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  • Whaler
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 3281
    • Sequim, WA, USA.
    • DW746

    I'm getting back to the Shop

    I've been in a funk since my wife passed away and haven't done anything.

    Today one of my suppliers stopped in and asked if I was still doing pens. We settled on the wood, olive, and he gave me an order so he could pass them out as gifts.
    That was just what I needed to give me a boost.

    Tomorrow it is of to Woodcraft for some olive blanks and who knows what else.
    Dick

    http://www.picasaweb.google.com/rgpete2/
  • Pappy
    The Full Monte
    • Dec 2002
    • 10453
    • San Marcos, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 (x2)

    #2
    Sounds like just the therapy you need.
    Don, aka Pappy,

    Wise men talk because they have something to say,
    Fools because they have to say something.
    Plato

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    • DonHo
      Veteran Member
      • Mar 2004
      • 1098
      • Shawnee, OK, USA.
      • Craftsman 21829

      #3
      Glad to hear you are doing better, I can't imagine how hard it would be to lose a spouse.
      I'm wondering however about getting olive pen blanks from Woodcraft. I was in there Thursday(OKC) and the Bethlehem olive pen blanks were $7+, I been buying them from PSI for $3.25 and I've seen them from another source for $3(haven't ordered from them yet). Maybe the local Woodcraft had the olive blanks miss marked the price was way out of line.
      May God bless and comfort you and I hope the order is the tonic you've needed.
      DonHo
      Don

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      • leehljp
        Just me
        • Dec 2002
        • 8461
        • Tunica, MS
        • BT3000/3100

        #4
        Dick,

        Show us pictures of your work. It is good to see you back doing some posting. Still lifting you in prayer too.
        Hank Lee

        Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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        • Bruce Cohen
          Veteran Member
          • May 2003
          • 2698
          • Nanuet, NY, USA.
          • BT3100

          #5
          Dick,

          Glad to hear you're getting back into keeping busy, best therapy there is.

          Welcome home.

          Bruce
          "Western civilization didn't make all men equal,
          Samuel Colt did"

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          • mater
            Veteran Member
            • Jan 2004
            • 4197
            • SC, USA.

            #6
            Good for you Whaler. I am glad you got that needed boost.
            Ken aka "mater"

            " People may doubt what you say but they will never doubt what you do "

            Ken's Den

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            • Ken Massingale
              Veteran Member
              • Dec 2002
              • 3862
              • Liberty, SC, USA.
              • Ridgid TS3650

              #7
              That's good news, Dick. Be sure to post pics of the pens.
              ken

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              • Ken Weaver
                Veteran Member
                • Feb 2004
                • 2417
                • Clemson, SC, USA
                • Rigid TS3650

                #8
                Quite understandable Dick - glad things are turning some for you (didn't mean the pun). You've been in my thoughts.
                Ken Weaver
                Clemson, SC

                "A mistake is absolute proof that someone tried to do something!

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                • rickd
                  Established Member
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 422
                  • Cowichan Bay, 30 mi. north of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
                  • Ryobi BT3100

                  #9
                  Good for you Dick. I'm sure you're beloved wife would be pleased that you are back in the shop as well. Take care.
                  rick doyle

                  Rick's Woodworking Website

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                  • Mrs. Wallnut
                    Bandsaw Box Momma
                    • Apr 2005
                    • 1566
                    • Ellensburg, Washington, USA.

                    #10
                    Glad to hear that your doing pens. Can't wait to see them.
                    Mrs. Wallnut a.k.a (the head nut).

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                    • Popeye
                      Veteran Member
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 1848
                      • Woodbine, Ga
                      • Grizzly 1023SL

                      #11
                      Great to hear it Dick. Haven't seen much of you in the chat lately. Been busy? Missed ya. Pat
                      Woodworking is therapy.....some of us need more therapy than others. <ZERO>

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                      • DUD
                        Royal Jester
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 3309
                        • Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA.
                        • Ryobi BT3000

                        #12
                        Dick
                        I think that is good advice for all of us, the work I'm doing in My Daughters kitchen is getting the little grey cells back to work. Bill
                        5 OUT OF 4 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND FRACTIONS.

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                        • crokett
                          The Full Monte
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 10627
                          • Mebane, NC, USA.
                          • Ryobi BT3000

                          #13
                          Dick,

                          Glad to hear that you are getting back in the shop. What Popeye said - check in on the chat every once in a while will ya? Somebody has to keep Thom in line.
                          David

                          The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                          • lrogers
                            Veteran Member
                            • Dec 2002
                            • 3853
                            • Mobile, AL. USA.
                            • BT3000

                            #14
                            Work shop therapy is a good way to get back on your feet. Glad you are getting back out there. Be sure to post pics of your work!
                            Larry R. Rogers
                            The Samurai Wood Butcher
                            http://splash54.multiply.com
                            http://community.webshots.com/user/splash54

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                            • germdoc
                              Veteran Member
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 3567
                              • Omaha, NE
                              • BT3000--the gray ghost

                              #15
                              Glad to see you're back in the groove.

                              Go saw some wood--it's great therapy.
                              Jeff


                              “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire

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