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<blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 4047059" data-attributes="member: 45785">I got into fixing &amp; building because my grandpa &amp; dad did that sort of thing. Flavored a bit by a step-father who expected Armageddon any minute now when I was a kid in the mid-to-late 60&#039;s. Also interested in guns, shooting, lapidary &amp; several kinds of metalworking, including&nbsp; blacksmithing &amp; jewelry making, and armouring. My GI Joe had steel swords, spear &amp; arrow heads, and functional bows made from coat hanger wire when I was 10 or 11... <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /> And that step-father wasn&#039;t prepping, but planning on being a warlord. Not real good at woodworking though. More a wood butcher. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /> And rough carpentry. Very rough. Want be be able to build about anything, but I&#039;m a lousy programmer. Been a pretty good maintenance mechanic &amp; technician, but not really artistic, either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BillM, post: 4047059, member: 45785"] I got into fixing & building because my grandpa & dad did that sort of thing. Flavored a bit by a step-father who expected Armageddon any minute now when I was a kid in the mid-to-late 60's. Also interested in guns, shooting, lapidary & several kinds of metalworking, including blacksmithing & jewelry making, and armouring. My GI Joe had steel swords, spear & arrow heads, and functional bows made from coat hanger wire when I was 10 or 11... :) And that step-father wasn't prepping, but planning on being a warlord. Not real good at woodworking though. More a wood butcher. :) And rough carpentry. Very rough. Want be be able to build about anything, but I'm a lousy programmer. Been a pretty good maintenance mechanic & technician, but not really artistic, either. [/QUOTE]

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