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| Author: | Colin S [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:06 am ] |
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My wife thinks I'm a bit weird and obsessive (part of being a Professor is being slightly eccentric), but I think it's normal behaviour. The other day I had a spare hour or two, so I went to my wood store and decided to reorganise it. I took all of my wood and rearranged it by function in alphabetical order. Being a scientist I of course had to arrange them alphabetically by their binomial. so Swietenia macrophylla is stacked to the left of Swietenia mahogani. What I did discover is that I have enough wood, at my current rate of building to last until I'm 130 or so years old. So guess what I did? I got straight on the phone to David Dyke's and ordered some more! Now I think that's perfectly normal behaviour, sfter all, I don't know what wood will still be available when I'm 135. Colin Colin |
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| Author: | JJ Donohue [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:21 am ] |
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Colin...It's as normal than having a hundred pairs of shoes that will be worn no more than 5 times. ...and they're probably not as well cataloged as your wood! Try that one! |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:53 pm ] |
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Only 130? You DO need more wood. Steve |
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| Author: | Chansen [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:37 pm ] |
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Colin, I'm going to have to disagree with everyone here. I think there really should be a balance with these things.... and having "enough wood until you're 130".... I think that is a bit overboard. I tell you what though; for a small fee I can help you overcome this addiction. Not only will I cure you for good.... but I'll get that stash down to about 70 or 80 years. Why don't I just PM you my shipping address and we can start the healing process. It's for the best. |
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| Author: | Sam Price [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:52 pm ] |
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Colin, That voracious hunger for more wood regardless of current stocks is unrelenting. I don't know if it's worse that GAS. It doesn't help either when your spouse encourages it too. I asked the other day whether we need to watch out for a shed on freecycle to store any wood I get in the future... Colin, your thread has only served to give me the desire to imrpove my collection so that it covers more than 3/26ths of the alphabet! 
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:42 pm ] |
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Colin, I hate to disappoint you. That's not WAS, it's OCD... 
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| Author: | Kim [ Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:39 pm ] |
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Sorry Colin, But I am a little confused, what other action could one be expected to take in order to celebrate the completion of a job well done other than to reward one's self by ordering more wood??? Cheers Kim |
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| Author: | bob J [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:30 pm ] |
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cOLIN  
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| Author: | Sam Price [ Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:06 am ] |
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I've just bought 5 sets of master grade englemann. Suffice to say, I have given my husband my credit card to look after for a couple of months until I have paid off the bill....
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| Author: | bob_connor [ Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:11 am ] |
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When a man is tired of Mahogany, he is tired of life; for there is in Mahogany all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson (sort of) |
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