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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

An acquired ability is still a skill, Lynn.  Be proud of what you have 
accomplished on your own - and of your ten 'whole' fingers.  I come from a 
long line of very talented builders.  My father is missing half of the part 
of a thumb where the thumbnail should be.  One of my brothers is missing the 
end part of a finger to the first knuckle and my grandfather is missing about 
an inch off a thumb.  And, they are all highly skilled.  The machines were 
all very sophisticated cabinetry machines -- it just takes a portion of a 
second to dissappear part of an appendage.  If you don't have one, you should 
treat yourself one day and buy a sawzall.  You would be amazed with what you 
can do with that one tool.....................

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--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Stock-up list
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 4:38 PM
> I don't really have many skills. I have determination
> and a need to get stuff fixed. I don't have anyone to do
> any of it for me, except tractor and truck repair. I just
> have to muddle through. I inherited all my father's
> woodworking tools (band saw, table saw, table sander, lathe,
> etc) when he died. He was a carpenter, but never taught my
> sister and I how to use the tools (he didn't think girls
> were capable of using any tool beyond a mixer or an oven).
> I've figured out how to use them and haven't lost
> any fingers (yet).
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth