Greetings and Salutations...

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:29:00 -0400, Tom Watson
wrote:

I received a communication from a WreckFriend of mine today.

A thinking man, a judicious man, a decent wooddorker.

He said that he would no longer be a cohabitant of the Wreck.

This was disturbing to me and I thought to parse its particulars.

He states that the Wreck is lacking in, " both wisdom and wit."

I suppose that I would have to agree, in a general sense.

Well, that is a point, although I feel constrained to
point out that a person has to sift through a LOT of dirt to find
the treasure of a truffle.

We are certainly well past the days where Mr. Leach and Mr. Olguin
lent their particular insight into things particular and general on
the WrecK.

I have not seen a post from Mr. Bohn in quite some time.

I have not seen my favorite story teller spin his tales here in a bit.

This is a point. People's lives go through cycles, so there
are times when one has (too) much time to play about online, and,
times when there is so much life that weeks may go by before
one has time to even deal with Email.


I read a good deal too much of Mr. Fatheree's political opinions, and
those of Messrs. Hinz, Fredfighter, Miller, etc. - good and worthy
men, I am sure, but not much in the wooddorking department.

I wonder why they post here.

Perhaps because one thing about woodworkers is that
they are intelligent, considering people, who are quite willing
to take up discourse on a wide variety of topics.
Sometimes it is simply because, like cats, we have
a bad tendency to jump at shiny things dangled above us and
attack them.


I will miss my friend, and he will be missed by those who value
insight, values, and intelligence.


One more good man gone.


One less reason to read the Wreck.

Well, if a person feels that they are part of the
problem and not the solution, the only honorable thing TO do
is withdraw. I have had to do that a couple of times myself.
It is very hard to do, and, I would hope that this vacation
is only a short one. Often a little break can allow a person
to come back with a clearer and calmer point of view.
I deal with the problem of OT posts by hitting
the "I" key (I use FreeAgent). That ensures that I don't
see anything I am not interested in taking part in.
Regards
Dave Mundt








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