Lawrence Wasserman wrote:
> In article <hktnn19lc6e64fb7dpf7jikh3lhmms6deh@4ax.com>,
> Roy <put an RP here> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
>><John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>>>
>>>http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>>
>>
>>Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
>>Pointy Sticks:
>>
>>http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Roy
>
>
> Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.
>
I get the point.
In article <el7nn19ciuc2sh3ccmjqb0cpsed98n6ng4@4ax.com>, Greg G.
<GregG@electron.com> wrote:
> In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic
> contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends
> rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled
> by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you.
Lawn Darts...
--
~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~
------------------------------------------------------
One site: <http://www.balderstone.ca>
The other site, with ww links<http://www.woodenwabbits.com>
In article <r9Sef.14120$sg5.446@dukeread12>, Brian In Hampton
<bsnikitasREMOVE@cox.net> wrote:
> Lawn darts were a game??'
I never used the word "game"
Just "lawn darts"
;-)
--
"Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a
well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy
free health care and 100 percent literacy." -- John Derbyshire
In article <hktnn19lc6e64fb7dpf7jikh3lhmms6deh@4ax.com>, Roy
<77469@houston.rr.com> wrote:
> but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
No point that I can see. MOA dowels, maybe...
--
"You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline - it helps
if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the
very least you need a BEER. " - Frank Zappa
In article <k0iqn150ruf270u64pmb7mr0klmdro346f@4ax.com>, Mark & Juanita
<nospam@hadenough.com> wrote:
> They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as
> many boxes of points as you order sticks.
Damn. Like shaving appliances. Give 'em the stick and sell 'em the
points...
--
"I'm a man, but I can change... If I have to... I guess." -- Red Green
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:16:35 GMT, "noonenparticular"
<invalid@nowhere.nothing> wrote:
>The mother of all potential lawsuits was that stupid balancing board set
>atop a can laid on its side. No telling how many Christmas morning were
>ruined by that thing......
>
>jc
>
I have two words for you...
Chemistry sets
Sure, in the lab you need a coat, goggles, gloves, mask, venting hood,
fire doors, and goodness knows what else, but with a home chemistry
set, all you need is a bunch of alcohol to fire up the alcohol lamp
and you're in business! (I remember melting sulfer in a test tube,
then putting in some water, and watching a sulfer chunk rocket out and
hit the aluminum patio cover...)
Mark
Lawrence Wasserman wrote:
>
> In article <hktnn19lc6e64fb7dpf7jikh3lhmms6deh@4ax.com>,
> Roy <put an RP here> wrote:
> >On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
> ><John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
> >>
> >>http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
> >
> >
> >Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
> >Pointy Sticks:
> >
> >http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >Roy
Actually, the Mother of All Pointy Sticks dates back to the
paleomezocretatianous period - developed by a little black
lady in Africa. I think she was mentioned in Alex Haley's
book.
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/PointyStick/PS2History0.html
charlie b
Sat, Nov 19, 2005, 3:17pm (EST-3) charlieb@accesscom.com (charlie=A0b)
Actually, the Mother of All Pointy Sticks dates back to the
paleomezocretatianous period - developed by a little black lady in
Africa. <snip>
Did she leave any plans, and if so, are they copyrighted, or public
domain?
JOAT
Just pretend I'm not here. That's what I'm doing.
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:42:48 -0500, Jakofalltrades@webtv.net (J T) wrote:
>Sat, Nov 19, 2005, 3:17pm (EST-3) charlieb@accesscom.com (charlie b)
>Actually, the Mother of All Pointy Sticks dates back to the
>paleomezocretatianous period - developed by a little black lady in
>Africa. <snip>
>
> Did she leave any plans, and if so, are they copyrighted, or public
>domain?
>
Unfortunately she was an ancestor of the late W Disney, so even though
she has been dead for millenia, her works are preserved by copyright law;
each time her works would nearly get to public domain, new laws were passed
keeping them protected. :-)
>
>
>JOAT
>Just pretend I'm not here. That's what I'm doing.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:14:59 -0800, Luigi Zanasi <recnorm@nonet.ca>
wrote:
>What do you think people would be prepared to pay for them
Zilch
Who wants a tipi ?
Hippies want tipis.
How much money do hippies have ?
Bugger all.
> and is there much of a demand?
No. There's a better market in yurts and geodesic domes. Domes in
particular have a "commercial" market on the festival circuit and so
they might be bought by someone who actually has a real budget. Tipis
might be OK to live in, but the doorway / light / floorspace just aren't
big enough to use them as a stall or venue for anything commercial.
The few UK lodgepole pines I've seen have been in odd locations, not in
stands, and they've been anything other than straight. There are a few
about, and I could probably round them up with a lot of looking, but
those "$10" prices for as many as I wanted would have saved me a lot of
legwork.
"Jim Vidler" <jim.vidler@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:dlg73q$ga1$1@domitilla.aioe.org...
> John Thomas wrote:
> > Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
> >
> > http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
> >
> >
> >
> Apparently pointy sticks are difficult to make. The site says the stock
> delivered was unacceptable. They must not have had the approved
> rec.woodworking plans.
>
> -Jim
Nah - the pointy stick part was OK.... even managed to get the double-end
part right...
The bamboo cases were wet - and when they arrived, were covered with
mold..... ;(
Neat product - but we ain't shipping moldy stuff .....
Cheers -
Rob
"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
> >>Roy
> >
> >Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.
>
> They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as
> many boxes of points as you order sticks.
Except in San Francisco ... where only blunts are allowed, and only outlaws
have points.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 11/06/05
"Brian In Hampton" wrote
> Lawn darts were a game???? I just threw them up as high as I could and
> run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Brian :-)>
>
I can do ya one better than that.
I have a brother who was one of those reckless, crazy guys who flirted with
death many times in his life and rarely got hurt. I on the other hand, if I
don't super observe every possible safety rule, gets hurt easily.
When he was about 14, got together with another crazy guy in the general
area and found some old, leaking dynamite at an old logging camp. They
picked it up and drove it home in the back of a pickup. Took it out in a
field in back of the house and blew some holes in the ground near some big
rocks.
The they proceeded to put some dynamite in the hole and roll big rocks onto
the top of the charges. They would then blow up the dynamite and run around
to avoid the rocks as they fell down from the sky. As they continued doing
this, the rocks broke up and became smaller and smaller. Which meant that
they would be harder to see.
And all he got from this was a few small bruises. And no blows to the head.
And he thought it was great fun.
True but I was hinting that pick up sticks were a game...............
--
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"Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People
In Large Groups!"
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:161120052247156106%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
> In article <r9Sef.14120$sg5.446@dukeread12>, Brian In Hampton
> <bsnikitasREMOVE@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Lawn darts were a game??'
>
> I never used the word "game"
>
> Just "lawn darts"
>
> ;-)
>
> --
> "Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a
> well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all,
enjoy
> free health care and 100 percent literacy." -- John Derbyshire
In article <hktnn19lc6e64fb7dpf7jikh3lhmms6deh@4ax.com>,
Roy <put an RP here> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
><John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote:
>
>>Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>>
>>http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>
>
>Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
>Pointy Sticks:
>
>http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
>
>
>Regards,
>Roy
Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
lwasserm@charm.net
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:06:16 -0800, "SteveB" <deserttraveler@cox.net>
wrote:
>
>"John Thomas" <John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns97108145EE954johnthomasintelcom@10.7.208.6...
>> Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>>
>> http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> JT
>> Speaking only for myself....
>
>You'll putcher eye out!
>
>Steve
>
Remember jarts?
John Thomas wrote:
> Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>
>
>
Apparently pointy sticks are difficult to make. The site says the stock
delivered was unacceptable. They must not have had the approved
rec.woodworking plans.
-Jim
John Thomas said:
>Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>
>http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
Let's see. Thirty 3 foot pointy sticks and a bamboo quiver.
Not quite enough for around here...
Robin should think twice about selling these _period_.
The potential for law suits is astounding.
The perfect retroactive birth control.
In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic
contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends
rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled
by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you.
But I'll take 4 sets of these pointy sticks, extra sharp...
Greg G.
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi <recnorm@nonet.ca>
wrote:
>You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
>the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?
Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight
poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin.
For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a
tipi.
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:40:42 +0000, Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy <77469@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
>>http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
>
>Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles
>
>(Shame that shipping is probably impractical)
Probably. Cost me about $125 to have my last set shipped from Minnesota. I imagine it's a tad more
to the UK. I keep these out of the weather when not being used. My previous set lasted 10-12 years
stored outdoors in Texas. Try one of these sites for a more local source for you. One of the
'skinners there will know where you can get them. Sharpen your draw knife and put a fresh belt on
the sander though.
http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Gunn.MacLaren-onyxnet.co.uk/
http://www.hudsonbaytrappers.co.uk/
http://www.falsterske.dk/ (also has English version)
http://www.hiswap.uitholland.nl/
http://www.coon-n-crockett.org/linklist.htm (good place to start a search)
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas <John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote:
>Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>
>http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
Regards,
Roy
Dave Balderstone said:
>In article <el7nn19ciuc2sh3ccmjqb0cpsed98n6ng4@4ax.com>, Greg G.
><GregG@electron.com> wrote:
>
>> In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic
>> contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends
>> rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled
>> by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you.
>
>Lawn Darts...
Or how about Cox model rockets. An 8 ounce plastic model rocket that
you stuffed Estes "C" engines into and hoped it made it off the
ground. If the parachute failed, as it frequently did, one could be
impaled by a red plastic high velocity pointy stick from above.
Standing around the launch site, gazing at the sky for a tell-tale
sign of the aberrant missile, would sometimes result in a loud "thunk"
as the rocket's hard plastic nose cone impaled the hard, sun-baked
clay to a depth of 3-4" - three feet ahead of you. Talk about putting
your eye out...
Between this and the violent explosions from homemade rocket
propellants, I had few friends left by the time puberty arrived.
Oh, yes. The Darwin factor certainly cleaned up the gene pool when I
was a child - damned tort lawyers... <g>
Greg G.
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy <77469@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
>http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles
(Shame that shipping is probably impractical)
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:03:19 GMT, lwasserm@fellspt.charm.net (Lawrence
Wasserman) wrote:
>In article <hktnn19lc6e64fb7dpf7jikh3lhmms6deh@4ax.com>,
>Roy <put an RP here> wrote:
>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
>><John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>>>
>>>http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>>
>>
>>Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
>>Pointy Sticks:
>>
>>http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Roy
>
>Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.
They keep those in a different warehouse. Just make sure you order as
many boxes of points as you order sticks.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:03:19 GMT, lwasserm@fellspt.charm.net (Lawrence Wasserman) wrote:
>In article <hktnn19lc6e64fb7dpf7jikh3lhmms6deh@4ax.com>,
>Roy <put an RP here> wrote:
>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
>><John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>>>
>>>http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>>
>>
>>Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
>>Pointy Sticks:
>>
>>http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Roy
>
>Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.
There's a bunch of you making way too many disparaging remarks about tipi poles of late. Just going
to pick on Lawrence's post to rebut all y'all.
Hey, I consider something that tapers from 4-5 inches across to 3/8 inch across over 26-28 feet in
length to be pretty pointy. It ain't sharp, I admit, but it sure has a pointy shape. If you shrunk
that pole down to needle size, it would be sharp AND pointy.
Visualize a tipi pole as a giant needle that you thread with a 3 inch rope. Got that image firmly
in your head? mmmh??
If you do, you need to get out in the shop and make some sawdust. Something's wrong with you folks
if you have to make unkind jokes about another man's tipi poles, and sawdust will fix it. And
before all y'all ask, no, you can't cut up my set of poles. I need 'em myself for the lodge as the
stakes are way too short to hold up the cover let alone the liner, ozan and door.
Hmmph.
Regards,
Roy
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:161120051620092579%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
> In article <el7nn19ciuc2sh3ccmjqb0cpsed98n6ng4@4ax.com>, Greg G.
> <GregG@electron.com> wrote:
>
>> In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic
>> contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends
>> rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled
>> by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you.
>
> Lawn Darts...
>
> --
> ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~
> ------------------------------------------------------
> One site: <http://www.balderstone.ca>
> The other site, with ww links<http://www.woodenwabbits.com>
The mother of all potential lawsuits was that stupid balancing board set
atop a can laid on its side. No telling how many Christmas morning were
ruined by that thing......
jc
"John Thomas" <John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97108145EE954johnthomasintelcom@10.7.208.6...
> Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>
Jeeeeez , you just gotta think that this was a product liability suite in
the making. I'm thinking LeeValley may have thought that also.
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:40:42 +0000, Andy Dingley
<dingbat@codesmiths.com> scribbled:
>On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:19:30 GMT, Roy <77469@houston.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All Pointy Sticks:
>>http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm
>
>Thanks for that ! I've just been looking for tipi poles
>
>(Shame that shipping is probably impractical)
You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?
Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Woodworking
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:20:57 +0000, Andy Dingley
<dingbat@codesmiths.com> scribbled:
>On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:14:59 -0800, Luigi Zanasi <recnorm@nonet.ca>
>wrote:
>
>>What do you think people would be prepared to pay for them
>
>Zilch
>
>Who wants a tipi ?
>
>Hippies want tipis.
>
>How much money do hippies have ?
>
>Bugger all.
>
>> and is there much of a demand?
>
>No. There's a better market in yurts and geodesic domes. Domes in
>particular have a "commercial" market on the festival circuit and so
>they might be bought by someone who actually has a real budget. Tipis
>might be OK to live in, but the doorway / light / floorspace just aren't
>big enough to use them as a stall or venue for anything commercial.
Ah well, there goes my get-rich-quick scheme of providing poles to
British tipi dwellers. :-(
>The few UK lodgepole pines I've seen have been in odd locations, not in
>stands, and they've been anything other than straight. There are a few
>about, and I could probably round them up with a lot of looking, but
>those "$10" prices for as many as I wanted would have saved me a lot of
>legwork.
Probably Shore pine then, the contorted coastal subspecies of Pinus
contorta, which gave the species its name.
Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Woodworking
Lawn darts were a game???? I just threw them up as high as I could and
run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brian :-)>
--
www.members.cox.net/bsnikitas
"Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People
In Large Groups!"
"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:161120051620092579%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
> In article <el7nn19ciuc2sh3ccmjqb0cpsed98n6ng4@4ax.com>, Greg G.
> <GregG@electron.com> wrote:
>
> > In my generation, it was the rolling egg - an orange plastic
> > contraption you climbed into and held on for dear life as your friends
> > rolled you down a steep hill. If you weren't thrown free and impaled
> > by a pointy stick, the leg and arm fractures would cripple you.
>
> Lawn Darts...
>
> --
> ~ Stay Calm... Be Brave... Wait for the Signs ~
> ------------------------------------------------------
> One site: <http://www.balderstone.ca>
> The other site, with ww links<http://www.woodenwabbits.com>
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:20:29 +0000, Andy Dingley
<dingbat@codesmiths.com> scribbled:
>On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi <recnorm@nonet.ca>
>wrote:
>
>>You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
>>the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?
>
>Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight
>poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin.
>
>For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a
>tipi.
I was just kidding, but I now wonder if there is a business there for
someone here to ship lodgepole pine tipi poles from the YK to the UK.
Our lodgepole pines tend to grow in almost pure stands of tightly
packed trees, hence they are tall and straight (but that's the nature
of the interior subspecies of the inaptly named Pinus contorta). What
do you think people would be prepared to pay for them and is there
much of a demand?
Luigi
Replace "nonet" with "yukonomics" for real email address
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/humour.html
www.yukonomics.ca/wooddorking/antifaq.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Woodworking
"John Thomas" <John.Thomas@intel.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97108145EE954johnthomasintelcom@10.7.208.6...
> Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page.aspx?c=1&p=52924&cat=4,104,45483
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> JT
> Speaking only for myself....
You'll putcher eye out!
Steve