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I am afraid...

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:03 am
by piepenhoeker
...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

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:45 am
by KurtHuhn
Welcome, Rolf! I'm sure your experienced eyes will have loads of good info for those just starting out. Make yourself at home here.

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:30 am
by achduliebe
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.

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:30 am
by ArtGuy
Rolf, You going to make it to Chi - Town this May?

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:44 am
by piepenhoeker
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. :D

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:52 am
by KurtHuhn
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. :)

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:12 pm
by piepenhoeker
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. :cry:

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:13 pm
by RadDavis
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"? :lol:

Rad

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:25 pm
by achduliebe
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.

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:06 pm
by KurtHuhn
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"? :lol:

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

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:01 pm
by piepenhoeker
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.