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(Arch) wrote:

I am usually a private person and not given to maudlin posts, but I am
uncomfortable allowing a sail under false colors. I hope you all will
forgive these personal comments posted to a woodturning forum. I served
safely in a stateside military hospital. I owe as much as the rest of
you to others who saved us on D-day. Not forgetting the Remagen bridge,
the Bulge, N. Africa, S. Asia, Italy and so many more places of sad
honor.
Also for Brits, Canadians, Aussies and other real heros. The U.S. gave
me a lot more than I gave it. My wife was a Navy Nurse, and the GI bill
allowed her to return to and graduate from Harvard College and me to
finish the Penn. graduate school of medicine.

Well Arch, if you and your wife weren't serving where you were then
someone from closer to the fighting would have had to take your place.

I've been trying to give you guys a bit of a rest, but It's not easy for
a COC to refrain from a comment now & then. I couldn't accept
unearned accolades, thus this self-serving post, Now let's all get back
to what's important: catches, tool marks & gentle fibbing .

Well, I was tickled to think of our COC jumping from a plane and giving
all around you a hell of a time.

I just took in a small two-day demo by Jean Francois Escoulen this week
- hosted by my local AAW chapter. While I don't plan on doing any
eccentric turnings in the near future, Escoulen was informative,
entertaining and inspiring. (I believe I'll be adding the Bedan to my
tool bag.) His French accented English was usually the source for much
self-ribbing humor. A well-spent two days.