See top ten list with photos of alumnus at American Sycamore.
follow this link www.mywoodworkingschool.com,
on home page click to enter "New ASWR woodworking forum",
Log-in
and enter through "What's New At ASWR" forum and read the top ten
reasons...

For a sneak Peek at the 2006 class schedule, enter the 'Workbench
forum" and scroll to "Peek at 2006 Workshops"

Thanks
Mike

10. It's not cool.
09. This is not the forum.

Ok, crap, I don't have ten reasons... I'm no Letterman

And some of 'em don't have ten fingers!!! Good photo! Tom

thanks Tom,
thanks for the knid words.
We have a good time and lots of light-hearted fun after hours. We
always learn when we are in the wood shop and of cource Safety is
always our major concern.

Mike

Dear Mr. Stoutman:

I contribute to this forum and always offer a helping hand when I can.
I never post politics or religion. If a woodworking school is not
woodworking related I do not know what is. This is in no way spam.
Are you some self appointed web ploice? Perhaps you should keep to
woodworking as well.
Mike

Yeah, its not like that Tom Watson idiot that posts Iraq crap.

"mike from American Sycamore" wrote in message
oups.com...
Dear Mr. Stoutman:

I contribute to this forum and always offer a helping hand when I can.
I never post politics or religion. If a woodworking school is not
woodworking related I do not know what is. This is in no way spam.
Are you some self appointed web ploice? Perhaps you should keep to
woodworking as well.
Mike


Sorry If I upset you Mike, but your post was nothing short of an
advertisement.

If Mike was putting these up once a day, I'd agree it was spam, but a
contributer to the group that lists something that woodworkers would be
interested in is no different than someone listing a TS for sale. Are
FS posts spam?

Jeff

In article , stoutman
.@. wrote:

Sorry If I upset you Mike, but your post was nothing short of an
advertisement.

So what?

Nothing wrong wiith the occasional promotion from the folks that
contribute to the well being of the wreck.

Kinda like sticking your business card up next to the dartboard at your
local pub, in my mind.

djb

--
------
My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is:
Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can. -- Frank Zappa

wrote in message
ups.com...
If Mike was putting these up once a day, I'd agree it was spam, but a
contributer to the group that lists something that woodworkers would be
interested in is no different than someone listing a TS for sale. Are
FS posts spam?

Jeff


Agreed. He might come off a little less commercial if he simply posted his
web page at the bottom of a sincere post.

His "Name" is a commercial in itself : "mike from American Sycamore". I
mean come on, we get it.

At least he's up front with the name. The name tells you that he works
for them. Better than some others that act as an unaffiliated party.
Just my opinion.

Jeff

stoutman wrote:

"mike from American Sycamore" wrote in message
oups.com...

Dear Mr. Stoutman:

I contribute to this forum and always offer a helping hand when I can.
I never post politics or religion. If a woodworking school is not
woodworking related I do not know what is. This is in no way spam.
Are you some self appointed web ploice? Perhaps you should keep to
woodworking as well.
Mike



Sorry If I upset you Mike, but your post was nothing short of an
advertisement.



Mike is definitely one of the nicest guys around, SM. He spent a lot of
his time helping me out some time ago. He went way beyond the "call of
duty", so be NICE!

Dave

In article , David
wrote:

Mike is definitely one of the nicest guys around, SM. He spent a lot of
his time helping me out some time ago. He went way beyond the "call of
duty", so be NICE!

Since I started hanging out in the wreck I've seen brilliance leave,
brilliance go off the political deep end, Troll and Kook attacks that
people should have known better than to respond to, newcomers attacked
for little cause when a gentle, welcoming, remonstration would have
been more appropriate, and newcomers barge in and decide they could
"clean the place up" by attacking the core community that make this
news group interesting, fun and worth following.

I don't imagine it's gonna change soon...

All it takes is lurking for a while to learn who is worth listening to,
and who isn't.

All it takes is lurking for a while to learn what topics have been
discussed to death, and are worth searching groups.google.com for to
learn if there's anything new to say.

All it takes is lurking for a while to learn that this is a real
community, with real people populating it, who really give a damn about
woodworking and their/our community.

Some people need to lurk more.

--
"Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a
well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy
free health care and 100 percent literacy." -- John Derbyshire

"Dave Balderstone" wrote in message
tone.ca...
In article , David
wrote:

Mike is definitely one of the nicest guys around, SM. He spent a lot of
his time helping me out some time ago. He went way beyond the "call of
duty", so be NICE!

Since I started hanging out in the wreck I've seen brilliance leave,
brilliance go off the political deep end, Troll and Kook attacks that
people should have known better than to respond to, newcomers attacked
for little cause when a gentle, welcoming, remonstration would have
been more appropriate, and newcomers barge in and decide they could
"clean the place up" by attacking the core community that make this
news group interesting, fun and worth following.

I don't imagine it's gonna change soon...

All it takes is lurking for a while to learn who is worth listening to,
and who isn't.

All it takes is lurking for a while to learn what topics have been
discussed to death, and are worth searching groups.google.com for to
learn if there's anything new to say.

All it takes is lurking for a while to learn that this is a real
community, with real people populating it, who really give a damn about
woodworking and their/our community.

Some people need to lurk more.


I assume you are referring to me.

Google me in this group and you will find that I am no newbie... Not an old
timer, but not a newbie (started posting in 2003)

I just don't think pure advertisement posts have there place in this forum.
Just my opinion and I doubt I'm alone.

stoutman wrote:


I just don't think pure advertisement posts have there place in this forum.
Just my opinion and I doubt I'm alone.



Anyone who is familar with Mike is not with you on this one, SM. So I
think you ARE alone. Would you bitch if Robin posted a link to LV??

Dave

"David" wrote in message
. ..
stoutman wrote:


I just don't think pure advertisement posts have there place in this
forum. Just my opinion and I doubt I'm alone.



Anyone who is familar with Mike is not with you on this one, SM. So I
think you ARE alone. Would you bitch if Robin posted a link to LV??

Dave

Ok, I'm alone on this one, but I don't think a link at the bottom of a post
is not the same as a blatant commercial.

Bring on the commercials and advertisements!! Sell Sell Sell!!

In article , stoutman
.@. wrote:

I assume you are referring to me.

Nononono! Pardon, I absolutely was NOT referring to you, stoutman!

My post was a general ramble combining several ongoing threads that
just happened to end up here.

My apologies for not making it clear.

BTW, if you google *me* in this group you'll find this isn't the first
time I've put my foot into it.

;-)

djb

--
"I'm a man, but I can change... If I have to... I guess." -- Red Green

stoutman wrote:

"David" wrote in message
. ..

stoutman wrote:



I just don't think pure advertisement posts have there place in this
forum. Just my opinion and I doubt I'm alone.




Anyone who is familar with Mike is not with you on this one, SM. So I
think you ARE alone. Would you bitch if Robin posted a link to LV??

Dave


Ok, I'm alone on this one, but I don't think a link at the bottom of a post
is not the same as a blatant commercial.

Bring on the commercials and advertisements!! Sell Sell Sell!!


Seriously, while there is a general requirement that people not come
here and advertise their sites, we ALL (regulars) expect and tolerate
LV, Sycamore, Fly by Night (in the past), and Steve Knight. You'd stir
up a hornet's nest if you lobbied to "hush" them up. If I missed any
other posters with commercial sites that other regulars consider
appropriate, blame it on my poor memory.

Dave

Dave Balderstone wrote:


BTW, if you google *me* in this group you'll find this isn't the first
time I've put my foot into it.

;-)

djb

that's for sure!

g

Dave

In article , David
wrote:

Dave Balderstone wrote:


BTW, if you google *me* in this group you'll find this isn't the first
time I've put my foot into it.

;-)

djb

that's for sure!


Heh. I remember the first time. As a total newbie, I shat on Keeter...

Oh, do I remember that. First time I'd *ever* been called "Sonny me
lad"... IIRC it was Mr. Self, and he actually cared enough to *email*
me rather than call me out in public.

It hurt, but it sure as hell impressed on me that this was a newsgroup
with traditions, and that it would behoove me greatly to spend a bit of
time lurking and learning the lore.

We learn from them what's gone before...


djb

--
"The thing about saying the wrong words is that A, I don't notice it, and B,
sometimes orange water gibbon bucket and plastic." -- Mr. Burrows

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:28:07 -0600, Dave Balderstone wrote:

Nothing wrong wiith the occasional promotion from the folks that
contribute to the well being of the wreck.

Emphasis being on "people who contribute", yeah.

Kinda like sticking your business card up next to the dartboard at your
local pub, in my mind.

Right. If you're a regular, they already know you make planes or sell
insurance or whatever, and they know and trust you. It's the bozos who
wander in and drive-by spam that don't get or deserve any respect.

Dave Balderstone wrote:

In article , David
wrote:


Dave Balderstone wrote:



BTW, if you google *me* in this group you'll find this isn't the first
time I've put my foot into it.

;-)

djb


that's for sure!



Heh. I remember the first time. As a total newbie, I shat on Keeter...

Oh, do I remember that. First time I'd *ever* been called "Sonny me
lad"... IIRC it was Mr. Self, and he actually cared enough to *email*
me rather than call me out in public.

It hurt, but it sure as hell impressed on me that this was a newsgroup
with traditions, and that it would behoove me greatly to spend a bit of
time lurking and learning the lore.

We learn from them what's gone before...


djb

You're lucky. I got roundly chastised publicly by more than Keeter, and
he was at the front of the parade.

Dave

"stoutman" .@. wrote in message

Sorry If I upset you Mike, but your post was nothing short of an
advertisement.

So what? Mike has been very helpful to the group over the few years I've
been here. I even had the pleasure of meeting him at the Springfield show.
Very nice folks. Very nice. My wife wants me to take a class just so she
can go and hang out while I'm there and join in the hospitality.

Many of us are interested in what is going on at the school and hope to
attend one day. I'm glad he posted and I did check out the latest
information on his web page.

Next time there is a show and American Sycamore participates, go meet Mike
and Dana. You'll have a different attitude.

stoutman wrote:

Sorry If I upset you Mike, but your post was nothing short of an
advertisement.


SO?

It was posted what, once to one group?

Mike contributes here on a regular basis, as does Ed Bennett, Steve
Knight, Rob Lee, etc...

An occasional ON TOPIC product or service announcement is hardly spam.

I'd rather have folks like them tell us about their stuff & services
than read about who lied about who in what war.

Jeez...