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110225 "Mike Hamilton" <mrbuddha@i...> 2002‑10‑01 Biography - Mike Hamilton
Salutations.
I am 52, married, father of 3 (18,16,12), with a day job as a contract
programmer.  I have a liberal arts degree so I've had almost as many
careers as jobs.  Early in my work life, I opted to learn woodworking and
took jobs in several settings doing kitchen cabinets, then antique repair,
and finally making mahogany period (inspired - not reproduction) pieces at
a 30-man shop in Durham, N.C.  Lots and lots of use of tailed apprentices,
many of them were of the 3 ph, mega-hp variety.  So here I am 30 years
later with all my accumulated *l*ctr*c crutches in storage (another story
for another time) having serious wood withdrawal and SWMBO buys me a week
with Mike Dunbar as a Christmas present (timed so the rest of Clan
Hamilton can hang out at the beach).  You know the drill from
there.....the quiet, the lack of dust, the lack of tails in the
way.......the pull of gravity as you go over the edge.

Mike Hamilton
Plainfield, Indiana



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