On Monday, September 16, 2002, at 02:52 PM, NickNaylo@a... wrote:
> i have  always justified the continual pursuit and capture of vintage 
> saxophones in the wild (along with their spoor, mouthpieces and 
> ephemera) with "well, i need one for practicing at home and one for 
> practicing at work".
>
> I was considering a small bench at work for a while, to plane and 
> mortise on my lunch hour and of course, justify a set of work tools.  
> Sadly, the powers that be were not amenable to wood chips and shavings 
> on the carpeting.  Have to limit it to whittling with the smokers 
> outside the building, and they haven't complained about wood chips in 
> their ashtrays.

i am fortunate to have tolerant coworkers and a paper storage room (in
the machine shaft) where i can blow my horn and not make the listening
populace violently ill.  i suppose i could set up a small mortising
bench there, too...but where to keep the tools?  i guess i would have
to make a wall box, too.  and i'd need more tools to make that, right?
oh, god, this is too familiar...

bill
santa cruz, ca