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12-03-2008, 11:44 PM
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#1 | | Hi there from Chapel Hill Name: Ben City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Dec 2008  12-03-2008, 11:44 PM
Hello everyone. Man, this website is full of really nice people. I think I mainly just joined so I could be friends with yall. My name is Ben, I'm a historian, I live in Chapel Hill and just moved down from Boston. Before that Houston, before that Auburn, with a stop here and there in London, Montana, and a birth in Atlanta a ways back. I worked for a rustic furniture maker who used a lot of locust and mt laurel, and learned by just trying things out. I'm afraid that's still mainly how I operate. Sometimes I cuss a lot in the woodshop.
I'm working on a walnut dining room table that's as big as a bus. I started a thread today and have already gotten lots of great advice.
Here's some pics: 
me and my little rocknrollers:  | | Views: 555 | |
12-03-2008, 11:50 PM
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Ben, Welcome aboard. It is great to have you here. I look forward to your input in the forums and to seeing some more of your work. I see you already have the picture thing down pat! Your rock and rollers are precious!!
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12-04-2008, 12:23 AM
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Name: Bob City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Hi Ben... great to have you with us!  As you have already noted, there's a bunch a great folks on the forum. What kind of history do you specialize in? I'm a history buff, so I'm just curious  .
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12-04-2008, 12:39 AM
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Name: Tom City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: May 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.64 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Welcome Ben!! Have to ask. Where in Montana? I'm born and raised there and still have "moving away from there" withdrawls every day.
Cute kids!!!
Tom Swortzel
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12-04-2008, 06:58 AM
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Name: Danny City: Seagrove State: NC County: Montgomery Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.81 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Welcome to the NCWWer and NC. Glad to have you join.
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12-04-2008, 08:13 AM
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Name: Mark City: Concord State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 54 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.96 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Welcome Ben from a former Chapahellion! Lots of great folks here waiting to share.
I guess you haven't introduced your darlings to the classic Rock n Roll song: "No more Monkeys jumping on the bed" huh? .gif "Drogar BigGrin(DBG)") Mighty cute!
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12-04-2008, 09:32 AM
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Name: Rob City: Hendersonville State: NC County: Henderson Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 67 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.88 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Welcome to the site, Ben -- happy to have you part of the experience. Mighty cute kids you've got -- cherish the time you have with them as they grow up fast! My little girl just turned 37...
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12-04-2008, 09:42 AM
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#8 | | Senior Administrator
Name: Bas City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 36 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.96 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Welcome Ben, take two pieces of lumber out of the scrap bin for including pictures in your first post! Great to have you here on the site.
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12-04-2008, 10:08 AM
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Name: Randy City: Macon State: NC County: Warren Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 59 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.44 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Welcome, Ben! Cute little rockers you have there.
We look forward to your contributions and seeing pictures of your work. A Bus-sized table sounds like quite a project!
There are plenty of helpful, friendly people here. Don't hesitate to jump in any time.
Take care,
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12-04-2008, 10:10 AM
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#10 | | Senior Moderator
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Name: Scott City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Welcome to our sawdust covered family. Come in and set a while.
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12-04-2008, 10:43 AM
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Name: Matt City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Sep 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Welcome,
Great pics! can't wait to see some of your work!
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12-04-2008, 10:56 AM
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#12 | | Development Director
Name: Stuart City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Jan 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.84 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Welcome from one Chapel Hillian to another. We look forward to your input and pics of your work. It looks as if you have two little munchkins that probably cut into your shop time. Enjoy them while you can...they grow up fast.  | |
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12-04-2008, 11:10 AM
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#13 | | Secretary
Name: Scott Smith City: New Hill State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Mar 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.53 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Hey Ben - welcome to the asylum! Great pix, can't wait to see photo's of your projects.
Scott
ps - one of my favorite authors is Stephen Ambrose; it's nice to have a historian in the group! | |
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12-04-2008, 11:13 AM
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Name: Ben City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Dec 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 0.70 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Originally Posted by woodArtz  Hi Ben... great to have you with us! As you have already noted, there's a bunch a great folks on the forum. What kind of history do you specialize in? I'm a history buff, so I'm just curious . Thanks Bob! I do 20th c US history, but especially southern history. I'm workin' on a biography of a guy named William Alexander Percy, a plantation owner and writer from Mississippi. Give me a few years and I'll give you the heads up when its done! peace, bw | |
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12-04-2008, 11:16 AM
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Name: Ben City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Dec 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 0.70 over 180 days | Re: Hi there from Chapel Hill
Originally Posted by thrt15nc Welcome Ben!! Have to ask. Where in Montana? I'm born and raised there and still have "moving away from there" withdrawls every day.
Cute kids!!!
Tom Swortzel Hi Tom, I lived in Clyde Park, just north of Livingston and Bozeman. Worked at a place called the Crazy Mountain Ranch, which was a cattle ranch when I was there but has since morphed into a sort of shi-shi dude ranch. I truly had no idea what I was doing and broke lots of tractors and probably scared the cows more than I helped them. | |
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