G'day mates! From rainy, windy, cold California

I always wanted to say "G'day mates" but was sure I'd flub it up (I'm originally a Yankee from New England so I don't quite have the right accent.....)

Lets see; I started in the home building/ remodeling stuff about 40 years ago and did 2 years in a union shop, then did 6 years of designing, building and installing solar energy projects in New Hampshire. Always had a big barn and a big workshop for screwing around in (right, hiding in). We had the rug pulled out from under the solar industry by a man named Reagan and we all had find new work. I had a wife, 2 kids and a house so I started fixing computers. Spent the next 30 years doing that (without the barn and workshop), escaped, so here I am trying to put woodworking back on a front burner.

4 kids, 2 grandkids and a series of jobs later, I'm on the net and find this great site! You guys (and women, of course) have put together a tremendous site and a fantastic forum. I'm happy to join and look forward to learning a boatload from yu'all.

John Downey
Emeryville, Ca

Welcome to the forum John. Its always great to hear from our American mates.

By contrast in my neck of the woods, it was 43 yesterday - that's 109.4 Fahrenheit - a tad too hot to do much else other than sit inside with air-conditioning ( and watch some cricket as it turned out) or go for a swim.

Like you, woodwork for me is a wonderful release from my day job - I look forward to hearing more from you and hopefully you will be able to have enough time to pursue your hobby

Hi John, welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum.

G'day John and welcome to the shed!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Looks like you have had much the same diverse range of experiences as most of the inmates here. Enjoy your stay with us.

Welcome to the forum.