Beta 8.10 released

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 12 October 2008, Billie Walsh wrote:
>Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> On Sunday 12 October 2008 00:31:47 Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>> Incidently, my local LUG currently has a membership ranging in age from
>>>> 14 to 76.  (So far as we know.  There may, of course, be the odd closet
>>>> 9 year old or 85 year old. ;-)  )  Why do groups of people need to be
>>>> all the same age for people to "belong"??
>>>>
>>>> Lisi
>>>
>>> They don't Lisi, and that's the point.
>>
>> Yes - that is the point I was making.  Willy had said that he felt he
>> didn't belong because you and I are so ancient.
>>
>> Lisi
>
>Willy should enjoy it now. Youth is way to short.
>
>Age is mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.
>
>A friend of mine say it's not the age that matters it's the mileage. I'm
>one owner high mileage.
>
>I'm like an old broke down horse. Been rode hard and put away wet.
>
>The object is not to arrive at the pearly gates in perfect, pristine,
>condition. The object is to slide in head first, broke down, burned out,
>used up, and screaming "Man what a ride!"

You have it precisely, Billy. >
>You know, it's funny. I don't really feel old in my head [ does that
>make any sense at all ]. I mean my body is "old" and not able to do as
>many things as it used to but my brain keeps saying "you can do it" but
>the body says "not on your nelly". And when my brain does talk my body
>into doing something I pay for it for three or four days afterwards.

Boy do I know that one!  But I keep trying anyway.  It does help keep me out 
of the bars.  But the resultant aches & pains can sure screw up what should 
be a good nights sleep when you are certifiably tired.

ATM I'm building a woodworkers workbench, one intended to stay put when I 
clamp a piece of cherry to it and lay into it with a Bailey #7 jointer plane, 
which will leave that cherry optically flat IF the supporting bench is good.  
If its not solid, and allows the wood to move, then all bets are off and the 
piece is likely ruined.  You don't want to ruin too much of it at $16 a 
bd/ft.

>--
>Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.



-- 
Cheers, Gene
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