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Bob Willson
30th June 2004, 07:14 PM
I have just received the latest Timbecon flyer and it is advertising a book by some bloke called Neil Ellis. The title of the book is "A Polishers Handbook".
Has anybody heard of this book before and is it worth the money?
echnidna
30th June 2004, 07:29 PM
There's something familiar about it but I just can't put my finger on it at the moment.
Wood Borer
30th June 2004, 07:32 PM
Two Bob's worth ? :p
- Wood Borer
ozwinner
30th June 2004, 07:36 PM
Thatll be 3 Bobs worth now. :D
Al
Oh, and one Alsworth.
Ben from Vic.
30th June 2004, 07:39 PM
Two Bob's worth ? :p
- Wood Borer
Your in fine form tonight Mr Borer, that an the post to Jow (the pom).
Ben.
echnidna
30th June 2004, 07:40 PM
Well Bob it seems like oiur advice is rapidly increasing in value, maybe we can soon afford some free $10 smilies
Wood Borer
30th June 2004, 07:42 PM
Try 3 Bobsworth and two Alsworths!!!
I am in both categories.
- Wood Borer
Wood Borer
30th June 2004, 07:46 PM
Ben,
I have been away for a couple of days and I am just making up for lost time and past wee goofs.
- Wood Borer
outback
30th June 2004, 08:57 PM
How many Alsworths to the Bobsworth?
ozwinner
30th June 2004, 09:00 PM
Its hard to convert, ones imperial, ones metric.
Al :D
echnidna
30th June 2004, 09:02 PM
Depends on where the decimal point fits.
Caliban
30th June 2004, 09:04 PM
Its hard to convert,
Al :D
I knew it! A born again! :D
or is that a fundamentalist :eek:
ozwinner
30th June 2004, 09:06 PM
Nah, just mental. :o
Al
Grunt
30th June 2004, 09:10 PM
Depends on where the decimal point fits.
In a Bobsworth or an Alsworth, any orifice will do.
ozwinner
30th June 2004, 09:13 PM
http://www.computerpannen.com/cwm/cwm/cwm/eek2.gif
gatiep
30th June 2004, 09:45 PM
I seem to recollect the 'Book". I think it actually promotes the oposition stuff to the famous 'Shellastuff'.
Bob Willson
1st July 2004, 05:39 AM
The important thing is to keep the thread on track. We aren't doing too badly so far. :)
R. McCarthy
5th July 2004, 06:28 PM
The important thing is to keep the thread on track. We aren't doing too badly so far. :)
Bob, I think it went way off the track - I expected a little better of a site like this. I know we've got to have a few laughs in life but this was just a little sad. :(
RETIRED
6th July 2004, 12:26 AM
10th November 2003 #22
R. McCarthy
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I'm not a spoiled sport, and like a laugh as much as the next bloke, but I think the responses to an otherwise sensible post really degenerated into abject stupidity. Where are the moderators ??
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R. McCarthy
Mr McCarthy, the moderators in this case were: , absent from his post slumming it in the NW of Australia.
Neil: Getting ready to be at one of his many public appearances, The Melbourne Working with Wood show to raise revenue to keep this board open.
Christopha, was getting ready to appear with Neil, see preceding paragraph.
Shane, he too was probably making money by travelling the Eastern Seaboard of Queensland in order to eat that week.
27th October 2003 #21
R. McCarthy
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This is for Driver - you fool! - you're only trying to satisfy a daughter - wait till you get the next
one in the chain - the granddaughter !!!
I've really forgotten what I was on about here - I think there was talk about Red Wine - ah, yes - I am enjoying the odd Shiraz at the moment so I think I'll sign off.
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R. McCarthy
You are also guilty of digressing.
Bob, I think it went way off the track - I expected a little better of a site like this. I know we've got to have a few laughs in life but this was just a little sad.
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R. McCarthy
This thread was started with a very tongue in cheek dig at our Illustrious Leader namely Neil. At least that was my impression. Correct me if I am wrong Bob. Other respondents picked up on this and followed suit.
We try to keep this board uniquely Australian with our warped sense of humour and I think that the balance between information and Humour is about right.
As most on this board know: if it gets too far off track "The Lord High Executioner" steps in, gets abused, smiles back and in a little while all is well again.
Go with the flow and do not act like your American namesake that caused a great deal of grief with his witch hunts.
Ben from Vic.
6th July 2004, 12:41 AM
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Love it :D ;)
ozwinner
6th July 2004, 04:55 PM
Meow http://mindscraps.com/s/contrib/fk/wolfie.gif
Good one . Remind me never to get on your wrong side. :D
Al
Bob Willson
6th July 2004, 06:26 PM
Al the name of your .gif is 'wolfie.gif' and you have it saying Meow? :D
ozwinner
6th July 2004, 06:36 PM
Al the name of your .gif is 'wolfie.gif' and you have it saying Meow? :D
Hi Bob try a right click, properties.
Al
ozwinner
6th July 2004, 06:38 PM
Hey hang on, we are going off thread here.:rolleyes:
Al
Sturdee
6th July 2004, 07:45 PM
If we are going of thread again Mr. McCarthy will have to repeat his post :eek: as he is expecting a little better of this site. :D
Peter.
ozwinner
6th July 2004, 07:52 PM
So, how is the French polishing going Peter? :D
Al
Sturdee
6th July 2004, 08:25 PM
Going well, All. The second table is nearly finished. :)
The finishing shed is great and well worth the effort of building it.
Now I've started clearing out the other shed which I'll convert into a wood storage area.
Peter.
Bob Willson
6th July 2004, 08:46 PM
I did do the right click which is where I got
http://mindscraps.com/s/contrib/fk/wolfie.gif from.
Shane Watson
6th July 2004, 09:49 PM
Shane, he too was probably making money by travelling the Eastern Seaboard of Queensland in order to eat that week.
*sigh* just looked in the fridge and well its getting a little like slim pickings, so off to Canberra in a couple of weeks time to earn some more food ;) ;) ;)
Man, where was I on this thread.......Slipped right under my radar :eek: I must need some more training ;)
Oh, and I really am off to Canberra in a couple of weeks, but as usual i'll have the laptop on board.....Cant wait for the warm winter nights :eek: Might even be a little warmer than what Goulburn was a couple of weeks back... :confused: Mind you Darwin was damn cold when I was up there.... :D
R. McCarthy
7th July 2004, 12:15 AM
Good one - you got me there !
R. McCarthy
7th July 2004, 12:21 AM
Sturdee - that's a low blow brother !
Sturdee
7th July 2004, 04:32 PM
Sturdee - that's a low blow brother !
Shucks. So sorry.
Just trying to be helpfull in keeping the guys on topic :D and you get a negative point :eek: Won't be so helpful next time Mr. McCarthy.
Peter.
Bob Willson
7th July 2004, 04:36 PM
So, Peter; to get back onto topic, how are you going to polish him off? :)
ozwinner
7th July 2004, 05:37 PM
I did do the right click which is where I got
http://mindscraps.com/s/contrib/fk/wolfie.gif from.
I thought the "contrib" might have been a give away.
As in contibuted by.
Well it looks like a cat to me.? :p
Al
Sturdee
7th July 2004, 06:15 PM
Bob,
To keep it on topic of polishing it depends on the circumstance.
Would a wash down with lindseed oil/turps mixture be sufficient in this case or is a total stripping required. Or maybe only Ubeaut's Polish reviver willl do. :D :D :D May be others can judge for me. :eek:
After that we mix up a batch polish - to keep in line with Timbecons recommendation we will use Ubeaut's famous Shellac flakes - See still on topic :D - and keep rubbing it in untill the dull and faded look becomes bright and shiny.
Peter.
Caliban
7th July 2004, 06:40 PM
how are you going to polish him off? :)
Bob I think Peter is Dutch, not Polish! :D :D :D
Peter
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and keep rubbing it in.
Peter, are you rubbing it in to Mr. R McCarthy, or to the rest of us for letting you come back from Lurker status. Imagine you giving someone a nasty blue square. It just doesn't fit with the Peter I think I know from these boards. :confused:
Oh, by the way the cheque that you put in the mail came through, thank you very much. ;)
It was very helpful and I'll post some pictures when I put it into practice.
Who is this Neil everyone keeps paying out on, not the illustrious man in Black I met at the Sydney show, surely?
Sturdee
7th July 2004, 07:40 PM
Bob I think Peter is Dutch, not Polish! :D :D :D
Jim, I am an Aussie and, unlike the native ones, I have a certificate to prove it. :D
Peter, are you rubbing it in to Mr. R McCarthy, or to the rest of us ..........
That's for me to know :) and you to guess.
Imagine you giving someone a nasty blue square.
Jim, I don't believe in giving out nasty blue squares I only give lovely emeralds ( green ones). :) If I feel that somebody deserved a raspberry I would post it for all to see.
Peter.
BTW Pleased to see you got my cheque.
silentC
8th July 2004, 10:30 AM
...unlike the native ones, I have a certificate to prove it...
Doesn't a birth certificate count? :p
craigb
8th July 2004, 10:40 AM
Doesn't a birth certificate count? :p
:D :D
Sturdee
8th July 2004, 11:57 AM
Doesn't a birth certificate count? :p
Ofcourse it counts for something.
But mine is on parchment type paper, complete with photo ID, signed by Lizzie Windsor in her capacity of Queen and countersigned by the then Minister for Immigration, was hand delivered by our local worship the mayor of our city, and came with a native tree.
Does yours ? :D and if it does has it your baby photo :eek: as ID?
Peter.
silentC
8th July 2004, 12:11 PM
Our kids have certificates like that. Not signed by the Queen or by the Minister for Immigration, but by the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. We're not really monarchists, so we can do without the Queen's scribble on it. We must've missed out on the tree. They did give us a couple of nappies when we left the hospital.
Mine is a shabby old piece of blue paper folded up to the size of a credit card and frayed around the edges.
No photos on any of them, but a baby photo wouldn't be much use in identifying us now anyway ;)
RETIRED
8th July 2004, 09:23 PM
At your age it would probably still be valid? ;)
vsquizz
8th July 2004, 11:57 PM
Don't worry about who's Neil, who's this Queen your talking about??....
RETIRED
9th July 2004, 08:32 AM
This thread is being closed before it degenerates into a Republican V Monarchist debate. :eek:
Neil
9th July 2004, 09:35 AM
:D :D :D http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=9676 :D