of many but at a much lower volume.
All the best (I'll give ya the 8 and one on the wire) Paddydahat.
I'm Rich from Kalamazoo, my close friends and a few of my relatives call me Richie.
Parents & Grandparents form Sweden & Norway, Parents grew up in an area of Seattle called Ballard -lots of fishing boats - I grew a beard in my 20's & parents & Grandparents said I looked like a Viking & thus I work with wood so if you say wood with a Swedish accent you get Vikingvood.
My first name is Paul. My sister teaches high school Spanish and refers to me as Uncle Pablo to my nieces and nephew.
-Paul
Sarge P" Co. 75th Ranger Regiment.. Viet Nam.. given the name at my part time work because of above and I still Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo everything in phone conversations involing number and letter combinations....
grinder.... if ya run into me at a poker table
47'... Delta-Oscar-Bravo
Was just SARGE before forum switch, took a break and when I returned the SARGE had been taken.
Regards..
DOB '47? Gosh, Sarge... you don't sound a day over 50...And sincere thanks for your service,Glaucon
If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...
Well.. thank you Glaucon! I would do it all again if the "you know who's" invade the U.S. with paid for with oil rubber rafts. I'll be waitin' on em barefoot on the sand in Daytona Beach, Florida. And don't get any ideas.. I've already staked a claim to guard the "hot dog" stand there during "college spring break". he.....
Seriously thanks for the recognition. When I got home from Nam in 69' they weren't't doing parades! I planned to hitch-hike from Atlanta airport to my home in a metro county 30 miles away. I stood on the side of an express-way ramp with my thumb out for two hours in my Class A uniform and low quarters and nobody even slowed down. Quite the opposite. We weren't too popular with the then liberal home crowd it seems.
After two hours and no ride.. I opened my 65 lb. duffel bag (my sole possessions at the time along with about $45 in my pocket) and changed from Army Class A's to a set of jungle fatigues and jump boots I in-herited after being dis-charged on my return from VN. Changed right there on the ramp.. threw my duffel bag over my shoulder.. made a comment to the effect of "everyone can kiss my southern *a*s" and humped on foot the 30 miles home in 7 1/2 hours. I never had expectations of one thing from anyone from that point forward.
The nation hopefully learned a lesson in VN. I learned what turned out to be a valuable personal one just after I got home! ha.. ha...
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
Good evening Sarge,My recollection at the time- I was 15 or so- was that the country had become very polarized and there was very little room in the middle. People in either camp were convinced of their righteousness and were unable to see the weaknesses in their own positions. The antiwar movement was enraged at the continued fighting and did things like waving NV flags to express their contempt- explicitly endorsing a system that would never have tolerated them... while the other side made dire predictions of falling dominoes, and engaged in dirty tricks. In the end "they became what they beheld"... and they forgot those who carried the heaviest burden of the war (and still do). Saigon fell before my number came up, but I have spent a fair amount of time caring for veterans and I can say that they are unfailingly the most appreciative and stoic of patients. I sure hope we do better by them this time around, but I'm not encouraged thus far...BTW Glaucon means "the grey one". He is a minor character in Plato's Republic.Glaucon
If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...
Glaucon...
I know you are a physician or your work is related to that field. Sounds as if you have either worked or donated time in Veteran's Hospitals. For that I will thank you also for helping my less fortunate brother's in arms.
I have been very fortunate as my 47 yr. old "First Lady" is already retired from MIS @ State of Georgia Mental Health. We have a carry over of Kaiser Permenente and I have not had to use a Veterans facility. But it is unfortunate that some have no other alternatives with better facilities.
Funny.. men are attracted to the glamour of fighting and war at an early age. Most will never see the realization and will carry that fascination with them till the last breath. But the reality that they will never understand is that there is no glamour and in actually it can create heavy burdens mentally as a side effect. All in the name of "duty" and with the tag line of "we were soldiers once.. and young"... and perhaps stupid as to what the dividends would eventually pay.
Again.. I have been very fortunate personally. Where many do not have the mental make-up to shoulder the actual horrors of what those that have not been there think of as "glamorous", I treated it as a business. And trust me, it's a very "cold blooded" business indeed. I was able to execute when utmost execution was critical but not carry those burdens with me when the battle-field was nothing but a memory. Not a good memory.. not a bad memory.. just a memory!
Two bronze stars for valor and a purple heart (for being stupid enough to stand in the path of Russian rocket propelled grenade shrapnel in the name of "duty") latter... I don't expect a "free ride" or even free coffee. I can walk around the block any old time on my own two feet and even tip heavily after I pay the waitress for the coffee... and still muster the courtesy to sincerely say "thank you ma'am".
As for the benefits I receive, the State of Georgia does give "free" drivers license to veterans, but on the other hand charges me a fee for a concealed weapons permit and for only $75 I can get a personalized Viet Nam Veteran's tag or Purple Heart tag. Imagine that.. but no thank you sirs, a regular tag works just fine on my vehicles. ha.. ha...
And you might answer a rather puzzling question for me as I am certainly not a doctor. That's for sure. I did attempt to repair a ripped open jugular vein once that resembled "old faithful" with each heart-beat.. but was only paid the standard $13.88 a day Sargent's pay which included the additional $55 a month combat pay. They didn't give me any additional medical pay. Probably because unfortunately, I lost the patient.
The question is.. how can I have a 111 cholesterol count and end up having to have a stent put in my left leg to open up a blockage of the Iliac artery feeding blood to my leg? Not sure how the American Medical Journal explains that? My best guess as a non-combatant at the emergency room is well.. ugh.. hmmmm... "go figure"!
BTW.. don't know where I can get a "free stent" in case I need another in the future do you? Just kiddin' of course.. :>)
Again.. thank you for your services rendered to my brother's-in-arms! May you and your family be truly blessed. My lovely lady handed me a pocket full of cash and told me to go get some wood or tools and get off her computer. I love that woman even though I don't know why? Other than being younger and good looking... there absolutely has to be more! ha.. ha...
Highest regards my friend...
Sarge.. john thompson
Sarge,
You sound a lot like my dad. He lied about his age and joined the navy at 17 to fight in the korean war. Served aboard the destroyer William D. Porter (DD579) which was sunk by a kamikazee plane. He received a purple heart for injuries sustained. He also refused to get the purple heart license plate, shrugging it off as "no big deal".
To you sir, I tip my hat. And my offer to miller stands, I'll front for half of your purple heart license plate. Just my way of saying "thanks" to someone who served this great country without asking of anything in return. This country needs about 4 million more of you, and 10 million less punk kids with their underwear hanging out because their pants are riding too low.
Have a good weekend, Sarge.
Lee
BTW, does that wife of yours have any younger sisters?;)
Ron, plus the zip code from where I live. Peabody, Massachusetts
At tender age of 71 I'm enrolled in local community college woodworking program. Non Teaditional Syudent doesn't fit FWW screen name rules so there you have it
Bob is my usual life handle. Backwater is a river/canoeing term for where the river travels back against the current, usually at the bank. Also for off beat, out of the way places. I was waxing poetic when I first went online. I love to get out of the rush and fury of life and just drift, watching it from the quiet backwaters.
Morning Mapleman...
Sorry to not reply till today, but was busy all day in the shop till 4 PM this morning. Up-grading safety on a Uni-saw I purchased just for ripping. Video at 11..... :>)
Kudo's to your dad! And he's absolutely on target with not wanting something to be handed to him. I want get into those pants hanging down below the crack as I have finally.... finally raised my 20 year old. Ahh... but we did go through all that with the "First Lady" as the referee and mediator. And we won't mention Rap either as there is not enough time in a 24 hour day. ha.. ha...
Again.. thanks to your dad for serving. But even more important is that it sounds as if he has raised a fine young man (maybe several) after the fact. And I"m making an un-educated guess that he did so putting his family before his own needs!
A big howdy to all the good folks in the great state of Mississippi. Haven't been that way since Katrina, but I know the folks around the Gulf have their hands full re-building. Got a lot of customers in the "muscle car" business over your way and get first hand reports.
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
Sarge,
You sound like a lot of fun. Next time I get up to Atlanta I'll have to look you up and we can talk cars and wood. BTW, what exactly do you do in the muscle car business? I'll be looking for someone to hot rod that '66-'69 pontiac GTO if I can ever find one for less than half of the cost of my house!
As far as raising kids, I feel your pain. My oldest girl just turned 20 and moved up to Missouri with a friend, my youngest girl is 15 going on 30. Gotta love 'em.
My mom lives in Slidell, north of New Orleans. About 10 miles from Lake Pontchartrain. Took 7 feet of water, no flood insurance. Never needed it in 42 years at that house. We just finished the floors, I have the cabinets built and will be putting them in next week or so after the appliances show up. The day she moves back in will be a party to end all parties!
Great talking to you as always, Sarge.
Lee
I am very familar with Slidell as you gotta come through from Biloxi and Gulfport to get to the Easy. You guys got KO'ed in that area and it will be years before a full recovery.
Good luck on getting back to normal to all you folks on the Gulf coast!
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
Sarge, you fought in a war that although unpopular in the end was at least recognised. There is a person on this forum who fought in a bush war that was just as nasty as any but these people were not recognised by the outside world. That is painful-especially when latterday events expose the true nature of "the other side".Philip Marcou
Philip,
<<There is a person on this forum who fought in a bush war that was just as nasty as any but these people were not recognised by the outside world. That is painful-especially when latterday events expose the true nature of "the other side".>>
Would you be referring to the nastiness that caused a name change for your former home?
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Philip,
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--A.C. Clarke
Philip:I might be able to guess which war you mean. I have a friend who was the chief trainer (horsemaster) for the Greys Scouts--a unit you may recall. He and his wife tried to stay on after the settlement, but that neo-Stalinist monster made life unbearable and they left -- losing all. Joe
<"The question is.. how can I have a 111 cholesterol count and end up having to have a stent put in my left leg to open up a blockage of the Iliac artery feeding blood to my leg? Not sure how the American Medical Journal explains that? My best guess as a non-combatant at the emergency room is well.. ugh.. hmmmm... "go figure"!BTW.. don't know where I can get a "free stent" in case I need another in the future do you? Just kiddin' of course.. :>)">Hello Sarge,I'm afraid I don't know of any free stents... but I hope you won't be needing any more.You are right about my background, I am a cardiologist and have done work at both VA hospitals and at some homeless shelters, where some very poor fellows have ended up. They are not typical, but seem to have been forgotten by many...As for the explanation for the mystery behind your iliac stenosis (blockage), the condition that you are describing is called peripheral vascular disease. There are a number of risk factors for it, especially smoking. Quitting cigrettes is probably the single most important thing to do to prevent progression of the disease, because continued tobacco use correlates strongly with worse outcome and even amputation. So if you are a smoker, you should quit...The other things that are risk factors for PVD are hypertension, diabetes, family history and cholesterol. Control of all of these improves outcome (I'm afraid a traditional southern or even American diet doesn't help). As for cholesterol, it's generally the bad cholesterol or LDL that correlates with disease. It should be less than 100. The good cholesterol or HDL should be 45 or more. Diet and medications ("statins") can lower LDL; exercise, red wine and a few medications can help increase HDL.The last thing: PVD can also correlate with changes in the arteries of the heart (coronary artery disease). That means if you have had PVD, your chances of CAD go up. So you should be checked out by a cardiologist, and probably have a stress test.Take good care my friend... wouldn't want anything to happen to you (never know when I might need to buy a tablesaw or something... who could I ask?)Glaucon
If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...
Thanks Glaucon..
Basically the same things my cardiologist have told me. Haven't done the southern food for years (miss it) and don't do fast food. Rotate daily between salmon, tuna and sardines daily and eat tons of vegetables. If it sprouts from the ground, I love it. Not one I can think of that I don't like.
Family history is not on my side. Dad died when I was twelve at 49 with a massive attack (southern food no doubt). Have had the hypertion but control it pretty well. Didn't smoke till I got to Nam and yes... it's my time to quit. Haven't had alcohol in 20 year but do about 3 oz. mixed with grape juice nightly. Tons of fiber as I eat at least two baked potatoes, beans and raison bran covered with flax seed daily. Throw in my lunch at work of 3 honey mustard sandwiches (sometimes I just do whole wheat or rye sandwiches and hold the honey mustard :>) so my diet is probably better than most. My last check got a read of 111 with LDL 57.The program I am in at Kaiser allows me to check it every two months.
Smoking is most likely the main culprit and I have cut to 10 daily with 1 dropped every two weeks since December.... no excuse sir!
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
Keep it up, Sarge. You are making progress. I'll keep you in my prayers. Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"
Good luck Sarge... if it doesn't work out (the quitting, I mean) talk to your doctor. Threre is data that your cahnces of successful quitting are higher with a combination of "cold turkey" + medication. This will be my last bit of unsolicited advise, but I hope it helps (remember also that even if you fall off the wagon...err ash tray after 6 months- that's 6 months of healthy air. Most folks don't succeed on the first or second try. Keep working at it, even if you have to quit 50 times- you'll still beat the time it took me to cut decent half-blind dovetails).Best,Glaucon
If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...
Sarge:A lesson too late, but you probably just didn't wait long enough when you were thumbing. I hitchhiked to beat all between '69 and '75. Did some of it in uniform, and a lot more later in jeans and with "hair." Didn't make any difference. It was unpredictable. Some days I'd get a ride in minutes, other times I waited 6 or 7 hours. No option to walk, as I went cross country from DC to Dallas and back and through the south and midwest -- I estimate 20,000 miles or so on the thumb.
Evening Joe...
I agree that some days are like that. You "can't predict when" you will get picked up and after traveling 14,000 miles I wasn't waiting any longer than two hours.
I could have waited and played the odds. But then again, I might still be sitting on a duffel bad on that on-ramp still waiting for that matter. I was going home one way or the other and I chose the other. Some days are just like that, Joe! ha.. ha... ha..ha..ha...
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
Edited 3/10/2007 10:15 pm ET by SARGEgrinder47
I had not been born yet, when you were fighting in Vietnam, but I do want to thank you for serving our country. You have my upmost and total respect. Thank you from me and my family.
P.S. I will send you $75.00 for a purple heart license plate. I can't belive they would charge you for that. You have already paid the price in my opinion.
Edited 2/24/2007 10:39 am ET by miller
Morning Miller...
You're quite welcome my freind. And if ya move in next door and you need an assist getting those heavy machines off the back of your pick-up, I'll make a bee-line to help also. Where I grew up (down south in Rhett Butler country.. he....), it's just a policy that a Man's word is as good as a contract and the welcome light is always on. We'll even leave the porch light on for ya! ha.. ha...
I gotta get off this computer and down to the shop.. The "lady" of the house can get very serious when I don't follow orders and might cut off cash flow for my WW and tool addition. Other than that the benefits are... well... let's say excellent as she knows what makes me tick! :>)
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
I too, like you served in Nam. Our local State Rep. got a bill passed that made available, at no cost, ALL military associated plates FREE to Vets. I could have the same plate you deserve also. But opt not to have it, I guess only we know why.Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Morning Bruce...
First.. welcome home and thanks for serving! And... yeah, I think "only those that have smelled gun-powder up close, regardless of what conflict or nationallity" know why. Drop by my shop for "free" coffee anytime you wish... and it ain't goverment issue from hand-out of free goverment food coupons. :>)
Highest Regards...
Sarge.. jt
Edited 3/8/2007 11:11 am ET by SARGEgrinder47
A visit would be an honor And likewise on the invite if you ever wish to leave the heat in the summer. Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Miller,
I second your opinions. I wasn't born until 1970, so I missed the majority of the war myself.
I will be more than happy to split the $75 with you. Let me know where I can send the check for $37.50
Lee
Mtn: Mountain(s);where I spend most of my free time.
Freak: Yeah, I'm a little obsessive about it.
(((Also, Mountain Freak: Formerly a mountain lifestyle/culture magazine to which I subscribed...currently out of production. "God Bless the Freaks.")))
14: Short for 14'er, or fourteener, as in Colorado's 14,000' mountains which I spent way too much time climbing in college when I should have been reading or studying.
Unfortunately, mine is self-explanatory. I'm also "Slice it into the woods Joe," "Leave it in the sand Joe," "Worm burner Joe" and "Did you see where that one went? Joe." But "Three Putt" is a little more concise. I guess the best thing that I can say about my golf game is that I am a better woodworker.
As several others have mentioned, awhile back the forum switched formats and many got new names. I had been (briefly) FlameMaple, but someone else snagged it. So then I tried something else and I kept getting error messages; for some reason the system wouldn't save what I typed.
So out of frustration I typed "ohcomeon". And that was pretty much my response when the stupid name got saved. Oh well. At least I didn't type some obscenity.
Jake
Name's Nat, hurt myself on the job last march and watched my waistline expand over 2 months or so on the chesterfield, thus BigNat. Seriously though, I put on 30 lbs and I'm a bit self deprecating. It's my means of motivation to get back in shape. Besides. It sounds better than "FatNat".Oh, and Ohcomeon, that's officially the funniest thing I'm likely to hear today. Thank you.Nat
Being almost completely brain dead when it comes to computers and such I somehow got on the knots forum just before the shakeup. Since I am a tinkerer at heart I adopted that name by description rather than title. When it was no longer accepted, I didn't know what to do other that step up and I became tinkerer2.
I'm a woodloving, woodworker from Wisconsin.
Where in WI? I'm from the Cedarburg area, SE part of the state, north of Milwaukee.
I'm in Horicon. I have a small woodworking business. Custom cabinetry, furniture, etc. But do alot of refacing of cabinets( pays the bills). Hope someday to specialize custom woodworking& furniture. Sorry I didn't reply sooner but I've been manning my booth at the home show in West Bend. Oh and Go Badgers!
I had a great uncle (or maybe great great uncle) named Duncan Preston McCauley. I never knew him, but people still spoke of him when I was a wee lad. In the local speech, the L in Uncle was severely abbreviated, almost but not quite Unka Dunc. I thought it sounded cool.
Duke is my nickname, decades in duration, duke-one the first part of my e-mail address. Having a screen name so close to reality means I've nothing to hide. Or do I?
Duke
Support the Troops, Support your Country
Support Western Civilization:
Fight Islamofascism
I just love this whole scene!!!!
My new video blog:
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I dunno about this name thing- I can remember my own , barely, so why invent another one?
But I do know that I have just watched your video- EXCELLENT!(Must talk to you about glue application , though (,) )Philip Marcou
I've been a bit of a sci-fi buff for many years. starburn is a nickname for a nuclear fusion rocket engine
My name says it all.
I'm a mountain biker..... I suspect that people derive all kinds of other meanings.....
Pardon my spelling,
Mike
Make sure that your next project is beyond your skill and requires tools you don't have. You won't regret it.
I'ts the name of my shop,we build many kinds of things out of wood,steel even some plastics sooooooo we looked for a name that would be able to roll everything that we do together and since my last names Clark I guess it just seemed to all come together.
Sincerely,
Jim at Clark Customs
I used to have an old Chevy Suburban - 1986 to be exact. I tried to register on another forum as oldsub but someone else already had that name so I added the year. Don't have the Suburban anymore - sold it 6 or 7 years ago but still use the name.
Randy
My name without a space due to this forum's requirements.
Hi MaxYak,
I am a horsepower junkie in and out of the shop.
My motor cycle is a Honda Blackbird named after the amazing plane of the same name built in the 60's which still holds records for speed and altitude.
It just seemed a good name to use and is not usually taken already by someone else.
pb for my initials, ww for woodworking and 101 for my badge number.
Paul
Not so much, Robert. Just cases of being at the wrong places at the right times and excecuting to have an opportunity to be at the next right or wrong place! :>)
Regards...
Sarge.. jt
david mooney
Mine was nicname given in high school (many moons ago). Was thin as a tooth pick (wish I could say that now). Anyway Boneyard was to long, so after a while everybody shortened it to bones. Thats mine.
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
4th dimension thinker.
I ponder time (4th dimension) and the future life my projects as I design them. Often it helps me make them last longer to design them so they can change a bit as time goes on. I had one gallery show with "4th Dimension Thinking" as the title, and every one of 20 original pieces in it had a 4th dimension property. Big hit.
When I built my log cabin shop in the back yard and wanted to name it, a friend was telling me there family had a place in the mountains and one on the beach approabily referred to as Up Yonder and Down Yonder and we named my shop "Out Yonder"
Don
Norm just kept convincing me I needed another power tool. One of these days I'll be able to afford some lumber.
Bankrupt
LOL!! I love it.
Ha Ha Ha Ha No truer screen name could ever be had, Absolutely perfect, It's to bad only one person can have that name because there's a good many of us guilty of thinking If we only had a certain tool we could do what good ol' norm does. We fail to relies it takes at least a couple more things that can't be bought ,you either have it or you don't ,Those two things are SKILL and TALENT.
Thanks again for a good chuckle,
SincerelyJim at Clark Customs
This one shouldn't be to difficult to figure out. Let me give you some hints. I wore a brown uniform for 29 years. I drove, or raced , the big brown truck. I picked up and delivered(mostly brown) packages................................................................ All of you in the USA should have got it by now,but for those of you who haven't ,I was a UPS delivery driver.... Sign here please, first initial and last name.
Danny
I live near Santander, Spain.
. . . simply that i was born (or so i am told) on St. Patrick's Day . . . . . and, yes, that is why my parents named me Patrick.
Thank the Good Lord I was not born on April Fools Day, for I am sure they would have said "this is our son, Stupid" . . . come to think of it, I seem to recall hearing that a few times too . . . .
It’s my first name combined with either the state I live in or a particular type lubricant used by doctors when they do a rear-end exam.
Edited 3/8/2007 4:32 pm ET by steveky
My solitude from the world is found when I'm in my shop, consequently covered in wood chips and sawdust.
There was a time when I had a second hobby, Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) (WB3HZM). Although we didn't use handles on the air, of those who knew my real last name - Hamman - I was the envy of all. When I was signing up on Knots I asked the wife if she would mind if I changed our last name to "Woodworker". She gave me a funny look and said, "I'll get back to you on that." So while I'm waiting, it's just "chuckh".
Proud to be my three kids' mom. Should I post their pictures <G>?
handymom, absolutely, their better than wood work that keeps us here. Paddy
Since its woodwork that keeps us here, I hope my first picture posted will be a piece of furniture. <Collective sigh of relief!>
My name is Toolpig... and I'm a tool-a-holic (do I really need to say more??).
SKIDKID.............
First attempts at woodworking involved making doghouses for our 3 dogs (now 5) out of some REALLY nice looking wood skids.
Dogs showed their utter disdain by totally chewing them up.
If the wood was so REALLY nice looking why didn't someone make furniture from it to start with?? Nuff said.
I have now graduated to the landfill; now there is some REALLY nice looking wood for the picking.
Hank.
I fly for a company called Netjets. I fly a Hawker 800XP. It was originally certified in 1961 (as a hawker siddley 1A). THat is 4 years before I was born... so Jurassic era to me. An well.. Jet.. you know.The aircraft that I now fly is much newer. Still an 800XP but manufactured in the year 2000 or newer. Woodworking and mechanical design is my passion. FLying brings home the paycheck.
Hello MaxYak.
Well you did ask and I feel a tiny obligation to answer so I will.
Firstly, I had to choose a nickname .that was ages ago. perhaps 1992 It might have been a chat site, or something similar. I didn`t have a clue what to use as a pseudonym ( chat name / nickname ) so.......I placed my fingers approximately over the keyboard. I closed my eyes, cleared my mind, and when the moment felt right just typed for a split second.........Hence the name "Stree" appeared and its been with me since....
The first time I posted with this name of course someone asked, "What on earth does that mean, or signify, represent.......etc. So I closed my eyes, cleared my mind, and typed............Its along the lines of a self fulfilling prophecy in the way the words gather round to establish the answer. Its another post in itself, and being British I can afford some claim to eccentricity and so I shall.
The response to the first person who questioned as to what my nickname signified was responded to thus:
Stree………………So........?*
Should silence, stay? Shall sudden shifted silence shatter ,sever solace? slip? Shift? Shatter?
succinctly show sudden sop, so someone shall seem saved ?
Should such seldom shifted shape, , so stooped, seemingly stunted,….
Succinct, serene........surrendered……..sanguine stopped self.……..
Still....So still………....simply stilled,…stinted stunted stopped... Silenced...?
Should such solace sanctify so sweetly.
show some softer simpler Soul, such solace?
Shall Souls slip simply softly shadowed?
Seeking surrender, seemingly surpassing serenity?
Succulent, swirling surreptitious surfeit…..
Selected, secret self;… stunted, stifled?
.stagnant sighs showing simple servitudes?
Simmering shimmering stifled silenced screams?
Suddenly slowing, seldom showing , , silently , sadly slipping
Some shifting shuffling, SeraSouled sorrowed self sinking.
So say some….So say some……so suddenly strikingly shown
Shatter such solitude!
Sever sullen stifled stigma..
Some, smiling selflessly, shall “Soar…! Strengthen……! Show Shimmering self”,
Smiling, softly say
*See!
So…………... Sowing some sense…showing some sense, simply stop.
Start
Simply surpass stillness...
See
Succour serendipity *
To taste the tears.....that tricklecheeked truth.....
That tangle~toed, tired and torn time
............t`anguish twixt torment?......?
Twined till twinned, through tenderness,
turning timeless, tumbling twisting trying
Terra-tinted, troubled, tortured timeless threads
telling, teaching, triumphing.
Terrible tough trials to Truth`s tournaments, tried
Tributes to tomorrow., touched………..Taken
Testament to travail.
Tell Them! Take the task, test them, Turn them.
Trouble this travesty,
Try
The tall tales told, treason transformed,
Tirades of tribulation twice thrice turning, turned terrible,
Tell the Troll to turn towards toil,
Take to them the Truth that thrives,
Test this Truth, take the turmoil, taste turbulence, tame this terrible torment.
Tear to the truth through trials . take the tears…………..
Try, try, try,
Thankfully, that’s that* ………….. Those tremulous tiptoes
Tottering timourously, tidily tempered, til tempoed .to time………………………
Translucent to time, though through time triumphant…
telling totally the “That!”
that the thing that the “That!” thought terrible
That this, that thought, though terrible, truly touched tenderly.
Trivial?…………..true.
Though…………t`is………truly …
Timeless, thought through together , To touch Truth
Regardless,
.............................................
Roaming restlessly ,
Ruing remote reluctant resplendence,
Regarding respectations resulting rapid rhyme rearing raw,
Remembering rare remedies…
Restoring, renewing revealing, redeeming
Raising rippling. reaching ringroared rivers rapids
replenish, re-assess, recount, refresh*
Remarkably refreshed, resoundingly riven ,,,,,reflecting
Replenishes rightful roar. Resolves restless rueful rigours,
rightfully roaming
receiving, rising
Rue rarely .
Rage rarely*
revere…..
reflect
Reason.
Reminisce
Redeem,
remember..
Resume…………
Reveal rightful resonance, restore respect.
Ring right
Eventually, everything expires.……. Earth`s entropy envelopes,
Essentially, exhilaratingly, everything existing ….. either exclusively,externally: excruciatingly evoking endlessness……
Encountering every eventuality, enduring every eternity, each enigma, every essential elixir exhaustively expounded….
Every endeavour equalled,
Ever enfolding,
Each exquisitely enrapturing episode
endless , endeavours ecstasies enabling Essence*
EveryOne even EveryOne, empathises, emphasises,.
expresses exquisitely. each essential enterprise....
ergo:
endure
endeavour.
enjoy
enable employ.
empower, each
empathise, emphasise ..Equal.
Enhance
Excel
( Exuberantly*S*)
Everything eventually enlightenvolves
S
T
R
E
Elovution enfolds existence*
Well you did ask. *S*
Stree
Mind you, if I had a nick like "BeerBelly" I could probably explain in less than half a line................
The wood is my page my tools are my pen,
I want to write everything
so I have to ensure
That the trees grow again......
Mokusakusensei is Japanese for "woodmaking teacher"(literal translation)...I don't make wood, I just teach woodworking. Great way to live...get paid for what you love to do.
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