Re: A small gloat
Swingman
> The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
> year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
> pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
> award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
> with this:
>
> <http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>
> Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>
> Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
You suck!
The very first REAL Neander woodworking tool I used in earnest, on a
coffee table (to round the corners), was a spokeshave, 44 years ago.
Belonged to my FIL at the time, who gifted it to me about 3 or 4 years
ago when he closed down his shop in England, at 90 years of age.
Great tool ...
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
Swingman
>
> One of my grandfathers was a very talented woodworker who was destroyed
> by his alcoholism. Many of his tools were sold so he could buy his
> drink and I am lucky to have what is left. He always asked me how many
> rabbits I'd trapped when we visited, and it was a joke between us that
> was much loved. He cut off most of the fingers of his left hand with
> his RAS one day when he was working in his shop drunk. He taught me a
> lot. I miss him.
>
> My other grandfather was a carpenter. And farmer. At 80, he rebuilt
> the garage that burned due to an electrical fault basically by himself,
> using lumber he had in the barn, and the insurance money to buy what
> materials he hadn't hoarded over the years. He always promised that
> when I was old enough, he'd show me his rat hole sand pounder, so I
> could learn to pound sand into rat holes. I never saw that pounder. He
> never stopped working, so neither did he. He taught me a lot. I miss
> him.
>
> And now, at 50, I can look back with 20/20 hindsight at these two men,
> and see their flaws and their strengths, and remember them when I pick
> up one the tools that they held in their hands and shaped wood with,
> and honour their memory and be proud to have known them.
We have pretty much the same background ... both my grandfathers were
extremely self reliant and managed to raise families during the
depression by dint of talent and hardwork, one a blacksmith, the other a
carpenter/cabinet maker, plus one great grandfather.
Remember this about 6 years ago?:
Swingman
> Dave Balderstone wrote:
>>
>
Sorry, Dave ... didn't mean to hijack your thread.
Mark & Juanita
> The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
> year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
> pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
> award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
> with this:
>
> <http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>
> Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>
> Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
Very nice and a very nice touch by your employer. Mine does the same thing yours used to do. The selection is quite limited. While it is never good to look a gift horse ... it still would be nice to get something that would be truly useful.
--
There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage
Rob Leatham
Ed Pawlowski
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:041220091801248123%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca...
> The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
> year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
> pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
> award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
> with this:
>
> <http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>
> Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>
> Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
Nice tool, hope you enjoy it for many years and make nice stuff with it.
BTW, at 15 years my company sent my wife and me to Italy for two weeks.
Next year will be twenty.
Mark & Juanita
At 15 years, we got nothing.
At 20 years, my wife and I each got a piece of luggage (we both work for the same place).
At 25 years, I got a clock, she got a watch.
You done good.
Kevin(Bluey)
> The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
> year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
> pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
> award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
> with this:
>
> <http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>
> Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>
> Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
Congratulations
Gifts from employers here in Australia attract a tax ,(Fringe Benefits
Tax) , you have to pay the Govt the tax at 40% of the value of the gift.
If you have a company car that you are allowed to use for personal use
it attracts the same tax.
--
Kevin (Bluey)
"I'm not young enough to know everything."
Ed Pawlowski
"Mark & Juanita" <nos...@hadenough.com> wrote in message
>
> At 25 years, I got a clock, she got a watch.
>
> You done good.
>
I'm the person with the most time, aside from the owners. At five years,
you get dinner at a nice restaurant, ten years is a trip. The shipper went
to spring training for the Red Sox, the maintenance supervisor went to
Disney World/Orlando stuff, the production manager did not want a trip so he
got a John Deere lawn tractor. Only two of us hit 15 years so far and the
secretary took two weeks traveling in California.
In the past five years, only one person has left the company and that was
because his wife wanted to move to Florida. No one has asked for a raise.
Every employee gladly give an incredible amount of loyalty and will do
anything asked at any time. We know our efforts are appreciated and
rewarded with profit sharing and bonuses.
Tonight is our Christmas party and yes, another employee will get a trip.
Lew Hodgett
"Kevin(Bluey)" wrote:
> Gifts from employers here in Australia attract a tax ,(Fringe
> Benefits Tax) , you have to pay the Govt the tax at 40% of the value
> of the gift.
> If you have a company car that you are allowed to use for personal
> use it attracts the same tax.
Here in the USA the IRS considers personal use of a company vehicle as
income and taxes it accordling.
Back in the mid 80's things were beginning to get out of hand when a
company car had risen to about $10/week for tax purposes.<G>
Lew
Nova
My partner at work retired last June with over 45 years of service. He
was told to leave his company ID on his desk when he left for the final
day. Although he did get to pick out a retirement gift from a catalog
sent to him by the outfit handling retirements/anniversaries, not even
his immediate boss said goodbye to him... not even a phone call.
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
nov...@verizon.net
Leon
"Lew Hodgett" <sails...@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:00964448$0$23366$c3e...@news.astraweb.com...
Back in the early to mid 80's I was paying $150 per month in additional
income taxes for the privlidge of driving a company vehicle.
Zz Yzx
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
>year interval . I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
>with this:
>
><http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
I got one of these:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62708&cat=1,42884
-Zz
Ed Pawlowski
"Nova" <nov...@verizon.net> wrote in message
>
> My partner at work retired last June with over 45 years of service. He
> was told to leave his company ID on his desk when he left for the final
> day. Although he did get to pick out a retirement gift from a catalog
> sent to him by the outfit handling retirements/anniversaries, not even his
> immediate boss said goodbye to him... not even a phone call.
>
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA
> nov...@verizon.net
Sad, very sad. I worked for a big company back in the 60's, but small
companies after that.
In the ethics thread, someone mentioned keeping business and personal lives
apart. Maybe that works for some, but it is not the way I want to live.
All of us know our co-workers, and the names of spouses and kids. The
birthday card is a nice touch, the get together at the picnic and Christmas
party, of course.
We have a common goal of making good product and keeping the customer happy.
It is really that simple and we do it well. It did take a while to get the
right people in the right places and we had our share of characters that
came and went , but the 15 of us work very well together.
A few years back the two owners were in Europe and we had a flood with 18"
of water in the plant. Rain started Saturday morning, flooded that night
and was drained out the next day. Lots of damage and disruption, but we
started the cleanup Sunday, motors had to be rebuilt and the like, but we
were back in production on Thursday. The following Saturday, we were all
taken to dinner (with spouses) as a thank you. In a big company, we'd
probably wait two weeks just for the insurance adjuster to show up.
Work is not a chore for me, but a nice place to go to. I plan to retire at
maybe 70 and work only a few days a week. One lady did retire and she now
works only day a week at the age of 72. Another is 71 and is going to
retire next May, but also want to work part time.
Lew Hodgett
"Leon" wrote:
> Back in the early to mid 80's I was paying $150 per month in
> additional income taxes for the privlidge of driving a company
> vehicle.
Needed a different bean counter, maybe somebody like J Carson's "Raoul
of Bayonne"<g>
Lew
Leon
Well I did get a new car every 6,000 miles and that also included all
gasoline, services, insurance AND a private parking spot. ;~)
Lew Hodgett
> Well I did get a new car every 6,000 miles and that also included
> all gasoline, services, insurance AND a private parking spot. ;~)
Pretty much standard except my turn around was 60,000 which was about
25,000 to much for the GM and/or FoMoCo crap were were furnished in
those days.
Forget Chrysler.
Lew
Leon
And did they come to fill your car up, come get it to wash it, and get it
come to service it? ;~)
Mine were demo's, my porters kept up with it. And because they were demo's
we had to turn them in at 6,000 miles or before so that the customer had a
full 12,000 or 12 month warranty when they bought it. Oldsmobile at that
time had a 12 and 12 warranty but extended the warranty up to 18 and 18 for
demo's.
Lew Hodgett
> And did they come to fill your car up, come get it to wash it, and
> get it come to service it? ;~)
Matter of fact yes.
Had a deal with the corner gas station.
The first of every month, would work from home doing reports.
Gas station would come to house get car and do all req'd service, then
return.
Was a good deal for everybody.
I got the work done and he had fill in work during the day.
Lew
Larry Jaques
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
>year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
>pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
>award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
>with this:
>
><http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>
>Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>
>Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
A sexy new media center with coopered doors, perhaps?
P.S: You Suck! and Congratulations!
--
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas
to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label
of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem
important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
-- Thomas J. Watson
Larry Jaques
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>I now have planes and other hand tools from both my grandfathers, and
>while I love my power tools both the labour itself and the satisfaction
>with the results moves me to use what they have left me.
I'm still using Dad's old aluminum skilsaw, and I inherited his old
Dunlap plane (#4-ish size) and a little 8" wooden Millers Falls
torpedo level. He didn't do much woodworking but he taught me to work
with my hands and my mind, and taught me basic physics. Both have
served me well so far.
>One of my grandfathers was a very talented woodworker who was destroyed
>by his alcoholism. Many of his tools were sold so he could buy his
>drink and I am lucky to have what is left. He always asked me how many
>rabbits I'd trapped when we visited, and it was a joke between us that
>was much loved. He cut off most of the fingers of his left hand with
>his RAS one day when he was working in his shop drunk. He taught me a
>lot. I miss him.
>
>My other grandfather was a carpenter. And farmer. At 80, he rebuilt
>the garage that burned due to an electrical fault basically by himself,
>using lumber he had in the barn, and the insurance money to buy what
>materials he hadn't hoarded over the years. He always promised that
>when I was old enough, he'd show me his rat hole sand pounder, so I
>could learn to pound sand into rat holes. I never saw that pounder. He
>never stopped working, so neither did he. He taught me a lot. I miss
>him.
>
>And now, at 50, I can look back with 20/20 hindsight at these two men,
>and see their flaws and their strengths, and remember them when I pick
>up one the tools that they held in their hands and shaped wood with,
>and honour their memory and be proud to have known them.
<sniffle, sob, HONK>
Larry Jaques
<blu...@westnet.com.au> scrawled the following:
>Dave Balderstone wrote:
>> The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
>> year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
>> pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
>> award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
>> with this:
>>
>> <http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>>
>> Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>>
>> Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
>
>
>Congratulations
>
>Gifts from employers here in Australia attract a tax ,(Fringe Benefits
>Tax) , you have to pay the Govt the tax at 40% of the value of the gift.
>If you have a company car that you are allowed to use for personal use
>it attracts the same tax.
So if your boss gives you a $20k car to drive (dual-purpose), the
gov't wants you to cough up $8k?
Damned socialist bastiges!
sa...@dog.com
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>In article <t19oh5l55rpljq90e...@4ax.com>, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:01:24 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
>> <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>>
>> >The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
>> >year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
>> >pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
>> >award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
>> >with this:
>> >
>> ><http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>> >
>> >Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>> >
>> >Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
>>
>> A sexy new media center with coopered doors, perhaps?
>
>Heh. I was actually thinking about a pizza paddle...
>
pizza peel?
Larry Jaques
<zzy...@hotmail.com> scrawled the following:
What? Are you a _terrorist_? That's an Assault Saw, sir!
Puckdropper at dot
news:0t9oh5lp39k80u02s...@4ax.com:
>
> So if your boss gives you a $20k car to drive (dual-purpose), the
> gov't wants you to cough up $8k?
>
> Damned socialist bastiges!
>
Do they give it back if you quit/lose the job/transfer etc?
Puckdropper
Jim Weisgram
wrote:
Man, and I was all primed to say "you both suck!"
Larry Jaques
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>In article <v59oh5hu1mf732ntk...@4ax.com>, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> <sniffle, sob, HONK>
>
>:-P
>
>One of these days we're gonna drive down the left coast, C-Less. THEN
>you'll be sorry...
I've already weathered the Canuckistani attack, so bring it on, Baldy!
You'll leave in tears after seeing my shop. "All that wood and no
place to work?"
I have a nice Double foam rubber mattress on the floor for singles, or
a Queen blow-up bed for couples (which I've never had, just fambly.)
CAUTION: A lifelong bachelor lives here. (scares wives)
--
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen
to what the world tells you you ought to prefer,
is to have kept your soul alive.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
Larry Jaques
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>In article <v59oh5hu1mf732ntk...@4ax.com>, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> <sniffle, sob, HONK>
>>
>> --
>> Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas
>> to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label
>> of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem
>> important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
>> -- Thomas J. Watson
>
>And your frigging sig delimiter is STILL broken!
>
>hyphen, hyphen, space, return.
>
>Not hyphen, hyphen, return.
Yes, I know. I just do that to piss off the purists. ;)
(It's also an easy way to know when it's time to change the sig. When
I'm bored of it, you probably are, too.)
Larry Jaques
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>In article <t19oh5l55rpljq90e...@4ax.com>, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:01:24 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
>> <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> scrawled the following:
>>
>> >The company I work for recognizes employees for long service at five
>> >year intervals. Recently, they changed from having people choose from a
>> >pre-selected catalog to allowing award recipients to choose their
>> >award. I'm in for fifteen years, and for my service award was presented
>> >with this:
>> >
>> ><http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=62800&cat=1,50230&ap=1>
>> >
>> >Plus a spare blade, just in case.
>> >
>> >Now to plan a project where I can use it! Hmm...
>>
>> A sexy new media center with coopered doors, perhaps?
>
>Heh. I was actually thinking about a pizza paddle...
Make it a DIET pizza paddle. It'll sell like hotcakes!
Tom Watson
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
I'm sorry.
I thought this was a thread about your particular predilection
regarding 'country matters'.
I though it said, "A Small Goat".
I'll leave now.
Regards,
Tom Watson
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
Larry Jaques
<no...@erehwon.com> scrawled the following:
>On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:45:26 -0800, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>I'm sorry.
>
> I thought this was a thread about your particular predilection
>regarding 'country matters'.
>
>I though it said, "A Small Goat".
Oh, you just came for the sex, huh? OK.
>I'll leave now.
Very good idear.
P.S: Who needs goats or sheep when they're ambidextrous?
P.P.S: Speaking of sex, this just hit my inbox this morning:
First Trojan
A Boy's First Condom
I recall my first time with a condom, I was 16 or so.
I went in to buy a packet of condoms at the pharmacy. There was this
beautiful woman assistant behind the counter, and she could see that I
was new at it.
She handed me the package and asked if I knew how to wear one.
I honestly answered, 'No, this is my first time.'
So she unwrapped the package, took one out and slipped it over her
thumb.
She cautioned me to make sure it was on tight and secure. I apparently
still looked confused.
So, she looked all around the store to see if it was empty. It was
empty.
'Just a minute,' she said, and walked to the door, and locked it.
Taking my hand, she led me into the back room, unbuttoned her blouse
and removed it. She unhooked her bra and laid it aside. 'Do these
excite you?' She asked.
Well, I was so dumb-struck that all I could do was nod my head. She
then said it was time to slip the condom on.
As I was slipping it on, she dropped her skirt, removed her panties
and lay down on a desk. 'Well, come on', she said, 'We don't have
much time..'
So I climbed on her. It was so wonderful, that unfortunately, I could
no longer hold back and KAPOW, I was done within a few moments.
She looked at me with a bit of a frown. 'Did you put that condom on?'
she asked.
I said, 'I sure did,' and held up my thumb to show her.
She liked to beat the shit out of me.
LDosser
news:50d38ec2aaS...@orpheusinternet.co.uk...
> In article <041220091801248123%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
>
> However, BBC transmission was sold to an American real estate agent called
> Ted Miller and, after he left the board, the rest seemed to have one aim
> in mind - to cream off as much money out of the company as they could and
> line their own Stateside pockets. The new CEO was a man by the name of
> Kelly - I can't remember his actual first name because we always referred
> to him as "Ned".
He of banditry fame one presumes. :o)
Ed Pawlowski
>
> When, at the age of 52 I got my final position I really enjoyed what
> I was doing but things change, management changed, we were sold on a
> couple of times, the only decent guy in a senior position went a year
> early because he could no longer put up with the shit being piled on
> him from above or the way he was expected to treat those below him.
> There were redundancies after redundancies. I was expected to do the
> jobs of two people and was being bullied by my own line-manager for
> "underperforming".
>
> Sure make your plans but make sure your pension is adequate in case
> circumstances change and you retire fully much earlier.
Situations can always change beyond our control. One reason I like working
for a small company is there are less chances of working for changed
management. That would be me as I'm the management. My boss is the owner,
a person I've known, worked with and trusted for 30 years (he's owned this
place for 20+)