On 30 Jul 2005 16:15:08 -0700, "JimP" wrote:

You guys in the US are spoiled by you wood supply. I am an old
Arky-(that's Arkansaw) living in England. The wood you take for granted
is just not available over here. Good tooling means you have to take
out a new mortage. I'd have a **** fit if I afford the prices for good
Cedar-Walnut- Cherry Etc. I'd trade the wife for an 18 inch cypress
knee. Lucky devils you are.

Aww, now that's just not true... See, I have to pay $1.81 a bf for
butternut- $2.30 for hard maple, cherry is insane- $4.25 a bf! And
Black walnut, well, that's $4.75. So you see, it's nothing for you to
be jealous of- and at any rate, that wood in the UK is said to be far
more refined than our Yankee timber...

Joking aside, that's too bad- I can barely afford our prices; if I
were there, I'd have to give up the hobby entirely.