Hi all, wasn’t sure where to post this. Alb graciously invited me to visit him and check out his shop. I visited him this morning, said hi to his wife, and daughter. It was a nice visit, and I loved his shop. My Dad was a quiet soft spoken man (like, where did I come from? LOL), and his highest compliment of another man was “He’s a gentleman”  Well, Al is a gentleman. Last time I checked the member map, there was only about 3 in a 100 mile radius of myself. Guess I’m gonna need to schedule the PWWF jet, to expand my visiting forays. It is really nice to put a face onto a name.   

That's sounds great.  Meet and greets are always a good time.

2 hours ago, Artie said:

It is really nice to put a face onto a name.

 I couldn't agree more. Its good to meet the person that would otherwise just be associated with an avatar.

Wonderful! I love meeting folks I know from forums.

IF anyone  is just passing through my neck of the ohio woods....stop in.  

3 hours ago, Artie said:

 Well, Al is a gentleman.

+1 Artie...I couldn't agree more. While I've never met Al, we spoken on the phone a few times and I drew the same conclusion.

Very happy you went and shared your common interests. Thank-you for sharing your visit.

27 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

+1 Artie...I couldn't agree more. While I've never met Al, we spoken on the phone a few times and I drew the same conclusion.

Very happy you went and shared your common interests. Thank-you for sharing your visit.

Yeah, he told me how you helped him with a head gasket issue on his tractor. There is a REALLY good group of gentlemen here. 

43 minutes ago, steven newman said:

IF anyone  is just passing through my neck of the ohio woods....stop in.  

I could sell it to the Missus, if we also visited Canton. She’s a football fan. I love road trips. I really wanted to make the get together last summer, but life keeps getting in the way. If’n I was in that neck of the woods I would drop by.

22 minutes ago, Artie said:

Yeah, he told me how you helped him with a head gasket issue on his tractor.

He did all the work & quite well too.  I just gave a couple of pointers. I just wish I could have cut a 1000 miles off that 1010 miles to his shop; just glad I could help a little.

27 minutes ago, Artie said:

There is a REALLY good group of gentlemen here. 

...and a few great and talented ladies too...BEST forum I've had the privilege to have membership.

First, I have to thank Artie. I never even got a chance to offer him a cup of coffee. I had sent him a PM asking for advice in making a purchase of an emergency power generator. Artie not only answered the PM but then offered to stop by to provide more help. Not a short drive, about 40 miles, so that's about 2 hours of driving round trip. When Artie left, I had learned a lot about what is needed and the various ways to get hooked up without spending more than necessary. I've never been much of a conversationalist. Artie made it easy. Just ask a question and the information flowed my way. We then took a short tour of my unheated shop and in our time there I believe we learned a little about each other. It was great meeting you Artie.You are indeed the gentleman.

Helping one another is where it's at. 

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

He did all the work & quite well too.  I just gave a couple of pointers. I just wish I could have cut a 1000 miles off that 1010 miles to his shop; just glad I could help a little.

...and a few great and talented ladies too...BEST forum I've had the privilege to have membership.

I wasn’t trying to be excluding anyone, I just unfortunately haven’t had the pleasure of talking (typing?) with any of the ladies yet. So Hi to all of the ladies here.

2 hours ago, Artie said:

I really wanted to make the get together last summer, but life keeps getting in the way.

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." Don't remember where that's from, but AIN'T IT THE TRUTH!!!

John

31 minutes ago, Artie said:

I wasn’t trying to be excluding anyone, I just unfortunately haven’t had the pleasure of talking (typing?) with any of the ladies yet. So Hi to all of the ladies here.

Sorry...didn't intend to infer you were...just didn't want to exclude any in case they were looking over our shoulder.

52 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Sorry...didn't intend to infer you were...just didn't want to exclude any in case they were looking over our shoulder.

No worries! I didn’t read it as a reprimand, or poke in the ribs. When I had my boat and fished, and now with my other active hobby being metal detecting, there is/was just a very small percentage of the online participants being the fairer sex. I dare say that when I was researching the scroll sawing side of our hobby there was a large number of women with their own websites, and some very nice plans. I believe the name of one of them is Sheila Landry. I have bought a good number of plans from her, hoping that some day I get some spare time in the shop.