[TheForge] Re: TheForge digest, Vol 4 #663 - 20 msgs
Bob Bergman
[email protected]
Sat Oct 11 09:49:01 2003
Ray, Try Google for the link. It was interesting that you do not apply
for this. They find you and it was a phone call out of the blue that
announced this!
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> 1. RE: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of (downtown)Philadelphia
(Mark A. Pesetsky)
> 2. RE: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of
> (downtown)Philadelphia (Bruce Freeman)
> 3. Tom Joyce (Bob Bergman)
> 4. REPAIR DAYS (theron)
> 5. RE: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(Mark A. Pesetsky)
> 6. RE: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(gladish)
> 7. Re: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(Andy Vida)
> 8. Re: Tom Joyce (Andy Vida)
> 8. Re: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(Ralph E Douglass)
> 9. Re: Tom Joyce ([email protected])
> 10. Re: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(Ries Niemi)
> 11. Re: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
> of(downtown)Philadelphia (Bruce Freeman)
> 12. RE: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
> of(downtown)Philadelphia (Bruce Freeman)
> 13. Re: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(Andy Vida)
> 14. Re: Re: [TheForge] Tom Joyce ([email protected])
> 15. Re: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(Andy Vida)
> 16. Re: Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of(downtown)Philadelphia
(Andy Vida)
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> Message: 1
> From: "Mark A. Pesetsky" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of
(downtown)Philadelphia
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:32:42 -0400
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> Joni,
>
> The invitation may be extended to anyone, providing the full
information is
> supplied. This is going to be a rather short (i.e, inherently
incomplete),
> informal tour. We're out to have fun. And I'd appreciate feedback
from
> those intending to come. I'd hate to anticipate 3 and get 300!
>
> Bruce
>
> How many ya got so far Bruce? Will Andy "the man" be there?
>
> I am about 80% that I will be there...
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:21:36 -0400
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour of
> (downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Mark,
> As of your email, we've got 2.8 people going, including Sara and me.
> Looks like a fizzle as a "group" tour.
> Bruce
>
>
>
> How many ya got so far Bruce? Will Andy "the man" be there?
>
> I am about 80% that I will be there...
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> From: "Bob Bergman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:08:51 -0500
> Subject: [TheForge] Tom Joyce
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Don't know if you have heard that Tom Joyce has been awarded a
McArthur
> Foundation grant. $500,000.00 over 5 years to do whatever he wants to!
> Bob
> Bob Bergman
> Postville Blacksmith Shop
> N8126 Postville Rd
> Blanchardville Wi, 53516
> 608-527-2494, fax 608-527-6908
> www.postvilleblacksmith.com
> www.KA75.com
>
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> Message: 4
> From: "theron" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:22:43 -0700
> Subject: [TheForge] REPAIR DAYS
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> how many on the forge planning to go to repair days in memphis?
> raise your hand if you are going
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> Message: 5
> From: "Mark A. Pesetsky" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:48:41 -0400
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> Mark,
> As of your email, we've got 2.8 people going, including Sara and
me.=20
> Looks like a fizzle as a "group" tour.
> Bruce
> =20
>
>
> Ok...Will you be doing the tour regardless? If it is an intimate =
> gathering I
> guess that is fine as well...Less people to keep track of.
>
> Take Care
> Mark
>
>
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> Message: 6
> From: "gladish" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:43:32 -0700
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Crud.
> Looks like the wife that I was going to visit is going to get a
weekend off
> and come home, and that's the only weekend she can get, so she's
coming west
> instead of me going east...
> Say, can you just kind of jot down the addresses you visit? Won't be
long
> until I get there- like, a week late for the 'tour'.
> Andy G.
>
> > Mark,
> > As of your email, we've got 2.8 people going, including Sara and me.
> > Looks like a fizzle as a "group" tour.
> > Bruce
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:54:47 -0700
> From: Andy Vida <[email protected]>
> Organization: Proof Technologies
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> I'd love to go. Seriously. But the commute from Portland's a real
> bear.
>
> As difficult as it may be for everyone to believe, Bruce is a lot of
fun
> to go traveling with in this manner. We used to do things together,
> then
> I moved to the other side of creation. Now I sit all by my po' po'
> lonesome little self in the pacific northwest. Boo hooty hoo.
>
> No sooner do I get home from Seattle, Seshat (daughter) announces that
> she and Katie (her intolerably cute and tall classmate) are going
there
> for a tour of some art college situated next to UW. Off they go...
and
> here I sit all alone... boo hooty hoo hoo hoo...
>
>
>
> Bruce Freeman wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> > As of your email, we've got 2.8 people going, including Sara and me.
> > Looks like a fizzle as a "group" tour.
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> > How many ya got so far Bruce? Will Andy "the man" be there?
> >
> > I am about 80% that I will be there...
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mark
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:55:47 -0700
> From: Andy Vida <[email protected]>
> Organization: Proof Technologies
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tom Joyce
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> Bob Bergman wrote:
> >
> > Don't know if you have heard that Tom Joyce has been awarded a
McArthur
> > Foundation grant. $500,000.00 over 5 years to do whatever he wants
to!
> > Bob
>
> Hey, what's he doing with MY money?
>
> Congratulations!
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:06:06 -0700
> From: Ralph E Douglass <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Andy Vida wrote:
> >
> > I'd love to go. Seriously. But the commute from Portland's a real
> > bear.
>
> So Andy, are you just visiting Portland or are you now living here?
BTW
> I am just 15 miles west of Portland.
>
> Ralph
> --
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for
Excellence.
> Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a
Decision."
>
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> Message: 9
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tom Joyce
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:07:12 -0400
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> I just poked around the MacArthur Foundation's web site and searched
on Tim Joyce and yielded no results.
>
> If true the rest of us will be filing our funding applications
Monday!!
>
> Ray Miller
> Cincinnati
> >
> > From: "Bob Bergman" <[email protected]>
> > Date: 2003/10/10 Fri AM 09:08:51 EDT
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [TheForge] Tom Joyce
> >
> > Don't know if you have heard that Tom Joyce has been awarded a
McArthur
> > Foundation grant. $500,000.00 over 5 years to do whatever he wants
to!
> > Bob
> > Bob Bergman
> > Postville Blacksmith Shop
> > N8126 Postville Rd
> > Blanchardville Wi, 53516
> > 608-527-2494, fax 608-527-6908
> > www.postvilleblacksmith.com
> > www.KA75.com
> >
> >
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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:07:45 -0700
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> From: Ries Niemi <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
> Andy- If you come up to mt vernon tomorrow for the NWBA conference, I
> am sure we can find someone named Samuel who will Yell at you all you
> want. You dont have to go to Philly for Yellin.
>
> ries
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:08:49 -0400
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
> of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Well, if you can combine it with our next anvil repair workshop, you
> might be in clover. Nate was talking half-seriously about flying you
> out for that to do the final surface finishing of the anvils. Seems
he
> was a mite taken with the mirror finish you put on his anvil, a few
> years back
>
> Of course, I had to tell him you only did it so you could admire the
> reflection of your ugly mug.
>
> You can't seriously expect any of us to pity an old fart like you who
> lives with a gorgeous, 18-year-old "daughter" (of no blood
relationship
> whatsoever)!
>
> B
>
> >>> [email protected] 10/10/2003 12:54:47 PM >>>
>
> I'd love to go. Seriously. But the commute from Portland's a real
> bear.
>
> As difficult as it may be for everyone to believe, Bruce is a lot of
> fun
> to go traveling with in this manner. We used to do things together,
> then
> I moved to the other side of creation. Now I sit all by my po' po'
> lonesome little self in the pacific northwest. Boo hooty hoo.
>
> No sooner do I get home from Seattle, Seshat (daughter) announces that
> she and Katie (her intolerably cute and tall classmate) are going
> there
> for a tour of some art college situated next to UW. Off they go...
> and
> here I sit all alone... boo hooty hoo hoo hoo...
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:18:31 -0400
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
> of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> Sara and I will be going. That's what we'd planned originally, and I
> only opened it up, with her agreement, when it looked like there was
> going to be more interest.
>
> Meanwhile, I received Magaziner's book, "The Golden Age of Iron."
> It's a beautiful, excellent book. It is not, however, a tour guide of
> Yellin's Philadelphia ironwork. It has perhaps a dozen examples of
> Yellin's (Philadelphia ) work, as well as a lot of micellaneous
ironwork
> by others.
>
> My immediate plans are to locate the sites on a map of downtown
> Philadelphia, and see what's feasible in terms of visiting those.
>
> It looks like a separate trip to Bryn Mawr and Valley Forge might be
in
> order. Not this trip!
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> [email protected] 10/10/2003 9:48:41 AM >>>
>
>
>
> Mark,
> As of your email, we've got 2.8 people going, including Sara and me.
> Looks like a fizzle as a "group" tour.
> Bruce
>
>
>
> Ok...Will you be doing the tour regardless? If it is an intimate
> gathering I
> guess that is fine as well...Less people to keep track of.
>
> Take Care
> Mark
>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:17:58 -0700
> From: Andy Vida <[email protected]>
> Organization: Proof Technologies
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> Ralph E Douglass wrote:
> >
> > Andy Vida wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd love to go. Seriously. But the commute from Portland's a
real
> > > bear.
> >
> > So Andy, are you just visiting Portland or are you now living here?
BTW
> > I am just 15 miles west of Portland.
>
> Been here 1.5 years. Working in Seattle.
>
> I actually live in Vancouver.
>
> Wanna get together for a beer?
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 14
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] Tom Joyce
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:18:58 -0400
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> I AM SO WRONG!!! I just found Tom Joyce's Fellowship GRant page on the
MacArthur Foundation site. CONGRATULATIONS ARE WAY IN ORDER!!!
> GREAT FOR TOM!!!
>
> Ray
>
> >
> > From: <[email protected]>
> > Date: 2003/10/10 Fri PM 01:07:12 EDT
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tom Joyce
> >
> > I just poked around the MacArthur Foundation's web site and searched
on Tim Joyce and yielded no results.
> >
> > If true the rest of us will be filing our funding applications
Monday!!
> >
> > Ray Miller
> > Cincinnati
> > >
> > > From: "Bob Bergman" <[email protected]>
> > > Date: 2003/10/10 Fri AM 09:08:51 EDT
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [TheForge] Tom Joyce
> > >
> > > Don't know if you have heard that Tom Joyce has been awarded a
McArthur
> > > Foundation grant. $500,000.00 over 5 years to do whatever he wants
to!
> > > Bob
> > > Bob Bergman
> > > Postville Blacksmith Shop
> > > N8126 Postville Rd
> > > Blanchardville Wi, 53516
> > > 608-527-2494, fax 608-527-6908
> > > www.postvilleblacksmith.com
> > > www.KA75.com
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > ___________
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:19:20 -0700
> From: Andy Vida <[email protected]>
> Organization: Proof Technologies
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> Ralph E Douglass wrote:
> >
> > Andy Vida wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd love to go. Seriously. But the commute from Portland's a
real
> > > bear.
> >
> > So Andy, are you just visiting Portland or are you now living here?
BTW
> > I am just 15 miles west of Portland.
>
> PS: have barely sung a hammer since I've been here. Living in an
> apartment sucks moose.
>
> Damn... one of the dogs just farted... I think I'm goign to have to
> evacuate for a while.
>
> -Andy
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:41:32 -0700
> From: Andy Vida <[email protected]>
> Organization: Proof Technologies
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Plans for a "Samuel Yellin" tour
of(downtown)Philadelphia
> Reply-To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> Ries Niemi wrote:
> >
> > Andy- If you come up to mt vernon tomorrow for the NWBA conference,
I
> > am sure we can find someone named Samuel who will Yell at you all
you
> > want. You dont have to go to Philly for Yellin.
>
> Mt Vernon? Crap... Had I known, I would have stayed in Seattle
> this weekend. Didn't know you were on this side of the world.
>
> Perhaps we can meet for a beer and a bite this week? I am slated
> to roll off my current project 10.24 unless they find more for me
> to do, which would suit me just fine.
>
> Speaking of which... if I were to continue to work in the Bellevue
> area for a year or so, I would like to move because the commute
> from Vancouver is kicking my ass. It's not like it was when I
> was 30. The thought of living in the Seattle suburbs inspires
> nothing but feelings of nausea and suicide. Seattle would be
> good, especially for Seshat, but I don't want to buy there. That
> leaves the country and farmland, which is what I'm interested in.
> Could you tell me where the best places are for such living?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Andy
>
>
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