On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:09:28 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 2019-04-16 2:27 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/16/2019 3:08 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:13:26 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Leo, I gambled in Monaco (promptly quit when my $20 self-imposed
>>>> limit was gone), and also
>>>> in one of those old mining towns in the hills of Colorado...same
>>>> result).* We went to the
>>>> Riverside Casino just to check out the food.
>>>>
>>>> I always thought gambling was the equivalent of just throwing your
>>>> money out the window.
>>>>
>>>> N.
>>>
>>> One could call anyone else's hobby a money toss, I suppose.
>>>
>>
>> Sure for some. The payoff is in enjoyable time.
>>
>> I built a lot of furniture that is in regular use.* Some could have been
>> bought cheaper.
>>
>> I built this about 15 years ago and is still used on my front porch
>> https://i.postimg.cc/L4LNMw4B/Tudor-Bench-1.jpg
>>
>> I built two and gave one to a friend.
>
>A beauty!!! Did you use teak or white cedar?
>I have been donating my woodturnings to charity. Marketing them is too
>tedious and I had enough of that when I was working.

They are lovely, as is Ed's bench, they are lucky to get them.