[TheForge] Re: Sad Day in my Shop.

Sat Dec 1 18:54:14 EST 2007

I bow to your age and sagacity Mike. While I love 
spinning a "good" yarn, (I know that comes as a REAL 
surprise to you guys but it's true.) I hadn't thought 
of deliberately baiting the audience. <head hung in 
shame>

I'll start rooting through my collection of oddness and 
thinking of "interesting" attachment methods. I'm still 
looking for a stuffed Wile E. Coyote doll to cushion my 
anvil with.

Frosty
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it ain't real.
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From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>

>
> Nail them to a post in your shop.  Every blacksmith 
> should have
> something inexplicable -- preferably numerous such 
> things things --
> propped, hung, welded, nailed or otherwise exhibited 
> about the shop.
> Watch people be afraid to ask why there is a sandal 
> nailed to the
> wall.  Have a good yarn ready for those few who can 
> work up the
> courage to ask.  As you age and the sandal(s) get 
> even more ancient
> and grimy with forge dust, the yarn will expand and 
> grow and adapt.
>
> Gee, do I have to tell you young guys *everything*?
>
> :-)
> - Mike
>