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You know you're a lumberjock, if/when......

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Hey folks, I was thinking. What if we came up with a listing of the little things and quirks about what makes all of us lumberjocks.

For example:

You know you're a lumberjock if:
1. You carry three bandaids in your shirt pocket everywhere you go.
2. You sneeze and blow your nose all evening.
3. You can't decide whether to put a piece of wood in the woodstove, or make something out of it.
4. No matter what you're wife wants from a store, you say, "don't buy it, I can make it."
5. Your wife says, "I know you could make it, but will you make it?

you get the point. I'm sure you have many others that are better, so share them.

thanks,
Mark DeCou
www.decoustudio.com
 
#393 ·
344 You might be a lumberjock if your family is completely used to having a project or 2 going on at all times in the house to the point where they comment on it in a negative way when they visit homes that dont… "daddy, why don't the _'s take care of their house" (the house is immaculate, just no projects)
 
#397 ·
349. When you spend $500 to build a shed just for wood scraps that are not even worth a fraction of the cost.
350. When a friend tells you can make their grandson a rocking horse & you wouldn't know where to start let alone know how to draw a horse.
 
#398 ·
Reading these posts has been a balm to my soul. I was going to refer to my favorites- but there were just too many. I can add one that I didn't notice- it was posted on the woodworkingwomen site many years ago by a turner:
351. You know you are a serious woodworker when you have wood sawdust and shavings in your bra.
(Hah- bet you guys never thought of THAT one!!! LOLOLOL