I saw a guy the other day who was the spitting image of Nahm - I mean a dead
ringer, but mebbe 30# or so thinner. I had to ask if he'd heard the
comparison before. He said not only does he hear it all the time, but some
years ago he even traveled to DC to enter a Norm look-alike contest, and
came in first in a field of 360 entrants. He won a huge Norm poster and
$1000 worth of power tools. Coincidentally, he's a general contractor
himself and also teaches at the high school down the road from me (I didn't
ask if he taught shop).
On Mon, 03 May 2010 08:33:33 -0700, Winston <[email protected]>
wrote the following:
>On 5/2/2010 4:28 PM, Buddy Matlosz wrote:
>> I saw a guy the other day who was the spitting image of Nahm - I mean a
>> dead ringer, but mebbe 30# or so thinner.
>
>Heh! A few years back, I had a salt & pepper beard.
>Combined with my wire frame glasses and detached grin, I
>rather resembled Norm to some degree.
>
>At a home show I noticed a woman staring at me bug-eyed from
>across a woodworking demonstration. I just smiled amiably.
...and asked her "Wanna see what's under all this plaid, baby?"
--
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
-- Raymond Lindquist
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Even though I wasn't a faithful watcher by any means, I kinda miss
> Norm going on about something while I am doing my Saturday chores.
>
> Never thought I would. Dunno... maybe I just don't care for the
> "Woodsmith" guys.
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He is still available in reruns if you can get createtv.com.
Go to createtv.com for stations in your in your area.
Lew
On May 3, 11:23=A0am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Even though I wasn't a faithful watcher by any means, I kinda miss
> Norm going on about something while I am doing my Saturday chores.
>
> Never thought I would. =A0Dunno... maybe I just don't care for the
> "Woodsmith" guys.
Norm caught a lot of flack, but his show had a good bit of interest.
The Woodsmith guys cover the most basic stuff. Once in a while
there's a tidbit in there, but for the most part I'd rather look at
wallpaper with a nice simulated wood grain.
R
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...>
> On 5/2/2010 4:28 PM, Buddy Matlosz wrote:
> > I saw a guy the other day who was the spitting image of Nahm - I mean a
> > dead ringer, but mebbe 30# or so thinner.
>
> Heh! A few years back, I had a salt & pepper beard.
> Combined with my wire frame glasses and detached grin, I
> rather resembled Norm to some degree.
>
> At a home show I noticed a woman staring at me bug-eyed from
> across a woodworking demonstration. I just smiled amiably.
>
> :)
>
> --Winston <-- Now growing and tinting sideburns for Elvis contest
Last week, I was driving down a side street near my office and got
temporarily stuck because a lawn-care truck (with a big flat trailer
for the mowers) was parked on the other side and just after it there
was a minivan parked on my side and there was a white dual-cab
pickup approaching in the opposite direction. There wasn't room to
pass between the two parked vehicles, so I stopped behind the minivan
to let the pickup go first. The driver scowled at me as he went by.
(I think he thought I could have done a better job pulling over, which
was true, but there was room enough.) Anyway, I could swear it was
Tommy Silva. Which isn't really unlikely, since this was in Lexington
Mass, about a mile from where Google Maps says his construction
company is located.
--
John
On May 3, 5:04=A0pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Never thought I would. =A0Dunno... maybe I just don't care for the
> > "Woodsmith" guys.
>
> yMe neither. =A0They act like they are graduates of the Mr Rogers
> school of acting and have dropped at least 3 valium each before
> shooting the show. =A0They have that perfect monotone monocadence
> PBS "voice" which the SNL skit Schweaty Balls nailed to a T.
> Art
Remember, your missing Norm after 20 years of TV....he was kind of
stiff before NY...and he did NY after years on TOH....give these guys
a few years and they will get better too.
On 5/2/2010 4:28 PM, Buddy Matlosz wrote:
> I saw a guy the other day who was the spitting image of Nahm - I mean a
> dead ringer, but mebbe 30# or so thinner.
Heh! A few years back, I had a salt & pepper beard.
Combined with my wire frame glasses and detached grin, I
rather resembled Norm to some degree.
At a home show I noticed a woman staring at me bug-eyed from
across a woodworking demonstration. I just smiled amiably.
:)
--Winston <-- Now growing and tinting sideburns for Elvis contest
<[email protected]> wrote in message
...
>
> Never thought I would. Dunno... maybe I just don't care for the
> "Woodsmith" guys.
>
Me neither. They act like they are graduates of the Mr Rogers
school of acting and have dropped at least 3 valium each before
shooting the show. They have that perfect monotone monocadence
PBS "voice" which the SNL skit Schweaty Balls nailed to a T.
Art
On 5/3/2010 1:37 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> "Winston" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
(...)
>> --Winston <-- Now growing and tinting sideburns for Elvis contest
>
> People stop me all the time thinking I'm Tom Selleck We're spitting
> images of each other. If you really look close, you can see that Tom is
> a bit taller though. And he has more hair (lots more). And he has a
> smaller waist line. And he is a bit younger. Other than that, you can't
> tell us apart unless you get close, but from a quarter mile or so, we
> look almost identical. Almost.
Thanks, Ed. I needed that.
:)
--Winston
On 5/3/2010 7:54 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Mon, 03 May 2010 08:33:33 -0700, Winston<[email protected]>
> wrote the following:
(...)
>> At a home show I noticed a woman staring at me bug-eyed from
>> across a woodworking demonstration. I just smiled amiably.
>
> ...and asked her "Wanna see what's under all this plaid, baby?"
All the best lines are in retrospect. :P
In a couple years you'll have something witty. Hang in there.
:)
--Winston
"Winston" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 5/2/2010 4:28 PM, Buddy Matlosz wrote:
>> I saw a guy the other day who was the spitting image of Nahm - I mean a
>> dead ringer, but mebbe 30# or so thinner.
>
> Heh! A few years back, I had a salt & pepper beard.
> Combined with my wire frame glasses and detached grin, I
> rather resembled Norm to some degree.
>
> At a home show I noticed a woman staring at me bug-eyed from
> across a woodworking demonstration. I just smiled amiably.
>
> :)
>
> --Winston <-- Now growing and tinting sideburns for Elvis contest
People stop me all the time thinking I'm Tom Selleck We're spitting images
of each other. If you really look close, you can see that Tom is a bit
taller though. And he has more hair (lots more). And he has a smaller
waist line. And he is a bit younger. Other than that, you can't tell us
apart unless you get close, but from a quarter mile or so, we look almost
identical. Almost.