While you were gone

Dubya took out The Cabal.

Fundamentalist Insurgent Woodworkers are opposing
the installed replacements to The Cabal

Shellac prices have, as you know, sky rocketed.

Wood is now being sold in BM (board meters) and prices
are now quoted in Euros.

Canadians are buying up cheap American products
now that the exchange rate has tilted so far in
their favor. Their snapping up "cheap" Lie Nielsen
planes by the dozens. They're also taking tool
hunting vacations to US flea markets hoping to
pick up Stanley planes and chisels for a song.

O'Deen is looking into getting dual citizenship
and going through his change jar looking for
Canadian coins.

Rumor has it that Lee Valley and Veritas are re-
evaluating their business plan.

Purchasing a Festool tool now requires a credit
check to qualify for 36 month loans.

Oh - and the price of a barrel of oil has gone
from $60 to pushing $100 (US) - that's
$70 (Can) to $45 (Can).

Katrina and Iraq needed all the plywood being
manufactured - in the world - so ply prices
went through the roof. Thankfully most of
us don't use much copper in our woodworking
projects because copper prices went vertical
too. Nobody is even thinking of rewiring their
shops. The folks worried about Static Discharge
in their dust collection system ducts are now
using silver wire since it's now cheaper than
copper wire.

Tom Plamann has gone Pro - and built a HUGE
phreakin' shop and finally got to make the
"groined dome ceiling" he's been wanting to do
for years.

http://www.plamann.com/groinedceilingforoffice.html

We got nailed by a pet owner whose dog ate
something like anitfreeze. posted a question
here and all hell broke out for months.

Bennett and Strickland got into it about precision
and accuracy.

And that's about it. Sort of like soap operas.
Watch two days worth after missing a few
years and you're all caught up.

charlie b