I was talking about Tom on another site and was wondering what has happend
to him??
Thanks,
Brian

"BrianInHampton" wrote in message
...
I was talking about Tom on another site and was wondering what has happend
to him??
Thanks,
Brian


IIRC and this is hard to believe but he was getting out of the business and
taking up something else. IIRC he is into video production.

"Leon" wrote in message
...

"BrianInHampton" wrote in message
...
I was talking about Tom on another site and was wondering what has happend
to him??
Thanks,
Brian


IIRC and this is hard to believe but he was getting out of the business
and taking up something else. IIRC he is into video production.


He popped in here a while back when the same question came up. Seems he had
enough wood working and was going elsewhere with his talents.
Truthfully, I think he was abducted by aliens! I have a problem believing he
"hung it up" with the skills he has!
Greg

You know, some folks have to keep going forward. Out to the great
unknown, that's where the fun resides.

Personally, I wouldn't want to go to my grave, retirement, or anyplace
else thinking I left too much on the table.

I applaud his move.

Comfort zones are for weenies.

Robert

On Mar 23, 8:36*pm, "
wrote:
You know, some folks have to keep going forward. *Out to the great
unknown, that's where the fun resides.


That is the truth. Exploring and developing new ideas (to me) is what
gets me up in the morning. To fund that process, I have to maintain
some of the status quo. Believe you me, if I didn't need the money, I
would stop slugging those damned countertops regardless of their
profitability. I have to play to pay to play.

Personally, I wouldn't want to go to my grave, retirement, or anyplace
else thinking I left too much on the table.

Well said.


I applaud his move.

I am not sure why he did what he did, but the fact that he made that
decision is indeed to be applauded, for the courage alone.

Comfort zones are for weenies.

You can't get to second base and keep one foot on first. (Or as a
buddy of mine in Rochester says: "you can't get laid and keep your
dick in your pants.")


Robert

Rob

Greg O wrote:

"Leon" wrote in message
...

"BrianInHampton" wrote in message
...
I was talking about Tom on another site and was wondering what has
happend to him??
Thanks,
Brian


IIRC and this is hard to believe but he was getting out of the business
and taking up something else. IIRC he is into video production.


He popped in here a while back when the same question came up. Seems he
had enough wood working and was going elsewhere with his talents.
Truthfully, I think he was abducted by aliens! I have a problem believing
he "hung it up" with the skills he has!
Greg

His comment mentioned something about the fact that just as he was about
to celebrate the rewards for one of his exquisite carvings, a bill from the
state for workers' comp showed up and essentially wiped out all of those
rewards. He decided it wasn't worth working for the state.


--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

Nailshooter wrote:

You know, some folks have to keep going forward. Out to the great
unknown, that's where the fun resides.

You know you have simplified your life about as much as possible when
your key ring has only ONE key.

The key for the boat that you will sail to catch the morning tide to
see what is over the horizon.

The goal of almost every cruising sailor.

Lew

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:s_Zxl.1719$6%.134
@nwrddc01.gnilink.net:

You know you have simplified your life about as much as possible when
your key ring has only ONE key.

The key for the boat that you will sail to catch the morning tide to
see what is over the horizon.

The goal of almost every cruising sailor.


Sometimes I am longing back for the days that all we had to do was untie
the line to shore, hoist the sail and sail away. The outbord auxiliary had
a string to start the stinky, and was used only when poling was useless.

--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid

On Mar 24, 12:46*am, Mark & Juanita wrote:
Greg O wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message
...

"BrianInHampton" wrote in message
...
I was talking about Tom on another site and was wondering what has
happend to him??
Thanks,
Brian

IIRC and this is hard to believe but he was getting out of the business
and taking up something else. *IIRC he is into video production.

He popped in here a while back when the same question came up. Seems he
had enough wood working and was going elsewhere with his talents.
Truthfully, I think he was abducted by aliens! I have a problem believing
he "hung it up" with the skills he has!
Greg

* His comment mentioned something about the fact that just as he was about
to celebrate the rewards for one of his exquisite carvings, a bill from the
state for workers' comp showed up and essentially wiped out all of those
rewards. *He decided it wasn't worth working for the state.

--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

Yup, Lefty's fault.
What he DID say, that he got hit by an insurance bill equalling his
profits of this particular job. Workman's Comp. Is insurance a
socialist thing? You know.. like....
Naaaaaaa. Can't be.

On Mar 24, 9:28*am, Robatoy wrote:
On Mar 24, 12:46*am, Mark & Juanita wrote:



Greg O wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message
...

"BrianInHampton" wrote in message
...
I was talking about Tom on another site and was wondering what has
happend to him??
Thanks,
Brian

IIRC and this is hard to believe but he was getting out of the business
and taking up something else. *IIRC he is into video production.

He popped in here a while back when the same question came up. Seems he
had enough wood working and was going elsewhere with his talents.
Truthfully, I think he was abducted by aliens! I have a problem believing
he "hung it up" with the skills he has!
Greg

* His comment mentioned something about the fact that just as he was about
to celebrate the rewards for one of his exquisite carvings, a bill from the
state for workers' comp showed up and essentially wiped out all of those
rewards. *He decided it wasn't worth working for the state.

--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

Yup, Lefty's fault.
What he DID say, that he got hit by an insurance bill equalling his
profits of this particular job. Workman's Comp. Is insurance a
socialist thing? You know.. like....
Naaaaaaa. Can't be.

BTW, Mark, love your favourite TV network:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/607186

Apologies or not, just one bunch of assholes.

On Mar 24, 11:01*am, "Upscale" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message

BTW, Mark, love your favourite TV network:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/607186

Apologies or not, just one bunch of assholes.

Yup, and gratified to see some Americans attacking the show too.http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_33154.aspx

I like the part in the U.S. story: it seems to cater to a group that
doesn't know anything about Canada. There's only one mistake the
replace "Canada" with "anything," and the stoory is dead accurate. Fox
News generally gets it wrong anyway, and makes its living by catering
to a group who believes shouting someone down is winning a debate.

On Mar 24, 11:01*am, "Upscale" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message

BTW, Mark, love your favourite TV network:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/607186

Apologies or not, just one bunch of assholes.

Yup, and gratified to see some Americans attacking the show too.http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_33154.aspx

Just good old Fox trying to sneak one by in the middle of the
night..bunch of yellow-bellied cowards.

Refreshing to see those Americans who can see the light.

"Robatoy" wrote in message
BTW, Mark, love your favourite TV network:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/607186
Apologies or not, just one bunch of assholes.

Yup, and gratified to see some Americans attacking the show too.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_33154.aspx

Faux News is the biggest piece of **** since Hearst and the Yellow
Journalists were getting us into scrapes that only they could provide.


Rust Limberger is the biggest piece of **** since Father Coughlin.


History repeats itself ad nauseum.


tom









On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
wrote:

On Mar 24, 11:01*am, "Upscale" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message

BTW, Mark, love your favourite TV network:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/607186

Apologies or not, just one bunch of assholes.

Yup, and gratified to see some Americans attacking the show too.http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_33154.aspx

I like the part in the U.S. story: it seems to cater to a group that
doesn't know anything about Canada. There's only one mistake the
replace "Canada" with "anything," and the stoory is dead accurate. Fox
News generally gets it wrong anyway, and makes its living by catering
to a group who believes shouting someone down is winning a debate.
Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

"Tom Watson" wrote in message
news
Faux News is the biggest piece of **** since Hearst and the Yellow
Journalists were getting us into scrapes that only they could provide.

Rust Limberger is the biggest piece of **** since Father Coughlin.

History repeats itself ad nauseum.

tom

Next thing you know, he'll be making disparaging remarks about the Special
Olympics. I mean, what kind of ass would do something like that?

todd

On Mar 25, 1:00*am, "todd" wrote:
"Tom Watson" wrote in message

news
Faux News is the biggest piece of **** since Hearst and the Yellow
Journalists were getting us into scrapes that only they could provide.

Rust Limberger is the biggest piece of **** since Father Coughlin.

History repeats itself ad nauseum.

tom

Next thing you know, he'll be making disparaging remarks about the Special
Olympics. *I mean, what kind of ass would do something like that?

todd

Would he have the class to apologize? Limbo has never apologized for
anything, that I can recall, not even his "prescription drug
dependency," something that he calls drug addiction in less wealthy
people.

He's another superpatriot who wants others to do the fighting, while
he rouses the rabble.

Tom left off my favorite, Miss Piggy, Ann Coulter. No talent. No
position except she hates liberals (we who supposedly seldom thank God
for much, thank God for her hate: it is a benison). She thinks it
would be fun to A bomb Iran. She stole my horse's face, too.

I do get curious about the tone of some of this right wing fervor: it
is either hate-filled, a la Ms Coulter and Limbaugh, or loud and spit
spraying like Hannity and O'Reilly.

Sort of an "I got mine, f&&ck you who might want some of it to run the
country." In the process, their cohorts found and run companies like
Blackwater.

No thanks.

BrianInHampton wrote:
I was talking about Tom on another site and was wondering what has happend
to him??
Thanks,
Brian



This thread occurred back in December, 2008. Tom finally chimed in:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.w...2ac1348b2dff5a

We know what color Tom is.

Tom Watson wrote:
Faux News is the biggest piece of **** since Hearst and the Yellow
Journalists were getting us into scrapes that only they could provide.


Rust Limberger is the biggest piece of **** since Father Coughlin.


History repeats itself ad nauseum.


tom









On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
wrote:

On Mar 24, 11:01 am, "Upscale" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message

BTW, Mark, love your favourite TV network:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/607186

Apologies or not, just one bunch of assholes.
Yup, and gratified to see some Americans attacking the show too.http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_33154.aspx
I like the part in the U.S. story: it seems to cater to a group that
doesn't know anything about Canada. There's only one mistake the
replace "Canada" with "anything," and the stoory is dead accurate. Fox
News generally gets it wrong anyway, and makes its living by catering
to a group who believes shouting someone down is winning a debate.
Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
...

Next thing you know, he'll be making disparaging remarks about the
Special
Olympics. I mean, what kind of ass would do something like that?

todd

Would he have the class to apologize?

Oh, well that just makes it all better, doesn't it? Tell me something and
be honest. If what Obama said had been uttered by a prominent Republican,
would they even have a job right now? Would the Shriver family and the
Special Olympics be all understanding? Hell, no, they wouldn't. There
would be a giant **** storm and every major network would have it as their
top story until a resignation was extracted. But I guess we can't be that
hard on Obama. In fairness, he didn't have his teleprompter to read from.

Limbo has never apologized for
anything, that I can recall, not even his "prescription drug
dependency," something that he calls drug addiction in less wealthy
people.

He's another superpatriot who wants others to do the fighting, while
he rouses the rabble.

Tom left off my favorite, Miss Piggy, Ann Coulter. No talent.
No position except she hates liberals (we who supposedly seldom thank God
for much, thank God for her hate: it is a benison). She thinks it
would be fun to A bomb Iran. She stole my horse's face, too.

Classy. At least she's an improvement over Pelosi. *shiver*

I do get curious about the tone of some of this right wing fervor: it
is either hate-filled, a la Ms Coulter and Limbaugh, or loud and spit
spraying like Hannity and O'Reilly.

If you think O'Reilly is a Republican hack, you haven't seen his show much.

Sort of an "I got mine, f&&ck you who might want some of it to run the
country." In the process, their cohorts found and run companies like
Blackwater.

No thanks.

Let's see. Limbaugh...check. Hannity....check. Ann Coulter...check.
O'Reilly...check. Congrats. You hit almost all of the talking points. If
you could have worked in Pat Robertson, you would have gotten a free turn.
Feel free to pick a prize from the top shelf.

todd

"todd" wrote in message
...
Oh, well that just makes it all better, doesn't it? Tell me something and
be honest. If what Obama said had been uttered by a prominent Republican,
would they even have a job right now? Would the Shriver family and the
Special Olympics be all understanding? Hell, no, they wouldn't. There
would be a giant **** storm and every major network would have it as their
top story until a resignation was extracted. But I guess we can't be that
hard on Obama. In fairness, he didn't have his teleprompter to read from.


I am not an Obama fan nor do I hate him because he is a Democrat. I believe
in united we stand.

Having said that I have heard his comments 2 or 3 times about the bowling
event and perhaps the news did it's usual deed in only reporting the
sensational parts but I am absolutely clueless as to what was offensive
about his comments.

"Leon" wrote in message
news

"todd" wrote in message
...
Oh, well that just makes it all better, doesn't it? Tell me something
and be honest. If what Obama said had been uttered by a prominent
Republican, would they even have a job right now? Would the Shriver
family and the Special Olympics be all understanding? Hell, no, they
wouldn't. There would be a giant **** storm and every major network
would have it as their top story until a resignation was extracted. But
I guess we can't be that hard on Obama. In fairness, he didn't have his
teleprompter to read from.


I am not an Obama fan nor do I hate him because he is a Democrat. I
believe in united we stand.

Having said that I have heard his comments 2 or 3 times about the bowling
event and perhaps the news did it's usual deed in only reporting the
sensational parts but I am absolutely clueless as to what was offensive
about his comments.
I wasn't offended, but Todd is correct. The networks would still be feeding
on it if Bush had said it.

I notice Obama gave up his teleprompter at the last news conference.
However, there was a large screen TV at the back of the room he was reading
his speech from. I love it. . . :-)

Charlie Self wrote:

He's [Limbaugh] another superpatriot who wants others to do the fighting,
while
he rouses the rabble.


"Wants others to do the fighting"? Well, sure. Leave it up to the
professionals - I sure don't want to pull my own teeth!

But our soldiers are volunteers. They joined for the opportunity to kill
people and blow things up. That, and they get paid to do it!

Our soldiers are trained to be there, they need to be there, they WANT to be
there! There's folks that need killin'!

Leon wrote:
"todd" wrote in message
...
Oh, well that just makes it all better, doesn't it? Tell me something and
be honest. If what Obama said had been uttered by a prominent Republican,
would they even have a job right now? Would the Shriver family and the
Special Olympics be all understanding? Hell, no, they wouldn't. There
would be a giant **** storm and every major network would have it as their
top story until a resignation was extracted. But I guess we can't be that
hard on Obama. In fairness, he didn't have his teleprompter to read from.


I am not an Obama fan nor do I hate him because he is a Democrat. I believe
in united we stand.

Having said that I have heard his comments 2 or 3 times about the bowling
event and perhaps the news did it's usual deed in only reporting the
sensational parts but I am absolutely clueless as to what was offensive
about his comments.



I agree with the last comments. I really could care less about Obama but
not much. I agree with his wants but absolutely not with his methods.
As for the bowling score, I wish I could do as good. HI HI...

Are you familiar with "Hobson's Choice" ?






On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:50:29 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Charlie Self wrote:

He's [Limbaugh] another superpatriot who wants others to do the fighting,
while
he rouses the rabble.


"Wants others to do the fighting"? Well, sure. Leave it up to the
professionals - I sure don't want to pull my own teeth!

But our soldiers are volunteers. They joined for the opportunity to kill
people and blow things up. That, and they get paid to do it!

Our soldiers are trained to be there, they need to be there, they WANT to be
there! There's folks that need killin'!

Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

red, white and blue.



On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:50:19 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:

We know what color Tom is.

Tom Watson wrote:
Faux News is the biggest piece of **** since Hearst and the Yellow
Journalists were getting us into scrapes that only they could provide.


Rust Limberger is the biggest piece of **** since Father Coughlin.


History repeats itself ad nauseum.


tom









On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Charlie Self
wrote:

On Mar 24, 11:01 am, "Upscale" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message

BTW, Mark, love your favourite TV network:http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/607186

Apologies or not, just one bunch of assholes.
Yup, and gratified to see some Americans attacking the show too.http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_33154.aspx
I like the part in the U.S. story: it seems to cater to a group that
doesn't know anything about Canada. There's only one mistake the
replace "Canada" with "anything," and the stoory is dead accurate. Fox
News generally gets it wrong anyway, and makes its living by catering
to a group who believes shouting someone down is winning a debate.
Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
Regards,

Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/

wrote:

Comfort zones are for weenies.

Absolutely...