Second gloat today!

[Nancy Laird]

Well, the earlier one was from UPS. This one came courtesy of USPS:D :D :

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=51689&thumb=1&d=0 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=51689&d=1162340768)

This is Andy Hoyt's gorgeous hackmatack HF from the auction. His note said to open it in the shop, but I just couldn't resist---so I got a box full of Andy's curlies all over my office:). But that's okay, I just put them back in the box.

That's not all Andy sent---I also got a genuine bottle of MOXIE!!!! :D :D Now to get up the nerve to taste it. After all the bad-mouthing that others have done, I'm not sure that I really want to try it...but I will. I'm brave.

Thanks, Andy, so much. I may just keep the Moxie as a souvenir of someone very special.

Nancy

[TYLER WOOD]

Lucky you!!! Congrats on the hf, good luck on the Moxie. JK I have no idea what it tastes like! I was eyeing that hf, buy LOML said no way, we have no money, you can turn your own! Guess I ahve to buy the tools for that now.

[Barry Stratton]

That's not all Andy sent---I also got a genuine bottle of MOXIE!!!! :D :D

Excellent gloat on the Hackmatack piece, but I do believe the USPS FROWNS on shipping Haz Mat:rolleyes:

[Tom Sherman]

Excellent gloat on the Hackmatack piece, but I do believe the USPS FROWNS on shipping Haz Mat:rolleyes:

Shhh Barry what they don't know won't hurt em. Great gloat Nancy, wouldn't mind having a Hoyt original myself.

[Jim Becker]

Sure didn't Hoyt you to win that one!

[Keith Burns]

Nancy, DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT open the bottle of Moxie. Congrats on the turning !! You have a great collection started. Your generosity in this auction is appreciated for sure.

[Joe Melton]

I wonder if Andy's wife knows he is spreading his Moxie about the world.
Joe

[Mark Cothren]

Nancy, if you insist on tasting that nuclear gutrocket juice, then by all means make sure your life insurance is paid up and your will is up to date. Best case scenario is that you'll end up looking like Andy. That alone should persuade you to abstain.

You've been warned...

Oh yeah - congrats on the Hoyt round...:D

[Nancy Laird]

Okay, I'm convinced - I won't open the bottle. I'll just set it on a shelf and look at it---and hope it doesn't explode???? :eek:

The funny thing is that I was SURE that Moxie was some made-up something or other that Andy had conjured up, or his nickname for some other beverage of choice - I had no clue that it was a real product - no telling where it was bottled, but "produced under the authority of the Monarch Company, Inc., Atlanta, GA 30342." I can't believe a Southerner may have invented this...gives my part of the country a bad name.

Nancy

[Travis Stinson]

If you DO decide to open it, please take all your turnings into another room. The fumes alone are toxic enough to peel the finish.......http://joetonich.forumup.us/images/smiles/luv4yorkies_stinky.gif

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Congrats on the Hoyt.......Be aware....I think it's Moxie that causes Hoyt's chin hair to grow.....

[Nancy Laird]

Congrats on the Hoyt.......Be aware....I think it's Moxie that causes Hoyt's chin hair to grow.....

If that's the case, I need to rub some on LOML's head!:eek: :p :D :D :D :D He needs a good hair restorer! :rolleyes:

Nancy

[Bernie Weishapl]

Andy did what????????? He gave up some of his MOXIE!!!!:eek::eek: Holy Cow.:p:rolleyes:

[Nancy Laird]

Only one bottle, Bernie. I'm sure he has plenty, especially now that the medic won't let him drink it any more.:(

Nancy

[Andy Hoyt]

What a bunch of weenies!

Come on Nancy!

Big tough New Mexico girl and fellow Navy person (IIRC) should take advantage of this golden opportunity to show all those wimpy Flying Curlers just how it's done - in style and with panache.

Just heed the advice I tendered in the PM. :D

[Mark Cothren]

PM? Did Andy say PM? Oooooh... he's slippin' down the slope...:D

[Jay Drew]

Moxie was invented in Union, Maine
One could even call it the earliest form of Viagra.:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie

[Nancy Laird]

OMG!!:eek: :eek: :eek:

After reading that, now I know I'm not going to open that bottle! Bitters into root beer?? Ugh. So that's why Andy recommended a large glass of gin as a chaser? :D :D

Think I'll just keep it for posterity--I don't want the paint peeling off my walls or the finish off my turnings. :D

Nancy

[Benjamin Dahl]

you should try it. I grew up drinking Moxie in Massachusetts and only have it when I go home but still consider it a treat. it is actually pretty good, but like root beer or birch beer it is an acquired taste. here is georgia we are only allowed to drink coca-cola products.
Ben

[Andy Hoyt]

you should try it. I grew up drinking Moxie in Massachusetts and only have it when I go home but still consider it a treat. it is actually pretty good, but like root beer or birch beer it is an acquired taste. here is georgia we are only allowed to drink coca-cola products.
Ben Yahoooo!

I knew there had to be at least one other sane person in the creek.

[Nancy Laird]

The strangest thing has happened--I got an e-mail from the Creek telling me that Hilel Solomen had posted a reply here, but when I clicked on the link and came here to see if there were more, Hilel's post isn't here! Anyone know what happened??

Nancy

[Andy Hoyt]

As a mod, I can read deleted posts. Hilel said that he once sampled Moxie and became a fanatic consumer of the stuff back when his family first emigrated to the US. So much so that his parents bought the company. :D

[Nancy Laird]

But why was the post deleted? I'm confused.

Nancy

[Mark Cothren]

As a mod, I can read deleted posts.

Through Moxie-colored glasses, eh? ;)