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165392 Andrew Bedford <a_bedford@h...> 2006‑12‑03 Introduction/Bio
Fellow Galoots,

I'd been reading this list for a few months now, and I figured it was
about time to join in on the fun.

A little about me.....I'm 24, living in New Brunswick, Canada (brrr). I
work as a graphic designer for a software company that produces the
insanely complex software that hydrographers/oceanographers use to map
the ocean/ocean floor/rivers/lakes...etc etc.

I've been woodworking since I was a kid(although I refuse to admit that
I am no longer a kid...and I'm sure some of you will agree). My mother
used to teach folkart, which meant my father used to have to spend his
winter evenings out in the shed buzzing away at the scroll saw....and of
course I would be standing there amazed at what my father was doing. And
so my obsession with workwood began. Around the age of 12 I took up
whitling (I've got the scars to prove it!), a few years later this
progressed to relief carving, which then progressed into building
furniture that I could detail with carvings.

Now..at the same time all of this was going on, I was slowly being
influenced by the activist scene. This turned me into a
vegetarian/vegan, enviromentalist, primitivist, anti-consumerist, yadda
yadda yadda, and all the other "ist's" and "ism's" out there. Now this
lead me to the next logical step. I'd have become a devout galoot! So I
gave away all my power tools...which left me standing there scratching
my head, and thinking "well, now what do I do". Well I slowly started
figuring stuff out, and It's been 2 years since my powered days, and I
love it. It's the most relaxing, thrilling, and engaging thing I've ever
persued. My antique/homemade tool collection is progressing very nicely.
Yeah, so I've been completely broke for a few years, but I've got tools!
Who needs groceries when you can have one more plane! :)

So, this is me..and I look forward to spending years obsorbing the
collective knowledge and experience this list has to offer.

Your humbled apprentice, Andrew Bedford

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