Hello Andrew,

Welcome to the Porch,  you will get no argument, at least not from me, if
you want to call yourself a kid at 24. And there is no question that you are
indeed a Galoot.

Keep a lookout for edged tools made by  "JOSIAH FOWLER CO. LTD.  ST.JOHN
N.B." (that's how he stamped Saint John on his tools). The chisels and a
drawknife of his manufacture that I picked up years ago when still living in
the Maritimes are of top quality. IMHO.

Hope the vegetarian life style has not kept you away from the Moosehead
;^)

regards,
Marv Paisner
Kootenay Lake, BC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Bedford"
>
> I'd been reading this list for a few months now, and I figured it was
about time to join in on the fun.

> 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).

>  turned me into a vegetarian/vegan, enviromentalist, primitivist,
anti-consumerist, yadda yadda yadda, and all the other "ist's" and "ism's"
out there.

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