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  1. #16

    Lol

    Your nose, ears, pockets, and shoes are always full of dust or chips.
    Your easy chair has chips on the floor in front of it, and the cushion is usually dusty.
    You are always checking out someone's wood work.
    Always storing new wood related ideas in your brain, over filling past capacity.

    Steve


  2. #17

    Talking

    You know you're a woodworker when....

    you go on vacation to the Great Lakes region, and have to buy a trailer to haul all the great wood you bought back to Oklahoma.

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    Ya might be a woodwork...

    if...

    Your buddy says "Wow, look at that knock-out", and all you want is that girl to move so you can get a better look at that tree she is standing under.

    You get offended any time your wife suggests we "buy" some furniture, and go sulk out in the shop for hours.

    Any time you see a baseball bat crack, you think " I bet I can make a better one..."

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    The LOYL washes your close and finds MicroMesh sandpaper in every single pocket!

    You wish your neighbors tree would die so you can have more wood to turn.

    The total dollar amount of tools in your shop out costs BOTH of your vehicles.

    The LOYL won't take you furniture shopping any more because you always crawl around on the floor examining how sloppy each piece is made and she escorts you out of the furniture shop swearing that she'll NEVER take you furniture shopping ever again.
    Last edited by Dennis Peacock; 10-27-2004 at 8:02 PM.
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    You might be a woodworker if:

    ...you check every piece of furniture you come across to see if the drawers have been dovetailed.

    ...you know what time and channel NYW is on a month in advance.

    ...you'd put a poster of Norm Abram on your wall if you had one.

    ...you can recognize David Marks but not David Spade.

    ...you always know what you want for Christmas...in FEBRUARY!!!

    ...you have more wood stored in your shop than you could possibly use in a lifetime.

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    When told you have sawdust for brains, you get choked up and say, "That's one of the nicest things anyone ever said to me!".
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    When you mention Delta or Jet, your friends KNOW you're not talking about taking a vacation!

    You know the exact model number of every power tool in your shop, but can't remember what year vehicle you drive.

    You've memorized the Web address of every major tool vendor you use.
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    If your on Saw Mill Creek...another of my brilliant observations
    "All great work starts with love .... then it is no longer work"

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    you know you're a woodworker if...

    you refuse to let your wife talk you into buying furniture-- you could make it better yourself.

    Ernie Hobbs
    Madison, AL

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    You enjoy having splinters jammed under your finger nails.

    You lose pizza among your slices of wood and when you find it...use maple sawdust instead of parmesian

    You order your $150K Porsche Turbo with a lumber rack
    Last edited by Mark Singer; 10-28-2004 at 2:36 AM.
    "All great work starts with love .... then it is no longer work"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Singer
    You order your $150K Porsche Turbo with a lumber rack
    Hey Mark, don't forget the trailer hitch for that Porche!
    Cheers,
    John K. Miliunas

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    You might be woodworker if....

    You spend more and more (actually every) waking minute that you are not in the shop, devouring WW magazines and catalogs,watching TV WW or DIY shows or browsing WW shop and BORGs and continually lusting for better, bigger tools(no pun intended). You tell your wife all your current tools are outdated!

    PS I think Red Green would have a few good thoughts also.
    Jerry

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    You might be a Woodworker if

    Your dream job is managing a Woodcraft store, so you can play with all the new toyls when they come in.

    OMG I'm one ! ! !

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    You are a wood worker if...

    you see a discarded pallet and you check out what kind of wood they used.
    you ever salvaged a pallet to use for setup or test wood.
    Ron
    Last edited by Ron Schweitzer; 10-28-2004 at 7:31 PM.
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    There is a room that was labeled "office" on your house floor plan, but you can't walk in it because that's where you keep the very best pieces of your wood stash.
    Martin, Granbury, TX
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