hello, my good friends,this message is my first posting
navigation is difficult for me ,so, may i ask for your patience. i am an old pro cabinet maker,and computer challenged when i was an apprentice a computer was as large as a house.
i am a little nervous typing with one finger, also i am not sure that you will recieve this message, most of the time, after spending some time typing a message it usually dissappears, probabley lost in cyber space .
i do not have a camera so i cannot send pics but my daughter , who lives in la promises that the problem will be no problem real soon.
i do not know how to sign off, do i use my real name, peace and goodwill to you all
nottingham
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Theres a new sherrif in town! Welcome nottingham!
good day tinter. i see by your posting . i finally got it right.thankyou.
im from nottingham so i thougt it appropriate to use the name,it sure was nice to hear from you, my home is an island near the coast of maine, its the oldest city in north america.
regards nottingham
hey nottingham, for what it's worth , i get a great vibe off your post. looking forward to reading more posts . stay well ............" I'm working on it"
hello alias, hope this message finds you happy and well, thankyou for your reply.
really appreciated , mail me any time you wish.
regards nottingham
Hi nottingham, your city (nottingham 1722) is older than mine (Tucson, AZ 1775) by 53 years. I would love to see the eastern seaboard, but I can only get time away during the winter. Snow makes it lose alot of it's appeal!
hello old buddy, again thankyou for your message, never fortunate to visit az, my roaming days are over period, my wife is so afraid of flying, she will not go near an aircraft , your comment about the weather ,there is lots of snow, snow and more snow. it has snowed in july if i remember correctly, tem records indicate 35 to 40 below zero ,global warming seems to have made a marked difference, your lungs would freeze iff exposed to that kind of tem for a period of time.
regards nottingham
Good day nottingham! Nice to meet you, I think you will enjoy your time spent here.
-Lou
good day lou, thank you for your message.
i have been in front of my pc for a considerable time now replying to messages.
had know idea this forum existed,and i have been a subscriber to fine woodworking for some time .
regards nottingham
BRRRRR, 79 degrees here as I'm typing. My father was an air traffic controller and a small plane pilot. Yet he refuses to fly on a commercial airline. I've often wondered if he knows something he's not shareing? Read your message about pcu and thought to myself pc who? looks like your more up to date on these computers than you thought! Regards! Chris
hi tinter,
i seem to have screwed up,remember im from the jurrasic period,what i meant to say was c.p.u central processing unit and p.c meaning personal computer
hope that clarifies things.
regards nottingham
Hey Nottie, pick any three letters I would'nt have known what you were talking about! cpu, pcu, upc. I might get nfl, or nba. (on a good day).
hi tinter,
your father may be afraid of ice build up on the wings making the aicraft unstable at velocity rotation, de icing is not popular with aircraft companies ,very expensive.
regards nottingham
Glad to have you aboard.
As a history buff, I'm curious about the "oldest city" in North America. Must be a story there.
St. Augustine, Fla. also claims that title, with a 1565 founding date, on the city web page.
hello good buddy
before i arrived here , st johns , newfoundland i was told it was the oldest city in north america, all the tourist centres say the same
who am i to dispute it, the vikings were here thats for sure, viking settlements have been found, graves plus spears and axes also a whole host of other items.
i live about 3 miles from the harbour, some of the largest cruise ships i have ever seen, visit here, just to see the oldest city in north america.
iff you would like to know more, try google and type in history of st johns newfoundlan canada.
regards nottingham
I thought that was the basis. European fishermen certainly hung out very, very early, and Vikings tried some settlements.
St. Augustine does couch their claim as oldest continuously occupied settlement. The fact that Spain was in St. Augustine, and claimed everything, was one reason that Jamestown was located up the river in a miserable, swampy location, hoping to be under the Spanish radar, so to speak. However, Spain's intelligence network in England was good enough that they had advance knowledge of the settlement plans well before it happened.
By the way, this is the 400th. anniversary year of the Jamestown settlement and there are lots of related activities planned for their and for the surrounding area--ie. Colonial Williamsburg and the Yorktown Battlefield Park.
nottingham,
welcome, you'll find this board friendly and well meaning. while we may sometimes disagree we tend to do so politely.
Ask and most here will help you.. hope you enjoy the community..
hello frenchy, hope this message finds you well and healthy, thankyou for your reply, sure was appreciated, feel free to mail me anytime you wish
peace and goodwill nottingham
nottingham,
Thank you, I will mail you whenever I can afford a stamp ;-) (just in case you aren't aware that little sideways smiley face after the last sentence means I'm kidding)
Welcome- you must give these woodworms a rev, don't be shy- you will soon be typing like a professional secretary and posting many pictures, as they don't let up if you appear unorthodox .Be sure to blow away as many of the popular woodworkers' myths as you can- guaranteed to stir them up (;)
good day phiip, thank you for your message, ive been a cabinet maker close on 50 yrs now, retired but still active.
i served my apprentiship in the uk, worked in places good and not so good, i could relate experiences to you. what i have seen and heard , and i doubt you would believe me.
hope you are well regards nottingham
Excellent, Nottingham. Keep up the steam- if nothing has got you in 50 years of woodworking "ther aint nothing that will, I guess...."
Now I am on the same page as you regarding apprenticeship in the U.K, as in Zimbabwe where I grew up all apprentices did the British system and went through the London City and Guilds exams. You would find that most big furniture factories were run by factory managers who were British Journeymen. Some of those old buggars were tough and cunning old turkeys-sticklers for having things done properly...Anyway, all that is history now, as the land has been returned to the people, so to speak and everybody is very happy as food is abundant and everybody is free (to starve).
You will note that the American bretheren have some quaint concepts, but it is always good to learn more ways to skin a cat.
Hope to hear from you a lot on the forum.Philip Marcou
Welcome, Nottingham!! Good on ya for being brave with the computer and introducing yourself.
Looking forward to gems of wisdom from a pro. If you need any help with the computer, you'll find it here, just ask. Here's a tip for having a backup copy of any post you've typed (before clicking on "Post"). After you've typed your last letter, do the keystrokes Ctrl and a, then do Ctrl and c That copies the stuff you typed onto an invisible clipboard. When you do Ctrl+a all of your text will be highlighted, that's what you want. It is now "selected."
OK, then should your post disappear somehow, you just work your way back to a new composition page, click in the text box, and do a Ctrl and v. That's called a Paste. The text you copied onto the invisible clipboard will magically appear in the text box and you're good to go.
Have fun!
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
hello forestgirl, many thanks for your message,
now i have to be both carefull and respectfull here, am i assuming correctly or incorrectly that your female.
iff i have assumed correctly, i am honoured , never met a female woodworker before,in any place i have worked, i know you are out there , have read about your creations in various magazines , plus there are some here near were i live .
they are also invoved with stained glass , they seem to excell in this type of craft.
regarding the pc advice i thankyou , some time i get frustrated , but i will not give up.
later iff your interested, i will tell you what i did to my pcu, should give you a laugh.
peace and goodwill nottingham
I'm impressed you know the term pcu. You're on your way to being a techie!!
I doubt you'll ever see any of my work in a magazine, but I putter along. Not an artsy-craftsy type gal, won't see any chubby-faced snowmen exiting my workshop, LOL. (LOL="laugh out loud").forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
good day forestgirl,thank you for your message,
i promised you a laugh remember, i incorrectly said pcu ,when i should have said ,cpu
central processing unit
my son gave me his pc and he purchased a new one, i was completely unaware that all the software was pirated,this caused me a lot of grief, nothing but trouble, then one day everthing dropped down on the monitor and the screen went red, and i lost it. i unhooked the cpu went down to my shop and cut it into little pieces.
purched a new cpu from staples hooked it up and have not had a problem since that day, norton anti virus was already installed, plus windows xp,
PEACE AND GOODWILL NOTTINGHAM
WHAT HAVE I DONE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOWER CASE LETTERS
Can't say I've ever cut a computer into pieces, but I think I know where you're coming from. This stuff can be so valuable and frustrating all at the same time. Once I punched my printer because I had finally had enough of the thing not printing correctly, or at all. Little plastic pieces flew everywhere. It cost me money, of course, to replace it, but it sure felt good at the time!
---Dan
What's the appropriate woodworking tool for slicing up a computer cpu? Is that a bandsaw sort of thing or circular saw...I've always envisioned a sledge hammer or something but I do have a garage full of woodworking tools and one rowdy cpu in need of a lesson...
Rick
LOL! I believe the sledgehammer would do the trick best. Besides, I'd hate to waste a perfectly good circular saw blade cutting up this infernal black box! I tell you, if it weren't that you could hardly live without a computer these days, I'd give mine up in a heartbeat for something more pleasant, say a rectal exam!
---Dan
NottingHAM,
" WHAT HAVE I DONE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOWER CASE LETTERS".
On no account should you ever allow a cat to walk across the key board-if all that is changed is the caps lock key then you got off lightly. These cats are capable of deleting important stuff like bookmarks etc....They like to sit on the monitor because of warmth (I think).See the pictures.The black one is now too fat for the box and too heavy to be allowed to sit on that monitor.
Philip Marcou
hi phil,
aint got no cats ,only the wife, and she has a profound dislike for computers, blames them for this troubled planet.
peace and goodwill nottingham
keep them coming phil
Philip, you're gonna owe me a new keyboard if you keep posting pics like that when I'm drinking my morning coffee!! ROFL!!!
PS: I now have a folder under My Pics, called PhilipCats. They will be my therapy on down days!
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Edited 4/19/2007 12:49 pm by forestgirl
ROFL! chubby faced snowmen, your a riot!
Nottingham,
Welcome aboard fella! Good to have another cabinet maker here at the forum. Looking forward to swapping some war stories.
By the way, your daughter in la - is that Louisiana, or Los Angeles? Just curious, as I am originally from Louisiana.
Cheers,
Lee
hello mapleman,
thankyou for your reply, regarding my daughter, she lives in los angeles, employed in medical profession, i was there many moons ago, believe me , i did not hang around.
i have been online for a long time now, replying to all you good folks, catch you later maplman.
peace and goodwill nottingham
Welcome Nottingham. We (or at least I) can always use some good tips from a pro. I think you'll find some nice folks here. Nice to have you with us.
GRW
good day grw, many thanks for your reply, i find talking to folks who have sent messages, very very refreshing.
please dont hesitate to mail me anytime you wish, i seem to have mastered the art of replying to messages.
regards nottingham
Nice to hear from you on the forum, I too live on an island, Inis Mór off the west coast of Ireland. I'm a bit of a novice and love to pick up tips from all you pros on this forum. Looking forward to more postings, Jim
hello my good friend,
unfortunatly i never visited ireland,but i was never far away from there.
some of the finest craftsmen i ever worked with were irish, many thanks for your mail. looking forward to your mail anytime you wish
peace and goodwill nottingham
Welcome, Mr. Nottingham.
I just started posting on the forum a couple of weeks ago myself, but it has been an interesting experience so far. I always look forward to talking to anyone who has been in a trade for 50 years (at only 38 years old, that seems like such a long time to me and I can't even begin to imagine how much I will know about my craft when I've done it as long as you have yours!).
I really look forward to reading your insights.
---Dan
good day dan, thankyou for your mail, it sure was nice to hear from you.
thats right my friend ,50 yrs is a long time, 35 yrs in the uk, the rest in canada.i am retired now ,but still active,most of my projects are confined to family and friends.
my friend there is no one who can call him or herself a master, a master is someone who knows it all, and i do not fall into that catogory,not even close.
the older i become, the more i realise how little i know,that is a cold hard fact.
let me ask you this ,i am assuming in your working life you no dought use geometry,
i know i have more times than i care to remember.
an example the framing square , when i was an apprentice many moons ago my instructor explained to me a person could study a framing square for years and not understand its full potential. dan it looks like i am running out of of room in this message box must be doing somthing wrong, regards nottingham
That is a very humble assessment for someone with your experience. I'ts funny, but when I read your definition of the word "master", I looked it up in the dictionary. The word has many meanings, but nowhere did it mention having to know it all. It did make reference to "being imminently qualified", and "qualified to teach others". It is my personal belief that yourself and others like you fall into those categories. I just wish I'd had an opportunity to apprentice to someone earlier in life like you did.
Still, you make a good point about having more to learn. I think that is one of the most appealling aspects of woodworking, or any other craft, for that matter--there is always more to learn. Knowing that we are a in a field with unlimited growth potential keeps things fresh and interesting. It seems there are as many ways of doing things as there are people doing them, and I for one look forward to learning as many as I can for a long time to come.
Also, I do use a lot of geometry and trigonometry, in various ways from calculating the number of shingles for a roof to the size and shape of the glass doors I built into a display case I recently did for our local community center. It's usually enough to give me quite a headache!
Oh, and by the way, you need not worry about running out of space when you post to the forum. If you go beyond the bottom of the reply box, the screen will simply scroll down for you. I've seen some pretty long messages on this forum, and I look forward to hearing more from you.
--Dan
MY GOOD FRIEND, THANKYOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE,ITS GOING TO BE SHORT AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE SCREWED UP WITH THE LETTERS, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I MEAN TO BE RUDE WITH CAPITALS, I WILL MAKE A CALL AND GET BACK TO YOU
NOTTINGHAM
Just hit the "Caps Lock" key. It cycles between all caps and no caps each time you hit it. There should also be a light on your keyboard when it's in the SHOUT mode! <Grin>
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
good day mike , thanks for the info, made a call, the caps lock was illumminated
end of problem.
regards nottingham
hi dan,
the glass doors you metioned in your message, i find interesting .
please explain in more detail
peace and goodwill nottingham
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