NEW THREAD!! For the West Coast EBS pics and info

Okay so I think I was the first to leave Dereks today... ahem apologize to all but lately I can stay somewhere only as long as I can stay then I leave... Just have no choice Im afraid I reach THAT point and its a "seeya later" zip zap gone

Soooo having said that it was BLOODY BRILLIANT to put mugs to nameplates of people here!!

A fair crowd turned up... well more than 2 is a fair crowd in Dereks gnomes shed... and therefore with the 15 or more that showed it was overflowing!!

Derek was as always the best of hosts! Good on yer mate
Now Im gonna show me oldtimers thingy here cause I got a memory like a seive :C

So Derek I had already met and Kerry and Jeremy whos name or so I found out today isnt Jeremy at all but Paul :doh: mmmm well he sure looks like a Jeremy Jiant to me :q But I finally met Dai Sensie (sp?) otherwise known as Neil great bloke (yeah we forgave him for bein a banana bender and made him an honory Sandgroper for the day :; ) Also decided I MUST AND WILL make a journey east sometime soon!!!... Pops showed sans beard!! well there was a scratchy shorter version but nothin like Gandalf and no hat either!... Bob L the bloody legend showed his mug WITHOUT bein covered in sawdust as he reckoned he would... man can this bloke MAKE tools!! strewth Im thinking of placing an order for some of those sexy chisels and that drawknife... but still he remembered me and bought along a nice bit of Apricot (theres a story here somewhere about that Apricot)

Denn was also there with his lovely Rose and has taken delivery of Burnsys veneers so he should get them today or tomorrow if Denn remembers! :; Bookend and I shared a smoko out on the roadside for a time since no one else seemed to smoke we were the castouts :roll: No probs had a good yarn... see!! smokin does have its benefits us shy retirin types actually gets a word in edgewise! :q ... now Im gonna do the dopey forgetful old farts thing and wait till others with more solid memories chime in otherwise Im gonna end up embarising the hell out of myself... faces Im good at names tend to avoid me... And Im sure none of the culprits would like to be presumed innocent when totally guilty so their names shall remain a secret until the proof is in!

BUT!!... sufficed to say it was a bloody good time me and young Josh enjoyed in Dereks PLANE little shed... photos were taken by several just not me cause ahem... we sorta kinda well it slipped our minds to grab the camera as we bolted out the door :B

Oh Derek? Mate Josh sends his enthusiastic thanks for the two wee mallets and the saw!! Made his day being included as he was so his thanks to everyone

And from me... cheers and we will do this again maybe rotate to someone elses place?... Anyway dont think Im ready for that here yet but maybe one day.

THANKS ONE AND ALL for what was for me the nicest way to spend a few hours Ive had in a bloody long time! Hope the Snottygobble merlot was up to standards? :; And everyone took some Veneer!!! Do hope you mob didnt leave it for Derek... bloke will make something stunning with it :q

Sorry I couldnt stay longer but well its like that for me just now... but believe me it was a great time and I DO intend to get out more like this! Excellent value :2tsup:

Cheers!!
Shane

If there are no pics, it didn't happen. :D

Onya Shane for starting this thread.

Thanks Derek, first rate event, and good to see your shed take shape again, and all the goodies coming along nice. No doubt others will post pics -
Nice to meet all you ladies and gents. There were more than enought cameras clicking for me to bother taking mine out.

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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

If there are no pics, it didn't happen. :D

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Ooooooooooooohh Cluffy ol mate IT HAPPENED!! BELIEVE YOU ME OL SON IT HAPPENED

Just cause I forgots me flamin camera doesnt mean it didnt happen!!!! does it??? Nah I know I was there an Josh was there an Kerry an Derek an Jeremy an well a whole gaggle of woodnuts!! I KNOW!! :2tsup:

I did say I had decided to head your way didnt I?... Neil just (in the words of my 14 year old daughter) totally like I mean like totally convinced me that like I like TOTALLY HAVE to like get my bum like totally and I mean TOTALLY like over there!! :; :2tsup:

Hey!! I found out from Neil that Hitchinbrook or wherever the hell wheelin lives is near him an Wendys just up the road and Andymac and god knows how many of yous mob!! what a rip!!!

ANYWAYS yer burke stop sidetrackin a bloke will yer!! :~

IT HAPPENED!! :2tsup: And there were at LEAST 4 cameras clickin away from various points of the compass!

Many thanks to Derek and his lovely wife Lynndy for hosting such a wonderful event. A good time was had by all and it was great to see so many old and new faces (pictures being supplied by others).

It was particularly wonderful to finally meet and have a chat with Shane. And thanks Shane for the veneers, they are magnificient. Keep your chin up mate and I look forward to catching up at the next event.

It was also great to catch up with the wise man from the east - hope you had a great time Neil.

Regards

Larry

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Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

I reach THAT point and its a "seeya later" zip zap gone

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Zap zap is right. I blinked and you'd gone. Great meeting you Shane and great meeting everyone else too. I was impressed by how welcoming you all are to someone who has never been to one of these things before. Everyone I spoke to was a top bloke, except for Kerry ( who is a top not a bloke ). I really enjoyed the day.

Thanks to all and special thanks to Derek and family for all of the work you put in and all of your patience.

Have a great trip back east Neil. I hope to see you again.

Did Dereks missus make an appearance then? other than the quick stick her head in when the photos were being taken then gone... God shes a lovely lady isnt she! Bottler :2tsup:

And no your right Greame Kerry is DEFINANTLY NOT a bloke... a bloke is a woodnut while Kerry is what me an Wendy call a woodboob definantly a sheila type humanoid... well okay as near to a humanoid as a sheila type alien can get but she does a great impersonation eh? :; OH and mate? Rose wasnt a woodnut either she was like Kerry a woodboob! :2tsup:

Larry!! :2tsup: See I thought it was Lenny glad I didnt mention the names I was confused about eh? :doh: coulda been right embarrassing :U Now I gotta go through this with everyone else I didnt name in my post duhhhhhh :q

Glad you liked the veneers mate... make something special for someone special with them okay?... Hope everyone took some home with them

HEY!! Did anyone try that snottygobble merlot??? SOMEONE please tell me it was a bloody nice drop... before I get stuck into the second bottle!! :o

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Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

... Hitchinbrook or wherever the hell wheelin lives is near him ....!

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Not the one that Wheelin lives at... Wheelin isn't in QLD.

There is a Hinchinbrook just down the road a couple of hours from me but it isn't the one Wheelin lives at.

Look up Hinchinbrook, QLD & Hinchinbrook, NSW.

Again a big thanks to Derek & Lyyndy for being great hosts. It was good to see people in the flesh, look forward to the next one

Cheer Jerry

What is it about this ruddy country that we gotta damned well double up on every flamin town??? strewth... :roll:

mmmm I begining to wonder where the bods with cameras at the do today have gotten to? :doh: Maybe I didnt go after all? maybe it didnt happen? GOOD GOD YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS MATE????? :doh:


Ive finally tripped over the line and am now permanently troppo!!! :C but hey sanity is over rated anyway give me troppo anyday! much more fun :U :2tsup:

Oy You mob!!! Come on out with the happy schnapps!! err snaps :B

I'm in the middle of another bbq but seeing as no one else has I shall try to put a handfull of pic's up between snacks/drinks.

Starting with our host.

Denn

ahem... Denn? DENN old mate??? stop sippin that chardonay eh?

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"focus Derek focus old son..."

or how about...

"This isnt a plane!! What the bloody hell do I do with the thing?"

Mind you that was about the point where his missus gently offered to take the pic for him... musta noticed that confused bewildered look that we see!! :U :q

oooh put the family shot up next mate!! with names! :U

A few comments on the day:

Well Wild dingo ol' mate, was good to meet you at last, albeit me with a shorter than flowing white beard, took the shears to it some time ago.

Thanks for bringing along all that veneer. I can assure you there was very little left for Derek. :rolleyes: So thanks heaps for the pieces I grabbed, you're a generous man. :2tsup:

Of course, a big thanks to Derek and his family for allowing us to overrun his home and providing a great BBQ, and cooking it as well. Top job.

A big crowd turned up, several bringing along tools or work pieces for us all to see. BobL brought along his beautiful floats. LarryM brought a heap of his small boxes displaying an array of different joinery. Unfortunately, despite our efforts he was unwilling to call them free samples. :wink: Kekemo had her laptop cram packed with photos of her work. Been a busy girl Kekemo. :D As others have said, it was great to meet some of the faces from the forum, including Dai Sensei our forum cousin from the Far East.

Between the demonstrations of planes and sharpening, (by Derek) and the sitting about drinking, er I mean sampling some Reds to ensure they had not gone off we all had a great day I dare say. I certainly did. A few photos evidence the day. Photo 1: a bunch of handsome chaps.

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Photo 2: John taking photos and Geoff checking over some of WDingo's veneers and BobL's floats.

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Photo 3: LarryM's boxes getting a close examination while most are hard at it sampling the nibbles Rose brought along, (thanks Rose) and a cold one or two. Derek was busy slaving away at the BBQ.

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As a group of 15 or so in a workshop we actually built not a thing but contemplated how one might, using all the beautiful handtools one has yet to aquire. Then we contemplated it all over again while relaxing with a snag and cold one. My sort of get-together.:2tsup::2tsup: The way it is done in the West.

Cheers
Pops

Yeh, what a great day, I was a bit worried about Rose - she seemed a tad bored with all those tools. Mind you once Lyndy arrived, Rose got into her favourite domain, the kitchen, and thoroghly made herself at home. She reckons Dereks wife is the bees knees and all us blokes (and shielas) can keep our sheds.

It's strange to walk into a place where you know no one, spending the first while looking at peoples name tags and corelating them with a face. But we soon felt as though we were part of the crew. As an afterthought on that subject, Is there a rogues gallery thread on here where people can post pics of there ugly (or beautiful) dials? something to help put a face to a name. If not would it be a welcome thread?

Anyhow here are a couple more pic's. to help put faces to names

First up Pops - sans Gandalf beard; Thanks for the nice plane that you gave me Pops!!:D

Next we have John - now that is a Gandalf beard.:2tsup:

Then of course the honarary sandgroper: (Niel, If that Exmouth thing ever comes good you must go there for the diving)

Last but not least the best lookin bloke there - and his Dad.

Denn

Dennford the Rogues Gallery

aaawww now come on Ray :q I started this one for the purpose of getting the muggins that attended to post their happy snaps in one place... rogues gallery is for you know when yer wanna show of yer dial :; not a mob of dials :doh:

Yes indeedy doodie... Pops mate you just gotta put names to the pics old son I mean "a bunch of handsome chaps"??? handsome chaps??? good god mate "a bunch of dopey lopeared wallys" maybe but handsome chaps? you bin sippin that fine pommy chardonay too? :U

Okay names I can sorta help yer out with... a bit

The noddy on the end with the grin is Bookend ala Graeme... the bloke behind I aint got me specs on so apologize there mate the fella with the horizontal striped shirt on I should remember since he and I spent a fair bit of time yarnin but Ive already explained my old timers problem with names :no: But dont worry if I see yer again I will remember you "HEY!! yer the fella at Dereks that day right RIGHT!" :U:U of course young Josh had to get in on the pic thing studmuffin that he is :2tsup: ... and then well then that fella with the blue shirt? that be yours truely :o

Gotta love it eh!! :U

Okay wheres that group hug shot?? Denn shouldnt have one I dont think cause I saw him slip away when that was happenin... shy fella is our young Denn :;

Hi WD,

Kekemo has the group shot, the best of the day, one of Derek's self timer shots in the shed.

So it should appear here soon ol' son. Not all that flash with remembering names myself either. Did some talking to Cab Sav and Merlot yesterday though and they seemed mighty fine.:wink: Think they were the only name tabs that did not fall off. :D

Cheers
Pops

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Is there a rogues gallery thread on here where people can post pics of there ugly (or beautiful) dials? something to help put a face to a name. If not would it be a welcome thread?
Denn

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aaawww now come on Ray :q I started this one for the purpose of getting the muggins that attended to post their happy snaps in one place... rogues gallery is for you know when yer wanna show of yer dial :; not a mob of dials :doh:

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:~:C Gee's scollded again for helping out a forumite

:D:p Then again some Ole pharts cant read propper when bit under the weather and not wearing spectickales, this being the same ole phart who forgot the photo taken apperatus to take said mugs shots.

Same fella cant read whats posted in other thread that a fella lives in NSW at the end of the road from Melbourne to Sydney not FNQLD :roll: :;

Good to see you had quality time with young fella Ding

Finally got to my daughter's computer, but the photos will have to wait until I return to the sunshine state.

Thanks to everyone for making me so welcome, especially Derek & his wife for hosting. I rocked up early, Perth's traffic isn't that bad, so I got the royal tour of Derek's workshop and amazing hand tools before anyone got there :2tsup:.

Then the mob started flowing in, usually with a few bottles of reds and whites, anyone would think they make the stuff around here. Dingo arrived with a huge armful of veneers, then he said help yourself, well us Queenslanders are not shy at coming forward :U. I even grabbed a few extra for Wendy for her boxes, she should be stoked.

Speaking of friendly females, Kekemo didn't take long to pull out name taggs so she could feel up the fellas :backscratch:, or should I say put their name taggs on and give them a hug :U:U

As I have found with most forumites, a very friendly bunch of people with plenty to share. Had a great time, great food and plenty to see.

The only thing I forgot was the deserts I brought along, left without having any, but perhaps that was a good thing :whistling2:. The chocolate factory down here didn't do much for the diet.

Cheers all.

I was just thinking of you today Neil... I'll send you a pm if your still around during the week give me a hoi and stop by on your way across the big null and bore... May be able to find something to fill that tiny van your using :q

Dont worry old son your turns coming!! I intend to stage an invasion of the east coast sometime soon :2tsup: and by the livin harry me ol cobber yer better all be ready to have your reputations totally and utterly distroyed!! :U

Im glad you managed to grab some of the veneers for Wendy... such a fine woodboob should have the best :inlove: ...so call in!!

Kerrys a hugaholic you know :pash: ...just has this thing about hugs... sorta takes yer by surprise when it happens but well... GO FOR THE RIDE MAN!!! :ohyaaa: shes cool as

Funny isnt it Jeremy alias he who goes by the totally inappropriate name of Paul for some weird reason :roll: how everyone made one feel totally welcome and sorta part of a strange family unrelated by anything other than this website and our passion for wood... you got to remember the only people Id met before I got there were you Derek and Kerry everyone else was a total stranger!!... but within seconds it felt like I was with a bunch of mates catchin up after a long time apart... great stuff eh!

Ray??? :q

Pops did you give the cleanskin Snottygobble merlot a shot? :cheers: I just need to know what it was like BEFORE I crack the second one!!! either that or I will just leave it sit until the next get together and bring it to that one an leave it there?


Finally...

Kerry? I thought Derek got that one on the delay timer shots that he was stumbling mumbling and muttering while tryin to sort the thing... ahem no Derek its NOT a plane mate you actually have to push a button to make it work :doh: :;

BUT what the heck... KERRY!!! Come on sweetums get yer butt into gear me dear an shock everyone with the pics me girl... no huggies for you next time if you dont pull yer finga out woman! :q

Cheers
Shane

Yep....it was a great day. Many thanks to Derek and his lovely wife for hosting the event.

Learnt a lot about all sorts of things, met a few forumites that I hadn't met before and scored a nice little bit of veneer (thanks Shane). It'll be great to be able to put faces to the forum names from now on.

Everyone expressed a hope that we can do it again, and I'm sure we will. A couple of people, me included, will happily host gatherings in the future.

Neil, it seems like you'll have a visitor or two in your neck of the woods in the not too distant future. Enjoy the rest of your stay in gods own.

Thanks again folks.

Geoff

Here are a few pics I took. I was expecting Kerry to post one of them as she had a copy for that very purpose. So I will leave it to her to name the names, and commentate - a silent Kerry is an impossibility!

In the workshop ..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...UbeautBBQ3.jpg

.. and some at the BBQ (there were about 17 of us in all) ..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2.../UbeatBBQ1.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...UbeautBBQ2.jpg

Regards from Perth

Derek

I think there's 6 people hiding behind that huge shaggy head in the last pic. Someone should tell that bugger to get a haircut.

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how everyone made one feel totally welcome and sorta part of a strange family unrelated by anything other than this website and our passion for wood... you got to remember the only people Id met before I got there were you Derek and Kerry

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I hadn't even met Kerry before (can't forget her once you have!) - only you and Derek. :) Great bunch of people though, and it's nice to have an excuse to talk about woodworking for an afternoon. And to any younger lurkers here who were afraid it'd be a bunch of crusty old men swapping stories...(as Shane would say) STREWTH! Stop being such a bloody piker and get yer tail to the next one! :2tsup:

- Jeremy :q

Here's a few of my pics of the group and Derek's demos

Some more - Derek cooking, some of the veneers, a cropped me with a decent smile for a change (the group was looking elsewhere :?) and the cork remover (for a future project :U)

Fantastic Photos :2tsup: great to match a few more names with faces:) Looks like a brilliant day!

KeKemo - glad to see you there too, representing us woodworking women (sheilas?):U:2tsup:

Cheers
Wendy

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Originally Posted by RufflyRustic

KeKemo - glad to see you there too, representing us woodworking women (sheilas?):U:2tsup:

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Never fear, she represented well. She had a lot to say about how there should be more of you. :)

I totally agree :yes::U