<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">A lot of you long-term members probably remember where a fair number of us could be found on any given night chatting away on IRC (Internet Relay Chat).</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">That was eighteen years ago for our collective group here and since then y'all have found other things to do. But I still carry the torch and make IRC a large part of my Internet life because of the instant communication, the feeling of 'family' and certainly not least the fun that can be had. Now, despite my frequent invitations for you to come and join us in the chat room (which is free by the way!) we're still having fun.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Before you read further you'll need a bit of background so you can understand what is happening here. Hokay...at this moment Marc Spagnulo, The Woodwhisperer, has started his Christmas Giveaway program - he's giving away all manner of ww'ing stuff - but you have to be present to win! Our IRC channel is #woodwhisperer - the giveaway is on another woodwhisperer IRC channel but that one is the LIVE channel. Yeah, it's all kinds of confusing which is how what you're about to read happened.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">All of a sudden we begin to experience a mass invasion - hundreds of them! Roger is frantically pasting, "This is not the giveaway room, go here..." and he gives the right place to be. Now it is at about this exact moment I get an idea and Roger...bless his buttons, just follows right along like we had been rehearsing this for months.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">In this I am TKW (I am logged onto IRC from the shop - Roger is calling me Wink - the people who are "winning" stuff are NOT the regulars, they are the people who can't seem to read. You'll know who the regulars are by their responses.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">[10:32] <TKW> DaveMcF - you have won a prize!!!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:32] <TKW> Roger, tell DaveMcF what he has won<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:33] <@RogerT_Cam> go to <a href="http://www.indifx.com/shops/cams.html">http://www.indifx.com/shops/cams.html</a> to claim your prize</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:33] <DaveMcF> So do you think you will be getting the Triton's Duo Dowel Jointer to test out for us</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:33] <@RogerT_Cam> and if that dont work <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:34] <canoehead> y'all crackin me up</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:34] <TKW> DaveMcF - you have won a brand new Grizzly tablesaw - the model G0690! talk to Roger, he'll send it to you</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">(Roger, hardly 4 days earlier, had gotten a brand new Grizzly TS and barely had it up and running at this moment so I was giving away his TS)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:34] <@RogerT_Cam> you must go here to claim it though <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">(this is when things took off like a scalded cat</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:36] <TKW> and, as a complimentary prize you'll be getting a whole box of assorted planer shavings from the Twisted Knot Woodshop!<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:36] <@RogerT_Cam> Wink, tell us what we have next on our Big Christmas Giveaway</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:37] <@RogerT_Cam> Wink, Wink Martindale</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:37] <canoehead> A Ryobi table saw, gently used, guaranteed to kickback?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:37] <TKW> Ohhh, Roger, what I have here next in the Christmas stocking is a bag of knot holes<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:37] <@RogerT_Cam> have they been gauged?<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:37] <TKW> gauged and mic'd<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:38] <@RogerT_Cam> are they all consistant?<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:38] <KenMatlock> it'd be funny to accept the shavings, just to make Joe find a box, box it all up, and ship it ;)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:38] <canoehead> what's funny is that the giveaway has ended but the live chat is still on and suddenly this room is quiet</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:38] <TKW> I'd do it just for the fun of it</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:38] <canoehead> nobody listening now that he gave away all the free stuff</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:39] <DaveMcF> what</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:39] <@RogerT_Cam> Wink, we need a winner for the box of Precision Knotholes</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:40] <TKW> the winner of the precision knotholes is woodchp6!<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:40] <@RogerT_Cam> Most excellent!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:40] <@RogerT_Cam> woodchp6, to claim your box of Precision Knotholes, please log into, <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:40] <@RogerT_Cam> You will recieve further instructions there</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:41] <TKW> next on the list I have a stainless steel sky hook</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:41] <canoehead> tell us more about it TKW!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:41] <DaveMcF> who won the grand prize</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">(Poor Dave is still in the dark and can't grasp what's going on)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:41] <@RogerT_Cam> thats such a small Item wink, lets add something else to it</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:41] <TKW> Ok, I have a bucket of fresh steam here</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:42] <@RogerT_Cam> Most Excellent!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:42] <@RogerT_Cam> and our winner of the Stainless Steel skyhook and fresh steam is?<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:42] <TKW> and the winner of that is anvil13!!<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:42] <@RogerT_Cam> Wonderful!</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:42] <@RogerT_Cam> anvil13, to claim your prize of Stainless Steel skyhook, and a bucket of fresh steam, please go here <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:43] <@RogerT_Cam> You will receive further instructions once there. Congratulations!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:43] <TKW> you can use the fresh steam to bend wood or remove wrinkles from your leather shop apron</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:44] <canoehead> I think we have a new winner gentlemen!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:44] <@RogerT_Cam> excuse me but, im runnin this here shindig</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:44] <canoehead> yes you are!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:45] <@jwatson1> the youtube stream chat is horrendous the questions he's answering is on his own chat but the live youtube stream are saying some shitty trolling things</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">(What Dubs refers to there is that The Woodwhisperer is also running a live chat through YouTube so Roger just runs with that as well and says...)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:45] <@RogerT_Cam> that's why we are giving out all the prizes here</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:45] <@RogerT_Cam> Wink, what do you have next for us?<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:46] <@RogerT_Cam> For some lucky Christmas Giveaway winner</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:46] <TKW> Ok, next on the list of free giveaways is...hold onto your hats...a brand new left-handed hammer - this hammer is straight from Norway</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:46] <emmrys> but I am right handed</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:46] <@RogerT_Cam> I need a little better description Wink if you would, please</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:47] <TKW> it is one of the one-lipped hammers that is so useful you can't imagine the possibilities</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:47] <@RogerT_Cam> and what is the weight of this wonderful tool?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:47] <TKW> 22 oz<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:47] <@RogerT_Cam> Ash handle?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:47] <TKW> yep, Norway Ash</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:47] <@RogerT_Cam> So this is more a framing type lefty</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:48] <TKW> yeah, sure</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:48] <@RogerT_Cam> Thats wonderful Wink!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:48] <@RogerT_Cam> And our winner is?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:48] <canoehead> oooohh I want that hammer, I got a left-handed third cousin</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:48] <TKW> the winner is woodfan_34941</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">(woodfan_#### are the names assigned to you if you're too lazy to type in a real name or nickname when you join the chat from The Woodwhisperer's web page)<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:50] <@RogerT_Cam> woodfan_34941 you have won the 22oz, Left handed framing hammer. With the Norweigan Ash handle!! Congratulations! Please log into <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a> to claim your gift!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:50] <@RogerT_Cam> Further instructions will be given once there! Again, Congratulations!!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:50] <woodfan_34941> woohoo! always wanted a left-handed hammer</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">(clearly woodfan_34941 is perfectly cognizant of the bullshit going on here)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:51] <@RogerT_Cam> Congratulations!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:52] <@RogerT_Cam> Wink, I believe we still have many more prizes to hand out today!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:52] <TKW> Yes, we do!<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:52] <@RogerT_Cam> and our next item is?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:53] * canoehead is brimming with anticipation</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:53] <@RogerT_Cam> Indeed canoehead, indeed!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:54] <TKW> Why, next on the list is a Board Enhancer</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:54] <canoehead> oooooh I've always wanted a Board Enhancer!!! Tell me more!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:54] <@RogerT_Cam> What a wonderful prize Wink, A quality enhancement for any shop I'm sure!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:54] <TKW> it allows you to take any board, any board at all and improve it both in size and appearance</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:54] <TKW> it's from Ronko!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:54] <emmrys> will it work on plywood?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:55] <@RogerT_Cam> Excellent Wink!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:55] <TKW> the Ronko Board Enhancer</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:55] <@RogerT_Cam> and who will get this great prize?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:55] <TKW> Ammo13 will be the recipient of that prize</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:56] <canoehead> dang...swing and a miss</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:56] <@RogerT_Cam> Ammo13, Congratulations!!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:56] <@RogerT_Cam> you've been selected to win the Ronko Board Enhancer, allowing you to take any board, any board at all and improve it both in size and appearance!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:57] <@RogerT_Cam> Please log into <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a> from there you will receive further instructions</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:57] <@RogerT_Cam> Congratulations again from TWW!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:58] <Ammo13> Awesome, but what did I win? I was watching, my youtube is lagging</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">(Now this astute person is watching the YouTube live chat while reading this one)</div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:59] <@RogerT_Cam> The ronko board enhancer! go here to claim your prize!! <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a> further instructions will be provided once logged in</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[10:59] <TKW> Our next prize is a 16 oz. bottle of instant Water Establishment tablets</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:00] <TKW> if you're in the shop and need water - you take one of the tablets and add water to the tablet and you have instant water<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:00] <@RogerT_Cam> Wink, I believe there was a recall on that product, so we will be unable to give that item away<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:00] <TKW> Ok, I musta missed that memo</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:01] <@RogerT_Cam> please dig deeply into our goodie bag, and choose some other wonderful item</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:02] <TKW> Ok, I was saving this item for last - it's a Kerfless Bandsaw Blade<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:03] <@RogerT_Cam> Wink, That may be one of the best prizes we have today!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:03] <@RogerT_Cam> Can you give the particulars on it?</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:04] <TKW> Why, certainly, This blade is stretchable and will afford you the ability to cut wood without the fear of waste<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:04] <TKW> and there's no fear of putting it on the saw backwards<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:04] <@RogerT_Cam> Sounds like a magical blade Wink!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:06] <TKW> and the winner of that prize is jst</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:07] <@RogerT_Cam> jst You've been choosen to receive the Kerfless Bandsaw Blade. Congratulations!! Please go to <a href="http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/">http://www.thewoodwhisperer.com/live/</a> to claim your prize</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:08] <@RogerT_Cam> TWW wants to thank all the participants in the 2015 Christmas Giveaway Bash!<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:09] <@RogerT_Cam> Next years will be even bigger and better as we improve our sponsorship</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:09] <@RogerT_Cam> Expect many Festool products, and possibly even a Powermatic Tablesaw and The New Drum Sander!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:09] <canoehead> I'll definitely sign up for that one!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:09] <canoehead> I must say, you guys make quite the game show team</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">[11:09] <@RogerT_Cam> it helps to be slightly unstable</div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Joe,<br></div><div>The Twisted Knot Woodshop, "There's never been a classier joint"</div><div>Visit the Twisted Knot Woodshop - <a href="http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com" target="_blank">http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com</a></div></div></div>
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