On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 23:18:32 -0500, Tom Watson
wrote:

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:00:03 GMT, "Frank Ketchum"
wrote:


I have thought of this often. Spend a grand on a computer and it will be
worth exactly nothing in 10 years whereas a grand invested in a jointer,
tablesaw, or any blurfl will not only still be useful, but it will retain
resale value.


And a grand's worth of time invested in going to see furniture that is
worth emulating will pay off in greater measure than either investment
in hardware. Too much of this newsgroups's time is taken up with the
investigation of the "How' in preference to the "What" or the "Why".

Excellent advice.

I consider myself lucky to live 2 hrs from NYC and Boston, 1 hr from
both Old Sturbridge Village and Hancock Shaker Village, and have some
excellent art galleries that can be visited on a long lunch break.

Only recently did I realize the true value of visiting these places in
the pursuit of this craft.

Barry