Didja ever wonder how we turners ever understand each other's posts? What with so many colloquialisms and a diverse (divisive?) jargon, plus expressions & allusions specific to our different age groups and geography. Varied social & vocational backgrounds and national outlooks could all segment us. The good news is that we do communicate on RCW with few misunderstandings other than a rare and transient effort to take umbrage and contrive offense. Our multi- faceted woodturning endeavors seem to bring us together and not to separate.
Which brings me to consider two barriers that should lead to misunderstanding, but don't. Both provide flavor and color and get the gray out of RCW. I mean the abundance of differing acronyms and loose definitions. It is said that man is an animal that makes lists. Our lists sure do get confusing, but we survive IIRC, LDD, OT and the rest. We know but can't explain when a newbie becomes an intermediate or when an amateur becomes a professional or when an ugly catch becomes an artful spiral and the perpetrator is elevated from craftsman to artist. Yours in fatuous pedantry, Arch
ps: we are like you know umm bob's your uncle all wool and a yard wide in true blue peter fashion mates carrimba & ole' yo better dig it pdq mon it aint uptown to dis we-un woodturners threads an mess with rcw cuz we don cotton to yall's razz-ma-tazz nohow ............ sez who mon dew' und hey no chop-chop garbage in this here face iow we be peaches & cream & the cat's meow coool............eh! shoot its all imho Jeeze, A.
Fortiter,