Have any of you been watching the TV show "Navy NCIS"? On three
episodes, Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has been shown doing wood
working. On two of them, he has been shown working on boat ribs w/ a
spoke shave. On tonights episode, he was working on a tree house for
the son of a dead Marine - using a hand saw to cut a 2x4. There was
a bag of hand tools in the backround.
Also on tonights episode, there was a reference to him not owning any
powertools.....
I've seen every episode so far and there have been a few references to his
woodworking and they've even shown him sleeping under the boat that he is
building. Watched him heat a cup of coffee by sticking some type of
soldering iron into it. Good show and one of the only that I've seen any
reference to woodworking in. Wonder if he'll ever finish the boat?
John
"Jim Laumann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Have any of you been watching the TV show "Navy NCIS"? On three
> episodes, Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has been shown doing wood
> working. On two of them, he has been shown working on boat ribs w/ a
> spoke shave. On tonights episode, he was working on a tree house for
> the son of a dead Marine - using a hand saw to cut a 2x4. There was
> a bag of hand tools in the backround.
>
> Also on tonights episode, there was a reference to him not owning any
> powertools.....
>
>
You're showing your age, or lack of it. That was a soldering copper. Don't
know where you would find them today but for some kinds of work, there is no
beating them.
"John A. Voss" <johnvoss at spesystemsinc.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've seen every episode so far and there have been a few references to his
> woodworking and they've even shown him sleeping under the boat that he is
> building. Watched him heat a cup of coffee by sticking some type of
> soldering iron into it. Good show and one of the only that I've seen any
> reference to woodworking in. Wonder if he'll ever finish the boat?
>
[email protected] (T.) writes:
> Tue, Jan 20, 2004, 11:02pm (EST-3) [email protected] (CW) says:
> You're showing your age, or lack of it. That was a soldering copper.
> Don't know where you would find them today but for some kinds of work,
> there is no beating them.
>
> I would say heating coffee wouldn't be one of the kinds of work.
> When he comes down with symptoms of lead poisoning, you'll know why.
> Or, is it supposed to have never been used for soldering?
>
> But, if that's the type I'm thinking of (I don't watch the show),
> you use a blowtorch to heat it. Be easier and faster just to heat the
> coffee with the torch, I'd use a metal cup. Or, heat a piece of metal,
> if you're gonna stick it in your coffee. Would heat faster than a
> soldering copper. And, be less toxic. On the other hand, hs is
> supposed to be in the Navy, and an officer, so I guess they've at least
> got to try to make it realistic. LOL
Real Navy coffee can reputedly eat any metal you place in it!
Wed, Jan 21, 2004, 10:44pm (EST-3) [email protected]
(Everett=A0M.=A0Greene) says:
Real Navy coffee can reputedly eat any metal you place in it!
I've had worse.
I was talking about using a soldering iron, that had been used for
soldering before it heated coffee. Most solder has lead in it. But, I
forgot it was TV. Only TV, or movie, writers would be stupid enough to
write something like that, and then call it "reality".
JOAT
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you can be distinct. To be distinct is to be different. To be different,
you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.
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Some tunes I like.
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Tue, Jan 20, 2004, 11:02pm (EST-3) [email protected] (CW) says:
You're showing your age, or lack of it. That was a soldering copper.
Don't know where you would find them today but for some kinds of work,
there is no beating them.
I would say heating coffee wouldn't be one of the kinds of work.
When he comes down with symptoms of lead poisoning, you'll know why.
Or, is it supposed to have never been used for soldering?
But, if that's the type I'm thinking of (I don't watch the show),
you use a blowtorch to heat it. Be easier and faster just to heat the
coffee with the torch, I'd use a metal cup. Or, heat a piece of metal,
if you're gonna stick it in your coffee. Would heat faster than a
soldering copper. And, be less toxic. On the other hand, hs is
supposed to be in the Navy, and an officer, so I guess they've at least
got to try to make it realistic. LOL
JOAT
You have two choices in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream, or
you can be distinct. To be distinct is to be different. To be different,
you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.
- Alan Ashley-Pitt=A0=A0=A0
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 20 Jan 2004.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
'Mr.T' -
GOTCHA . . . finally -
a} it's a 'TV show' - the 'idea' was to illustrate the 'character' of his
'Character'. {as an aside, I didn't see any solder on the iron . . . could
have been using it for another type of operation - there is nothing to
'solder' at this point of the 'build sequence'}
b} Not in the Navy, or an officer . . . the personnel are Civilians
c} He is building an 'unusual' boat in an 'unusual' sequence. The first time
you see him working, he is using a spokeshave on some very 'heavy-duty'
frames. By the nature of their function, the outside of ribs DON'T have to
be that 'finished' plus the 'shave was very 'light' for the job. Another
LATER show, has him steaming planks . . . VERY HEAVY planks that would take
a LOT of steaming {'1 hour per inch' is the ROT} and need 'two men, a small
boy, and a chain 'come-along' ' to bend into place.
d} Skipping over a few other salient points . . . the entrance to the
'basement shop' is via a double flight of narrow stairs. The ribs & planking
are for a 30 ft {plus} boat . . . how is he going to get the completed boat
out ??
Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
PS: and the conclusion ? . . . of course he is !! probably verging on
Luddite, or just a way to get away from the 'conveniences' of modern life .
. .
"T." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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SNIP
When he comes down with symptoms of lead poisoning, you'll know why.
SNIP
supposed to be in the Navy, and an officer, so I guess they've at least
got to try to make it realistic. LOL
Wed, Jan 21, 2004, 3:27pm (EST+5) [email protected] (Ron=A0Magen) says:
'Mr.T' -
GOTCHA . . . finally -
Then please let me go.
a} it's a 'TV show' <snip>
Crap, yer right. These are the same people who brig us the
"reality" shows. I sometimes tend to confuse the word "reality" with
meaning something real. I should have remembered. No wonder one of my
favorite shows is Texas Justice.
JOAT
You have two choices in life: You can dissolve into the mainstream, or
you can be distinct. To be distinct is to be different. To be different,
you must strive to be what no one else but you can be.
- Alan Ashley-Pitt=A0=A0=A0
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 20 Jan 2004.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
Do you know this for a fact?
"Gene" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> No, but he plays one on TV.
>
> Gene
>
>
CW writes:
>Do you know this for a fact?
>"Gene" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>> No, but he plays one on TV.
Agent Gibbs is a fictional character.
Charlie Self
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
No shit.
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> CW writes:
>
> >Do you know this for a fact?
> >"Gene" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >>
> >> No, but he plays one on TV.
>
> Agent Gibbs is a fictional character.
>
> Charlie Self
> "Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
CW responds:
>No shit.
>
>"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> CW writes:
>>
>> >Do you know this for a fact?
>> >"Gene" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> No, but he plays one on TV.
>>
>> Agent Gibbs is a fictional character.
So why get excited about what he is supposed to do or not do?
Charlie Self
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
I could be wrong but I was under the impression that you are a pretty good
size guy. Funny how I wouldn't have noticed someone like that sitting beside
me evaluating my mood.
>
> So why get excited about what he is supposed to do or not do?
>
> Charlie Self
> "Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
CW responds:
>I could be wrong but I was under the impression that you are a pretty good
>size guy. Funny how I wouldn't have noticed someone like that sitting beside
>me evaluating my mood.
>
>
>>
>> So why get excited about what he is supposed to do or not do?
>>
>> Charlie Self
>> "Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
Just by your words. Possibly you might go back and re-examine what you said.
I'm not interested enough to bother.
Charlie Self
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
Isn't the pertinent question is Mark Harmon a neander in real life? Will
that satisfy you Charlie?
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> CW responds:
>
> >No shit.
Upscale writes:
>
>Isn't the pertinent question is Mark Harmon a neander in real life? Will
>that satisfy you Charlie?
>
I hav eno idea. Do you? In truth, I've got minimal interest, too.
Charlie Self
"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
On 23 Jan 2004 00:25:08 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>Upscale writes:
>
>>
>>Isn't the pertinent question is Mark Harmon a neander in real life? Will
>>that satisfy you Charlie?
>>
>
>I hav eno idea. Do you? In truth, I've got minimal interest, too.
>
>Charlie Self
>"Character is much easier kept than recovered." Thomas Paine
I did a Google Search on "Mark Harmon" - on one of the bio pages I
found, it states (assuing this is acurate info) that prior to hitting
it big, he worked as a carpenter. I doubt that a modern day carpenter
could make a living doing things Neander style, but it's possible that
woodworking is a hobby for him....heres the URL to the bio.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/bio
J.
In the movie "High Crimes", Ashley Judd's husband has a huge woodshop
in an outbuilding at their San Francisco residence that gets a lot of
air time.
Joe
>
>
> "John A. Voss" <johnvoss at spesystemsinc.com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I've seen every episode so far and there have been a few references to his
> > woodworking and they've even shown him sleeping under the boat that he is
> > building. Watched him heat a cup of coffee by sticking some type of
> > soldering iron into it. Good show and one of the only that I've seen any
> > reference to woodworking in. Wonder if he'll ever finish the boat?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > "Jim Laumann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Have any of you been watching the TV show "Navy NCIS"? On three
> > > episodes, Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has been shown doing wood
> > > working. On two of them, he has been shown working on boat ribs w/ a
> > > spoke shave. On tonights episode, he was working on a tree house for
> > > the son of a dead Marine - using a hand saw to cut a 2x4. There was
> > > a bag of hand tools in the backround.
> > >
> > > Also on tonights episode, there was a reference to him not owning any
> > > powertools.....
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
Jim Stuyck wrote:
> In the NBC series "American Dreams," set in Philadelphia in the mid
> 1960's, the father character, "Jack", spends a lot of time in the
> garage (sometimes with his sons) working on various projects,
> including a soap box derby racer.
>
> Jim Stuyck
>
>
> "John A. Voss" <johnvoss at spesystemsinc.com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>I've seen every episode so far and there have been a few references to his
>>woodworking and they've even shown him sleeping under the boat that he is
>>building. Watched him heat a cup of coffee by sticking some type of
>>soldering iron into it. Good show and one of the only that I've seen any
>>reference to woodworking in. Wonder if he'll ever finish the boat?
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>"Jim Laumann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Have any of you been watching the TV show "Navy NCIS"? On three
>>>episodes, Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has been shown doing wood
>>>working. On two of them, he has been shown working on boat ribs w/ a
>>>spoke shave. On tonights episode, he was working on a tree house for
>>>the son of a dead Marine - using a hand saw to cut a 2x4. There was
>>>a bag of hand tools in the backround.
>>>
>>>Also on tonights episode, there was a reference to him not owning any
>>>powertools.....
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Couple of years ago there was a show about the "woodworker for the
stars." Didn't last long. They didn't spend too much time in his shop,
but what was there did show good, safe working practices. There were
several nice pieces in the background, but his shop was way too clean.
I got one at a yard sale for a couple of bux. works great....
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:02:08 -0800, "CW" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>You're showing your age, or lack of it. That was a soldering copper. Don't
>know where you would find them today but for some kinds of work, there is no
>beating them.
>
>"John A. Voss" <johnvoss at spesystemsinc.com> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I've seen every episode so far and there have been a few references to his
>> woodworking and they've even shown him sleeping under the boat that he is
>> building. Watched him heat a cup of coffee by sticking some type of
>> soldering iron into it. Good show and one of the only that I've seen any
>> reference to woodworking in. Wonder if he'll ever finish the boat?
>>
>
In the NBC series "American Dreams," set in Philadelphia in the mid
1960's, the father character, "Jack", spends a lot of time in the
garage (sometimes with his sons) working on various projects,
including a soap box derby racer.
Jim Stuyck
"John A. Voss" <johnvoss at spesystemsinc.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've seen every episode so far and there have been a few references to his
> woodworking and they've even shown him sleeping under the boat that he is
> building. Watched him heat a cup of coffee by sticking some type of
> soldering iron into it. Good show and one of the only that I've seen any
> reference to woodworking in. Wonder if he'll ever finish the boat?
>
> John
>
>
> "Jim Laumann" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Have any of you been watching the TV show "Navy NCIS"? On three
> > episodes, Agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) has been shown doing wood
> > working. On two of them, he has been shown working on boat ribs w/ a
> > spoke shave. On tonights episode, he was working on a tree house for
> > the son of a dead Marine - using a hand saw to cut a 2x4. There was
> > a bag of hand tools in the backround.
> >
> > Also on tonights episode, there was a reference to him not owning any
> > powertools.....
> >
> >
>
>