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[Nine of twelve]

On 5/17/2022 at 5:36 PM, wsnydes said:

 

 

[Nine of twelve]

1) Where do you follow the Twins from?

Twin Cities

3) How 'bout hobbies?

Bicycling, Geocaching, joining family members to play Trivia Mafia at local brewpubs

4) How long have you followed the Twins?

60 years

5) How many games do you attend a season?

2-4, with an expected increase during the coming years

6) Who is your favorite all-time Twin?

Kirby

7) Who is your current favorite Twin?

Buck

8 )What is the coolest/craziest/most absurd/etc thing you've seen in person at a Twins game?

https://twinsdaily.com/videos/vintage-minnesota-twins/april-26-1986-metrodome-partially-deflates-during-twins-game-r246/

9 ) What is the most memorable thing you've seen in person at a Twins game?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198709030.shtml , specifically the third batter in the bottom of the ninth. I saw a lot of games in the dome and I never saw a longer ball hit to straight-away left.

10) What is your favorite all-time Twins moment?

Tie: the end of WS game 7, 1987 and the end of WS game 7, 1991.

[Nine of twelve]

On 5/17/2022 at 6:44 PM, IndianaTwin said:

 

8. Oddest moment at a game? June 26, 1977. Game has to be stopped because a drunk fan was climbing the left-field foul pole. Said drunk fan grows up to be the Twins official scorer, Stew Thornley. 

9. Most memorable thing in person? Same game. Carew goes 4-for-5, drives in six, and ends the day at .403 as the Twins beat the Team That Shall Not Be Named, 19-12. Carew gets half a dozen standing ovations,

 

 

I was there too.

[PatPfund]

On 5/20/2022 at 4:36 PM, Richie the Rally Goat said:

I typically cut dovetails (interlocking wood joints like drawer sides for all you non-woodworkers) with a router and jig. How do you cut them by hand? Why would you cut them by hand instead of using a router and jig?

I learned the hand-cut way by watching Frank Klausz, a now retired woodworker/furniture builder who learned apprenticing in his father's European woodshop. I don't really cut them enough to warrant a jig, though I'm also not finished-work good. Good enough for the back of the drawer, but if I were exposing them, I'd need to be better, or consider the jig route. They make a beautiful job! Normally for finer work, Mr Klausz does the dovetail saw/chisel method, but if you want to see him cut a 3 minute dovetail joint using only a scribed line and two bow-saws, it's on YouTube at: