On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:08:32 -0500, Silvan
wrote:


Dude, chill out.

I'm a *lady* . :-)


You haven't offended anyone. We're *teasing* you.

I get *it* now.

It has
long been the practice here on the Wreck (ie rec.woodworking) to tell
someone how much he sucks when he has a "gloat." The original poster in
this thread most assuredly has a gloat. By telling him how much he sucks,
we reaffirm how gloatable his gloat is, and make him feel all warm and
fuzzy and stuff. It's all part of the Wreck culture, and things have been
done this way for years. Getting told you suck is about the highest honor
we can offer.

Thanks for explaining it. It's appreciated.


You are *not* obligated to participate in this silliness. Many don't.

I probably won't but I will tell a guy if I think he has some nice
wood. :-)

Loving wood and woodworking is a great thing. We all do.

Count me as one of those people too. :-)


We also give
each other a hard time. Like the way Larry Jaques is always ranting about
the evils of staining walnut or using poly, and the way I'm always singling
him out and giving him a hard time about everything for no particular
reason. We're a bunch of smart alecks. JOAT is one of the smarteyest
alecks of all, although I don't guess we've ever had a contest to determine
who is actually the smarteyest aleck of all. Hell, it might be me. Or
Larry Jacques. It's probably Larry. Definitely. Definitely Larry. See,
there I go singling him out again, and somewhere in the Pacific northwest
the guy is scratching his head and wondering what he did to deserve another
assault on his character.

Must be a guy thing (no offense to the male species btw)

You walked into the middle of that, and we were trying to show you the
ropes, so to speak, in a humorous fashion. You seem to have taken it
completely the wrong way.

Yes, yes I did.


So chill out, calm down, and hang out a bit.

I'll just take that chair in the corner. It looks comfy. :-)



I've been online in one fashion or another for years (almost as long as
there was an online to hang out in, but not quite), and I've hung out in
too many different places to count. The Wreck is special. I think even if
I sold all my wood mangling equipment tomrorow and decided to take up cat
grooming for a hobby, I'd still hang out here just for all the discussion
among friends that only tangenitally relates to wood.

The discussions look good. I've been reading them almost 24/7 since I
got here (except for the few hours yesterday when I was at the
Hamilton woodworking show)


Nobody can make you stay, and you're free to go as you please. Just please
don't fly off in a snit because we poked you in the ribs.

I'm still here. Just don't call me a *dude* again. Geeeze. I am
*all* female. ;-)


The key to this
whole thing is that you shouldn't take anything too seriously unless it's
safety.

Of course!! I agree with you there.


, the one thing we all always
agree on is the importance of keeping all your body parts in working order,
and on trying to keep the red stuff inside where it belongs.

Works for me and thanks for explaining things.

Now onto more woodtalk. :-)