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meranti Dec 30, 2007 16:59:41 GMT

Post by argus on Dec 30, 2007 16:59:41 GMT

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Reading all this stuff about unknown exotics with queer names, we still don't know what it is really - Walnut lookalike, Cherry lookalike....

My old man used to call all this stuff 'Pudding-wood'. What's that in Latin?

Dom, you're the Chef, help us out!

Give me a proper bit of hardwood I can recognise and pronounce and doesn't make me cough any day.

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dom Global Moderator Moderator Posts: 1,873	meranti Dec 30, 2007 17:08:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dom on Dec 30, 2007 17:08:03 GMT Lignum spotius dickius ;D
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argus Junior Member Posts: 66	meranti Dec 30, 2007 18:15:59 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by argus on Dec 30, 2007 18:15:59 GMT . Ahhhhh .................. school dinners

jaco Bigger member Posts: 1,569	meranti Dec 31, 2007 18:32:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jaco on Dec 31, 2007 18:32:11 GMT dom said: Lignum spotius dickius ;D And the same to you!
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mailee Senior Member Posts: 468	meranti Dec 31, 2007 22:05:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mailee on Dec 31, 2007 22:05:36 GMT Not any more the Doc gave me some tablets for it. ;D
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dunbarhamlin Full Member Lutherie with Luddite Tendancies Posts: 244	meranti Jan 3, 2008 12:15:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dunbarhamlin on Jan 3, 2008 12:15:34 GMT Ha. The catering manager at my school insisted on calling it Spotted Richard. But the modern stuff's a pale imitation - light, fluffy... oo, look - back OT
	Make your wood sing!

Post by argus on Dec 30, 2007 16:59:41 GMT

Post by dom on Dec 30, 2007 17:08:03 GMT

Post by argus on Dec 30, 2007 18:15:59 GMT

Post by jaco on Dec 31, 2007 18:32:11 GMT

Post by mailee on Dec 31, 2007 22:05:36 GMT

Post by dunbarhamlin on Jan 3, 2008 12:15:34 GMT

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