Jeff Nicol
12-25-2009, 4:51 PM
My Christmas Story
By
Jeffrey Nicol
It all began a few weeks ago, our old couch had been through some tough times with the kids and friends and dogs. My darling wife came to me one day and asked "Would it be alright if we buy an new couch?" Of course me, being the scroogey type said I would have to think it over..............a week or so passes and the couch is no longer on sale and she says to forget about it. As a few more days pass another sale flyer comes out and the same couch is in it again, I read the add and see that it has 2 recliner sections on either end and a nice fold down table in the middle. I struggle a bit with my stingy side and say to myself "Why not let her get the couch, she uses it a lot at night when she can't sleep, and besides I could use some brownie points!" So I tell her to go buy the couch and she does, it will be delivered in a couple of days. So in the mean time we try and try to give the old couch away. Mind you it is a sofa sleeper with some weight, and it is really in great shape, (I embellished a bit in the beginning) so finally we ask my wife's sister and they are more than happy to take it off our hands, so that dilema is taken care of. Our son was home from the Air Force so he helped his uncle get the old couch out the too small front door ( Very old house and they did not think a 36" door was a good thing!) So on to the next stage of the story...................................
As most of you know my wife and I became grandparents for the first time on Monday the 21st, but I was not able to see the little turner to be until Tuesday. I was behind on Christmas pen turnings and needed some more pen kits, so I had planned to visit the baby and the family then go to a Rockler or Woodcraft store. When it came time to go I hugged them all and went on my merry way. Since the Rockler outlet store was only a mile away I wnt there and bought what I needed and then browsed around a bit, when low and behold a nice little lathe was being sold with a $50 gift card, I looked, I paused, I thought...........Maybe, just maybe this is why I caved in and let my wife get the new couch! So I dug into my deepest reserves of my soul ( I am pretty weak when it comes to tools ) and to myself "Why not!, she can't fire me and I do great things with my lathes!" I asked the saleman if they had one in a box and they said "Sure we do" and that is when I became the proud owner of a Delta 46-460! With the $50 gift card all the pen stuff I got was pretty much free, ( Not really, but sounds good ) and off I head towards home with a smile and a sack of McDonalds fries and an burger! When I got home I called the LOML and told her I made it home and all is well, then she asks " How much money did you spend?" Of course I can not tell a lie and the truth was told, she did not bat an eye and said that I work hard and deserve a new toy!
Here are some pictures of the before and after shots where I put the new lathe, of course I had to scramble and figure out what to do with my littel Steel City mini-lathe. I called fellow creeker Mike Svoma who only lives 30 miles away, who happened to be coming down on Wednesday, it he wanted to buy it. Of course he did!!! So out with the old and in with the new and a few other toys to go with the lathe makes for a very Merry Christmas!
The End
Long winded but fun!
Merry Christmas to all,
Jeff
By
Jeffrey Nicol
It all began a few weeks ago, our old couch had been through some tough times with the kids and friends and dogs. My darling wife came to me one day and asked "Would it be alright if we buy an new couch?" Of course me, being the scroogey type said I would have to think it over..............a week or so passes and the couch is no longer on sale and she says to forget about it. As a few more days pass another sale flyer comes out and the same couch is in it again, I read the add and see that it has 2 recliner sections on either end and a nice fold down table in the middle. I struggle a bit with my stingy side and say to myself "Why not let her get the couch, she uses it a lot at night when she can't sleep, and besides I could use some brownie points!" So I tell her to go buy the couch and she does, it will be delivered in a couple of days. So in the mean time we try and try to give the old couch away. Mind you it is a sofa sleeper with some weight, and it is really in great shape, (I embellished a bit in the beginning) so finally we ask my wife's sister and they are more than happy to take it off our hands, so that dilema is taken care of. Our son was home from the Air Force so he helped his uncle get the old couch out the too small front door ( Very old house and they did not think a 36" door was a good thing!) So on to the next stage of the story...................................
As most of you know my wife and I became grandparents for the first time on Monday the 21st, but I was not able to see the little turner to be until Tuesday. I was behind on Christmas pen turnings and needed some more pen kits, so I had planned to visit the baby and the family then go to a Rockler or Woodcraft store. When it came time to go I hugged them all and went on my merry way. Since the Rockler outlet store was only a mile away I wnt there and bought what I needed and then browsed around a bit, when low and behold a nice little lathe was being sold with a $50 gift card, I looked, I paused, I thought...........Maybe, just maybe this is why I caved in and let my wife get the new couch! So I dug into my deepest reserves of my soul ( I am pretty weak when it comes to tools ) and to myself "Why not!, she can't fire me and I do great things with my lathes!" I asked the saleman if they had one in a box and they said "Sure we do" and that is when I became the proud owner of a Delta 46-460! With the $50 gift card all the pen stuff I got was pretty much free, ( Not really, but sounds good ) and off I head towards home with a smile and a sack of McDonalds fries and an burger! When I got home I called the LOML and told her I made it home and all is well, then she asks " How much money did you spend?" Of course I can not tell a lie and the truth was told, she did not bat an eye and said that I work hard and deserve a new toy!
Here are some pictures of the before and after shots where I put the new lathe, of course I had to scramble and figure out what to do with my littel Steel City mini-lathe. I called fellow creeker Mike Svoma who only lives 30 miles away, who happened to be coming down on Wednesday, it he wanted to buy it. Of course he did!!! So out with the old and in with the new and a few other toys to go with the lathe makes for a very Merry Christmas!
The End
Long winded but fun!
Merry Christmas to all,
Jeff