I am afraid...

piepenhoeker · Post by **piepenhoeker** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:03 am

...to start carving pipes and become a pipe maker.
Had too many pipes in my hands : High grades - and firewood.
Anyway, let me know when you think that I can be of any help.
Rolf

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:45 am

Welcome, Rolf! I'm sure your experienced eyes will have loads of good info for those just starting out. Make yourself at home here.

achduliebe · Post by **achduliebe** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:30 am

Welcome Rolf! It will be nice having another seasoned set of eyes giving us their thoughts on our work. Great to have you here! I am sure you will enjoy your time spent here.

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:30 am

Rolf, You going to make it to Chi - Town this May?

piepenhoeker · Post by **piepenhoeker** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:44 am

Thanks for your welcome, Pals !
@ Kurt, do you have German ancestors? Your name sounds German.
@Brian, how did you get to "ach du liebe"? - that´s German also.
@ John, the room is booked - the table is reserved
and we will have a lot fun again.
I will appear in a special costume for the show.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:52 am

piepenhoeker wrote:Thanks for your welcome, Pals !
@ Kurt, do you have German ancestors? Your name sounds German.

I do, indeed, Rolf. My ancestors arrived here in the late 1800s. My great-grandmother taught me a little German, and I still retain some of it to this day. Mostly colorful metaphors and phrases of exclamation though.

piepenhoeker · Post by **piepenhoeker** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:12 pm

I have relatives living in Colorado from grandma´s and mother´s side with last name "Schultz", and in Clinten Corners,N.Y. family name "Staats". Them also emigrated in the late 1800´s and I lost the contact to them while I was a sailor. Do even not have any addresses.

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:13 pm

KurtHuhn wrote:
I do, indeed, Rolf. My ancestors arrived here in the late 1800s. My great-grandmother taught me a little German, and I still retain some of it to this day. Mostly colorful metaphors and phrases of exclamation though.

Like "ach du liebe"?

Rad

achduliebe · Post by **achduliebe** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:25 pm

Rolf,

My mother is German. Married my father when he was a young American GI stationed in Germany in 1959. Growing up I learned some German by just listening to my mother carry on conversations with her German friends. One of her frequently used exclamations was 'ach du liebe'. I have always loved that phrase, so that is the history behind my screen name.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:06 pm

RadDavis wrote:
KurtHuhn wrote:
I do, indeed, Rolf. My ancestors arrived here in the late 1800s. My great-grandmother taught me a little German, and I still retain some of it to this day. Mostly colorful metaphors and phrases of exclamation though.
Like "ach du liebe"?

Rad

Exactly! Phrases like "Fahr zur Hölle" and "Hurensohn" get used quite a bit in the workshop.

piepenhoeker · Post by **piepenhoeker** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:01 pm

LOL, if you added one word and said "Ach du liebe Zeit" it would say : "Dear Me!" - "Good gracious!" - "Oh my God!"

BTW next week I will be in the workshop of "Design Berlin" and in the near future I will meet newbie pipe maker Oliver Camphausen. Perhaps we get it arranged that I show some pipes from him on my tables in L.A. and Chicago.