Uuuuggghh! Sad, sad, sad…but true. 
Get Norm Abraham out! Naked supermodels building furniture. Now there’s a program I would watch!
BTW, Bear_Nenno, my remark was not in reference to you or anyone else on this thread. Sorry if you might got that impression. It was specifically directed to Techchick.
When http://www.metaspy.com is one of your favorite sites
Hmmm…
Cool beans sailor. I thought you maybe got the wrong idea from my response to your balloon story (which was genuine curiosity) and now my response to techchick68 (which was in jest). I have 400 channels and I still watch that flannel freak make huge victorian desks in under an hour. Man is he fast. I wont even start on how many times I have caught myself watching damn infomercials. Or home shopping. What is wrong with me. I have Skin-a-Max for crying out loud.
BTW, sailor you are not the only one disintersted in sports. I have every sports channel there is and I can’t even tell you what channels they are. I never watch them. I played baseball for 9 years and football for 11. I was even captain of the football team in high school. Yet, I cant watch sports at all! Go figure… Maybe now that the Bucs are doing well, I will start paying more attention.
ROFL! My dh and I used to do that… it’s sad huh? He finally moved his computer into the same room as mine.
techchick, Norm is my hero. More than any other person on this planet I would like to meet Norm. When I went to Key West last weekend I visited the house This Old House remodeled last year. I used to be a carpenter, now it is my hobby and I love home improvement programs.
Here is a photo of a corner cabinet I built from plans from The New Yankee Workshop. I actually like the way mine looks more than Norm’s, because he put heavy looking wrought iron hinges and pulls on his while I used small brass hinges and pulls on mine.
BTW: I love the beginning of The New Yankee Workshop when Norm says:
Sounds like somewhat saying grace before a meal.
I knew I needed to get a life when I realized that the high point of my day was when I got home and could check to see who was having a post count party.
Actually, I knew it before. I am intentionally living in denial.
Scotti
Tech, are you spying on me and passing it on like it was you?
That is how I spent my Sat morning, and most Sundays between bouts of cleaning.
As for Norm. Some of the stuff he does is pretty cool, but I wish he would start doing more things where he doesn’t show off some powertool that only serious woodworkers would have, and most hobbiests wouldn’t. Most people can’t afford to spend $20,000 on their equipment. So how about more shows on things that can be built with just a circular saw, drill, router and stains. Or show how people can make those recessed hinges without having to spend $100 on a stainless steel hinge template they will probably use a grand total of twice.
Who is the guy that builds chairs and desks and stuff but he only uses tools that were available in like, 1880. He doesnt use any power tools or modern hammers or anything. That guy rules!
Not too bad today, it’s only 11:40 and the coffeepot’s almost empty. Only 6 or 7 hours left to figure out what to grill tonight.
HA! Narile you are so small in your thinking grasshopper. Take a look at the corner cabinet I built. This was built with only a circular saw, router, and jigsaw. I built my own wooden table saw and bolted my circular saw to it and also bolted my router to it to make it a router table. I even made my own molding using it. I made my own jig to put in recessed hinges. I have build bunk beds, a trundle bed and this gazebo too (don’t blame me for the paint color, that was my ex-wife’s idea). All with only a few power tools.
You see, what you gotta do is get wireless. That way, you would be able to wait with bated breath for Iron Chef!
That’s Roy Underhill and the program is called The Woodwright’s Shop. Though I appreciate his talent and personal zeal, all the stuff he made looked pretty rustic. I like more of a finished look myself.
Let’s see.
I woke up about a half hour ago. Watching an Indy race on TV, while drinking my 40 ounces of water instead of coffee.
I 'spose between posts I should get some laundry done.
yeah, that http://www.metaspy.com is a hoot:
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automatically refresh every 15 seconds.
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OK! I’ve been needing to do this for weeks.
I’m going outside.
Yay beatle!
Go soak up some Vitamin D and breath the air near a tall tree.
beatle, are you talking about that big blue, green and brown room beyond the main door? The one with the hidden light switch on a timer? My problem with that room is that the jantors and maids keep ignoring it. I’ve reminded them to clean it a few times, but they just looked at me like I was weird or something.
Wanderer, ah, but you are self-professed to not be an average person, since you used to be a carpenter. Also, my complaint isn’t that you can’t build the stuff he shows without special equipment, but that he always seems to need to show off some single purpose item when building them. I’ve never built any of his projects, but I have used some of his techniques when working on my own. (Can’t wait to visit my parents again, dad just got a new lathe and a miller, and I want to play with his toys. :: grin :: )
I have a friend who finds Norm Abrahms the sexiest man on TV because he’s so CAPABLE.
You REALLY know you need a life when it’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon and you’re on the net responding to somebody griping about how she needs a life.