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Knives aside, what are your other hobbies??
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Randy,
Such a beautiful wife and family (your daughter contends Best of Show in THIS thread!) Congratulations!
Drawing talent like that is not learned--it's a gift you were born with. Lucky you.
Coop
Such a beautiful wife and family (your daughter contends Best of Show in THIS thread!) Congratulations!
Drawing talent like that is not learned--it's a gift you were born with. Lucky you.
I dont understand? You try to spend more than 5-10 or you don't?
Coop
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Thank you guys for all the kind words
Typo fixed Coop, I try to "not spend more than" 5-10 mins on them. Just getting the basic idea out on paper is what I want, then I can do all the rendering/coloring in photoshop. 
I have stacks and stacks of these
A few more can be found here
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Those are fantastic drawings So-Lo. Ever think of going into tatoos??
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At least you're not muddy when you get home lol Looks fun, cold, but fun.
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Don't still have photos from the old days of spelunking, vertical rope work, or the sailboat racing days(J-24's and J-30's), and only one from the last of the single cylinder motors....
But since Joe, aka jdm61, keeps calling me the unrepentant hippie boatbuilder, might as well post a couple from that life: work and hobby, Jill and I lived aboard "Juniper" on Lake Union in Seattle, built by me nites and weekends and between other boats over a period of three years,
and the little canoe is typical of what else I built "off the books" and played with in my spare time during the boatbuilding years
Now it's mostly knives and reading.
John
But since Joe, aka jdm61, keeps calling me the unrepentant hippie boatbuilder, might as well post a couple from that life: work and hobby, Jill and I lived aboard "Juniper" on Lake Union in Seattle, built by me nites and weekends and between other boats over a period of three years,
and the little canoe is typical of what else I built "off the books" and played with in my spare time during the boatbuilding years
Now it's mostly knives and reading.
John
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It sort of seems unfair that one man (ah hem John White) would be able to master two crafts so admirably in one lifetime. 
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Hey John, I owned more than one SR500 thumper. Don't you wish you still had it?! :thumbup:
The Rat: There is nothing...so worth doing as simply messing around in boats
Good ones, too.
Coop
The Rat: There is nothing...so worth doing as simply messing around in boats
Good ones, too.
Coop
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So Lo great drawings and a beautiful child
Lorien looks like some great rideing I envy you . now when I fall it feels like all my bones touch.
John W I think Mr. Wheeler nailed it right on the head god bless ya your a talented fellow.
Everyone great pics and interests. I have enjoyed this thread very much. Thank you all and Merry X-mas to all of you and yours.
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Lorien looks like some great rideing I envy you . now when I fall it feels like all my bones touch.
John W I think Mr. Wheeler nailed it right on the head god bless ya your a talented fellow.
Everyone great pics and interests. I have enjoyed this thread very much. Thank you all and Merry X-mas to all of you and yours.
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JP and Coop,
The singles were fun, couple BSA 500's and a little250 Yam; the SR had a 540 kit, with a 34mm Mikuni, and ran well, once it warmed up and quit spitting raw gas on the piston.
JP, the first bike I fell in love with was a High School friend's 250 Duc single. You know John Perry rides and races a tricked out Monster.
Lorien, now THAT'S serious biking...
Nick, get to work,
Yes, Merry Christmas to all...
John
The singles were fun, couple BSA 500's and a little250 Yam; the SR had a 540 kit, with a 34mm Mikuni, and ran well, once it warmed up and quit spitting raw gas on the piston.
JP, the first bike I fell in love with was a High School friend's 250 Duc single. You know John Perry rides and races a tricked out Monster.
Lorien, now THAT'S serious biking...
Nick, get to work,
Yes, Merry Christmas to all...
John
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That Juniper is one beautiful boat. So elegant and so in tune.
And the canoe, egads, it's the finest I've ever seen.
Some argue that the canoe should replace the Maple Leaf on Canada's flag, due to the fact that Canada was largely crafted upon the paddle's discovery.
Seeing your aquatic conveyances, John, is inspiring another new thread idea...
And the canoe, egads, it's the finest I've ever seen.
Some argue that the canoe should replace the Maple Leaf on Canada's flag, due to the fact that Canada was largely crafted upon the paddle's discovery.
Seeing your aquatic conveyances, John, is inspiring another new thread idea...
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Just to show how retarded we are out here on the coast, yesterday's Solstice Ride:
I know, I should really be more careful
Merry Christmas, one and all!
Now that looks like great fun indeed!!
I think I will dust of my my bike and get myself out into the snow as well...
You don`t have to be too carefull if you know what you are doing
And it sure looks like you do
Have fun!
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I figured I'd post some deployment pics as well. Not as cool as Raymond Richard's but...
and taking myspace default shots
and taking myspace default shots
jdm61
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Yep, hippie boats.Don't still have photos from the old days of spelunking, vertical rope work, or the sailboat racing days(J-24's and J-30's), and only one from the last of the single cylinder motors....
But since Joe, aka jdm61, keeps calling me the unrepentant hippie boatbuilder, might as well post a couple from that life: work and hobby, Jill and I lived aboard "Juniper" on Lake Union in Seattle, built by me nites and weekends and between other boats over a period of three years,
and the little canoe is typical of what else I built "off the books" and played with in my spare time during the boatbuilding years
Now it's mostly knives and reading.
John
Do you know that even Lyman-Morse has recently broken down and built a 65 foot lightweight composite hull Palm Beach style express fisherman that will go 40 knots plus? What is the wold coming to?!?!?!
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Good thing you did not make it a hobby
and returned safely home.....
All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
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Eating! Yes I like being fat and happy! I've got a happy face right now in fact!
Seriously, I've had a thing for 50s Chevy trucks all my life. Restored a few along with some other 'cool' vehicles I found along the way that I liked a lot. Chevy's were my favorites though. Probably because my first vehicle was a 1950 Chevy 1/2 ton PU truck. I had probably the best of the Chevy's when my wife's dad gave us the 55 IHC in my avatar. Its been in her family since new. It was on blocks with no rubber when we got it. The bed was so rotten you could punch your fist through it. I had to remove that old bed first and then since the brakes were locked up on it and no amount of hammering could free them I just winched that stubborn mule onto the trailer and hauled it to Oklahoma from Memphis Tenn. Last International I'll ever work on but its restored now. It was three times the cost to restore as the 3/4 ton Chevy shown here. I liked the Chevy better but its long gone. Also did some Land Cruisers which I liked a lot and of course my Pinzgauer that I sold a little more than a year ago I guess.
Seriously, I've had a thing for 50s Chevy trucks all my life. Restored a few along with some other 'cool' vehicles I found along the way that I liked a lot. Chevy's were my favorites though. Probably because my first vehicle was a 1950 Chevy 1/2 ton PU truck. I had probably the best of the Chevy's when my wife's dad gave us the 55 IHC in my avatar. Its been in her family since new. It was on blocks with no rubber when we got it. The bed was so rotten you could punch your fist through it. I had to remove that old bed first and then since the brakes were locked up on it and no amount of hammering could free them I just winched that stubborn mule onto the trailer and hauled it to Oklahoma from Memphis Tenn. Last International I'll ever work on but its restored now. It was three times the cost to restore as the 3/4 ton Chevy shown here. I liked the Chevy better but its long gone. Also did some Land Cruisers which I liked a lot and of course my Pinzgauer that I sold a little more than a year ago I guess.
