Waltzing Matilda

[Andy Hoyt]

Today was the day I've been waiting for since getting back from the hostible.

No one home but Janine and I; snowing like mad out; lotsa coffee; and nothing else to do. So we danced and danced.

Yahoo! I remembered how.

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[Ed Scolforo]

Congratulations, you Old Goat, good to see you making a mess again :D
Ed

[Dick Strauss]

Andy,
It looks like you got her a little too drunk and spun her a few too many times because she threw up all over the room.:D :) Did you ask her to clean up after herself or did you just hold her hair while she blew and tell her you'd clean up in the morning?

Good to see you back MIA (Moxie in Action)!

[Bill Wyko]

Whoo hooo You've been dancin up a storm. Lets see the piece when you're done.:D

[Keith Burns]

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[Raymond Overman]

DANG MAN. You best clean up that mess before your wife gets home or she'll be madder than a wet hen that you been off messin around on forced love day with your other sweetheart.

Good to see your back in the saddle Andy.

[John Hart]

Cool!!! Glad you're rockin' Andy!!!
Hey...that's one big honkin' piece you got going there. What is it??

[Mark Pruitt]

you Da Man!!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow Andy - looks like quite the party!!

[Tom Sherman]

Nothing like the smell of wood chips in the morning ... or afternoon. Way to go dude.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Sheeesssh you made a mess big guy. Hey good to see ya back in the saddle again and feelin your oats.

[Bill Boehme]

Looks like you and Matilda cut quite a swath. She's a big 'un -- does she sweat a lot?

[Corey Hallagan]

Good to hear your doing much better Andy!

Corey

[Dario Octaviano]

I can't dance as well but won't mind dancing with her if you'll let me :D

Looks like the 2 of you had lots of fun!

[Jim Becker]

I was going to say that the "fur was flying", but that doesn't look like fur. Congrats on the "quality time" you spent with your girl on Valentine's Day!

[John Miliunas]

Egads, you sure do make a mess! :D Looks to me like you had a ton o' fun! :) :cool:

[Bill Boehme]

Andy, if you can't keep your shop any cleaner than that -- I'm gonna' hafa' call Lathe Protective Services and have her put in a foster home.

[George Conklin]

Wow! Nothin like diving right back into it with a bowl big enough to hold three gallons or so of ice cream!

Glad you're feeling better.

[Andy Hoyt]

Thanks guys. It really was a great feeling to get back to it.

That's a sopping wet hunk of rock maple from a score I helped a new turner from my chapter acquire. He needed my chain saw services and it's really kinda funny how some of the pieces ended up getting cut too big for his mini. :D

I'll have some more pics one day down the road when it's all purtied up and spit shined. The bowl that is; Janine doesn't like getting all gussied up and stuff.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

It's good to see you turning again Andy!

[Karl Laustrup]

A wonderful mess you've made MOA sir.

Alas, you didn't post a pic of the turner. Covered in shavings I think he was. And a pretty sight I imagine it was. :D

Glad to see you back at it.

Karl

[Curt Fuller]

Just like riding a bike, eh?

Now that you've over those jitters I think we ought to look into what makes a man give his lathe a name like Janine. Was there perhaps someone in you life, long ago, beautiful, sleek, and smooth, but cold as steel?

[Glenn Clabo]

Curt...You should know better than try to figure out what's goes on in Andy's mind. It would just scare the poop out of us normal people.

[Bill Boehme]

....... I think we ought to look into what makes a man give his lathe a name like Janine.......

It's simple -- Janine is in the first stanza of the well known song --

Turning Against the Wind


Was it just yesterday
Or was it long ago
Janine was lovely it was the lathe of my dreams
There in the wood shop with the stebcenter running slow
And the gouges that I used
The piles of wood that I turned
Caught like a wild man out of control
'Til there was nothing left to turn and no room more for bowls
And I remember what I said to myself
How I swore that it never would end
I remember how I held the skew so tight
Wish I had known more of what I didn't know then

Against the wind
I was turnin' against the wind
Sucked into the vortex, I was turnin'
Against the wind


The years rolled slowly past
And I found myself turnin’ more
Surrounded by more tools I thought would help me turn
I found myself further and further from my home
Searching for more wood to turn
There were oh so many bowls
I was living to turn and turning to live
I was worried about paying and more how much I owed

Turning eight spindles a minute for hours at a time
Breaking all of the bowls that would break
I began to find myself searching
Shopping for gouges again and again


Against the wind
I was still turning against the wind
Found myself shoppin’ for a lathe against the wind


Well those learning days are past me now
I've got more spindles to think about
Deadlines and commitments
Coves to leave in, beads to leave out

Against the wind
I'm still sandin' against the wind
I'm older now but still sandin' against the wind
Well I'm older now and still sandin'
Against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind


Still turnin’
I'm still turnin’ against the wind
I'm still sandin’
I'm still sandin’ against the wind
Still turnin’
Turnin’ against the wind
Sandin’ against the wind
See the dang fool turn
Watch the dang fool turn
Watch the dang fool sandin’
He'll be sandin’ against the wind
Let the old guy turn
Let the old guy turn
He'll be sandin' against the wind
Against the wind ...

[Bill O'Conner]

I do believe some poeple have too much time on their hands in here :D :) :D

[Glenn Hodges]

Andy, glad you are back in the shop.

[John Hart]

You are an artist BB!!!:)

[jeremy levine]

It would have been perfect if the wood was coolabah

[Brian McInturff]

Andy, I just hope you wore some protection:D
Brian

[Jim Dunn]

Wow did you shave a dog in there?? One of those Pullies?:) Good to see you back in the shop. No sugar in that coffee though.

Wishing you good health, Jim

[Paul Engle]

Glad to see you up and at it Andy.:D Some of the nicest people make some of the biggest messes !!! :eek:

[Ed Scolforo]

Bill B., you been in the catnip again??

[Andy Hoyt]

I'm telling Bob Seger on you, Bill.

But in the meantime, thanks!

[Chris Barton]

She don't sweat too bad for a fat girl, ya hardly notice the overspray. Enjoy!

[Dick Parr]

Some guys will do anything to dance. ;)

[William Hutchinson]

From the collective wisdom of this fine group of artisans and craftsman - this is the fruit of your advise: shower curtain the lathe area, ignore until it's elbow deep, sweep/shovel to door and power blow the mess into the neighbors yard. I like it.:D

[John Hart]

From the collective wisdom of this fine group of artisans and craftsman - this is the fruit of your advise: shower curtain the lathe area, ignore until it's elbow deep, sweep/shovel to door and power blow the mess into the neighbors yard. I like it.:D

That about covers it for me. I think you're well on your way William!!;)