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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Like most of you Sawdusters I met Joe
on line in 1995 or thereabouts. I have admired his wisdom and
woodworking knowledge and will dearly miss him. <br>
Joe, rest in peace my friend<br>
Graham<br>
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On 25/12/2017 6:35 PM, gcw804--- via Woodworkers wrote:<br>
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color="black" face="arial">For those on the list
that aren't aware, Joe grew up in Culpeper Virginia,
which is about a ninety miles Northwest of
RIchmond. We always talked about getting together
when he came East, but unfortunately we never did.
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<div>Years ago, I bought a Rockwell router from the
late 1950's or early 1960's on Ebay with the
intent of fixing it up and using it. It sat in my
shop for several years and I thought I wasn't
going to do anything with it, so I called Joe and
asked him what his address was, and told him I had
a gift for him. . So, I sent it off via UPS and
about a week later he called me and sounded like a
kid at Christmas. Even though it needed bearings,
he was so excited to get it. So he call his friend
at Accurate bearings and they suggested that he
send it to them to fix. Off it went and when he
got it back he said it ran a new one. He was so
excited to get such a simple gift. </div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I remember
one time on the IRC he made me believe he was
Roy Underhill, and I completely fell for it.
What a fool I was. Fortunately over the years, I
met the real Roy Underhill at his studio/class
space in Pittsboro N.C. </span><br>
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<div>Over the years, Joe berated me for having AOL
as my ISP, because invariably I would go to delete
list emails and hit the spam button instead, and
then I wouldn't get any list emails. He would call
me up yelling that he had to get Jason to do a
work around, and tell me to get the hell rid of
AOL or get another email address strictly for the
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<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">This past
summer I reached out to him about maybe stopping
by on my way to Dave's reunion. Unfortunately
life got in the way and I didn't make either
trip. I talked to Joe a couple of weeks ago and
he was very open honest about the health
challenges he faced. Sadly, he was a lot sicker
than he let me believe. </span></div>
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style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Yesterday after
reading the email about his passing, I went out
to his website and read one of his stories (</span><span
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and Your Tail Between Your Knees</span><span
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</font>I laughed and laughed. </font></span><span
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rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: -webkit-center;">So
this week I plan to re-visit and re-read some of
his stories. I'm sure they too will be funny,
and remind me of his truly unique wit.</span><br>
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font-family: arial, helvetica;">Joe was a
tremendous friend and advocate to and for the
woodworking community. </span><span
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helvetica;">A master photographer, storyteller,
and essayist.</span><span style="font-size:
13.3333px; font-family: arial, helvetica;"> He
will be missed by all of us who came in contact
with him, no matter how remotely.</span><span
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<div style=""><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;
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Joe.</span></div>
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The very best is the least that I can do
Graham McCulloch
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