I can summarize the carnival smorgasbord of woodworking fury known as Woodworking in America with four words:
Raney Lost his Voice.
Those of you who know him will understand.
Because of his condition, he asked me to post this entry. In a rather hysterical bit of mimery, he’s also asked I convey that he’s sorry to have been so delinquent in blog updates, and that he’ll be rectifying that in the next couple of days with lots of news from the Lab. Either that, or he’s choked on an ostrich bone.
Best,
FJ Abraham, man-servant to the DAED household
Gary Benson says
Well stated. We were in the booth directly behind you all weekend, yet did not have a chance to meet, let alone sit and chat. 2 out of 3 of us completely lost our voices, however I did better than last year. What a great group of woodworkers and tool makers!
Looking forward to actually get to say hello next year,
Gary Benson
Elkhead Tools
Gary Benson says
Well stated. We were in the booth directly behind you all weekend, yet did not have a chance to meet, let alone sit and chat. 2 out of 3 of us completely lost our voices, however I did better than last year. What a great group of woodworkers and tool makers!
Looking forward to actually get to say hello next year,
Gary Benson
Elkhead Tools
Dem Brickton Chowles says
Sir,
I find your comments spurious indeed. In fact, knowing Mr. Nelson well, it’s not only spurious but more so dubious that he would trust the expression of his acerbic wit to a flunky such as yourself.
I ask you sir to leave the premises else I mayst be forced to loose the hounds on you.
Dem Brickton Chowles, esquire
Dem Brickton Chowles says
Sir,
I find your comments spurious indeed. In fact, knowing Mr. Nelson well, it’s not only spurious but more so dubious that he would trust the expression of his acerbic wit to a flunky such as yourself.
I ask you sir to leave the premises else I mayst be forced to loose the hounds on you.
Dem Brickton Chowles, esquire
Matt Bickford says
It’s just too bad it didn’t happen 24 hours earlier…
Matt Bickford says
It’s just too bad it didn’t happen 24 hours earlier…
Louis Bois says
I certainly hope that Raney did a background check on FJ before hiring him as a man-servant. I had breakfast with him at the hotel and when a fine young lady asked him which “tribe” he belonged to, he wasn’t able to give a straight answer. Very dubious behavior if you ask me…indubitably.
Twas a pleasure meeting all y’all.
Louis Bois says
I certainly hope that Raney did a background check on FJ before hiring him as a man-servant. I had breakfast with him at the hotel and when a fine young lady asked him which “tribe” he belonged to, he wasn’t able to give a straight answer. Very dubious behavior if you ask me…indubitably.
Twas a pleasure meeting all y’all.
raney says
Gary – thanks for the comment – I looked in on your bench half a dozen times as I walked by, but having talked to Ron Brese about the screw drivers already I was afraid to press the temptation to buy a full set by actually handling them. I need to outfit an entire new shop this year, and my tool purchases are on hold. I’m looking forward to meeting you guys ‘next time’ though, and once I recover from that shop move…
Mr. Chowles – Thank you so much for muting “Jersey Shore” long enough to take in this post – I sincerely hope you didn’t strain your lip muscles with all that reading.
I congratulate you on your marvelous reply, which must have required several hours with Roget’s and Bartlett’s open on your TV dinner lap tray.
I do appreciate the effort, given how deprived of oxygen your brain must have been after foregoing breathing for the time it took to dictate that reply to your dog (who hopefully types with more than one paw).
Bickford: ouch. I guess you’re still mad about me talling Larry and Don how you’re always pushing the ruler trick on people at shows, huh?
Louis – Great meeting you too. I look forward to enjoying more of that french canadian brogue in the future.
r
raney says
Gary – thanks for the comment – I looked in on your bench half a dozen times as I walked by, but having talked to Ron Brese about the screw drivers already I was afraid to press the temptation to buy a full set by actually handling them. I need to outfit an entire new shop this year, and my tool purchases are on hold. I’m looking forward to meeting you guys ‘next time’ though, and once I recover from that shop move…
Mr. Chowles – Thank you so much for muting “Jersey Shore” long enough to take in this post – I sincerely hope you didn’t strain your lip muscles with all that reading.
I congratulate you on your marvelous reply, which must have required several hours with Roget’s and Bartlett’s open on your TV dinner lap tray.
I do appreciate the effort, given how deprived of oxygen your brain must have been after foregoing breathing for the time it took to dictate that reply to your dog (who hopefully types with more than one paw).
Bickford: ouch. I guess you’re still mad about me talling Larry and Don how you’re always pushing the ruler trick on people at shows, huh?
Louis – Great meeting you too. I look forward to enjoying more of that french canadian brogue in the future.
r
Niels Cosman says
@Matt Bickford
hahahaha- at least you got a break for the ride home.
Niels Cosman says
@Matt Bickford
hahahaha- at least you got a break for the ride home.