On May 21, 6:17 am, FoggyTown wrote:
On May 21, 8:37?am, Lew Hodgett wrote:

Robatoy wrote:

? So steeped in history. What a wonderful place. Warm beer...hey..Lucas
? fridges, right?

Lucas as in "The Prince Of Darkness"?

Lew

That's the great thing about this NG. With the exception of tool/
lumber outlets and some brand names, every other aspect of woodworking
is the same and the language is truly international. I'm a bit of an
odd resident, though. I'm a Yank from Boston but I've lived in the UK
for the last 27 years. And when I really want to beat myself up, I go
to the Amazon U.S. web site and look at all the wonderful CHEAP (with
current ROE, even CHEAPER!) tools and curse whoever invented customs
duties and shipping costs.

FoggyTown

It is sad but true that the US has a lot more people who can/do crafts
of all sorts. For example: When we moved to Germany in 77 I brought
along all my stained glass stuff thinking I could buy my precious hand-
blown 'antique' style glass at the source- and cheaper than I had in
California. I was turned away at the door and informed that only
serious- guild related people could buy glass there. I had to make a
trip to the States, and buy more glass, and haul it back to Germany!
Just one more story: so far I've sold over 200 books, and sales in
Canada and Australia have been a good part of that- but just one sale
to Ireland- none in the rest of Europe. Best I can figure there just
aren't very many woodworkers there- at least not those interested in
small projects. One exception is for carvers- lots of wonderful
carvers in England. Donna Menke