I just wanted to update folks on the status of Kieth Mealy as our Finishing Forum Host.

At last contact it sounded like Keith was up to his eyeballs with life and business and he is just having a heck of a time getting back here with us. Believe me, I know how he feels, sometimes just to squeeze in a few minutes can be a daunting task, and it stays in the back of your head as something you know you need to do, but just can't, then ya start to feel bad about not being able to get it done, and then the task just becomes a pain in the rear to have lurking in the back of your brain, yep, we all been there!

 

We have not had contact with Keith for a little while now so that means he is being driven hard elsewhere, and we should respect that and wish him the best in his business and his family. As you can see in the image of Keith and kids, he is performing a much more important task, sharing his knowledge with the younger generation, and he is teaching the kids how to extract honey! Hey he has other hobbies ya know!

 

I want to personally thank Keith for the time he spent here, his weekly finishing topics and his interaction in forum topics and posts, were and still are highly valued here on TPW, and are now a permanent part of our information structure, and that my friends is priceless. You can't buy information like Keith shared with us, the information that Keith dispersed here in the Finishing Forum can only be gotten from a man in the business, and with years of experience behind him, and you cannot put a value on that my friends.

 

Like our Scrolling Forum Host Fred Wilson, Keith is moving on to being a laid back low key member of The Patriot Woodworker, where the stresses of meeting deadlines with the weekly topic are no more, and the contentious meetings on The Patriot Woodworker corporate jet are no more, and also his six figure salary as well that he earned as host, is no more.

 

But one thing for sure, a legacy of wonderful information and knowledge in the sometimes mysterious field of finishing, has been left behind by our friend Keith Mealy. We wish him the best in all he does, and we hope someday he'll drop on by and just say howdy, we do miss him.

 

 

If anyone has a direct "Bat Line" to Kieth, please let him know he is thought of highly here, and we are forever grateful for the time he spent here.

Cheers folks!

 

 

Thanks for the update, John.

 

I know I learned a lot from Keith's weekly posts and really appreciated his efforts.

John,

I hope I'm not scaring the others away!? 

I don't think/hope I look that bad.

I do however know how life get's in the way, and you have to attend to life's matters. 

I haven't taken much time playing catch-up since coming back, it's another of those things on my to do list. 

I've got a BIG list.

2 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

I hope I'm not scaring the others away!? 

Not at all Larry, Keith has been gettin really busy with life before you came back and he was gettin a tad sparse.

Thanks for the heads up...

I sure do miss him & his weekly info packed posts.  Hope (and I am sure his is) doing well...