Al Launier
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So today I'm on my way to run an errand & stop at my mailbox. There's a box inside & it has some weight to it. I wasn't expecting anything, so this is a bit curious.
It's a USPS Priority Mail box & is postmarked Shelbyville, MI. I didn't order anything & don't know anyone there. What the heck?
I'm sitting behind the wheel, dig into my pants for the jackknife, cut the tape on the USPS box & find another taped-up box inside. There's wood crumbs on it. Now this is really curious. What the heck?
I place the second box on the steering wheel, cut the tape & open the box. Out pours wood shavings, all over my pants & jacket, like it was meant to go off. What the heck?
I'm on my way to a meeting & now I smell like a tree. Hope people at the meeting enjoy woodworking.
Digging through the fine shavings, I latch onto a radius plane. Have to admit I haven't seen one of these before. Then I pull out an adhesive backed foam mat that apparently is used to hold something from sliding on a table??? Next is a "Red Diamond" model hand plane, a blade & latch. This really is a bit strange as just last week I was wondering if a hand plane would be a useful tool, and suddenly one shows up in the mail, but from whom? What the heck?
Both the USPS box & the inner box has my name & address on it so it seems someone from FWW knows my address. Yet, only two people from FWW know my mailing address Carol & Glenn, but the postmark states that it was mailed from MI. Glenn lives in CA and Carol lives in NV, so it can't be them. What the heck?
Time to sleuth. The USPS tracking label is on the box, so I backtrack the details of the shipment & confirm it was shipped from Shelbyville, MI on 3/26/2013. So who lives near Shelbyville? I recall receiving a PM from a fellow FWW member who is also a bow hunter. Checking his profile tells me he's from Delton, MI, not too far from Shelbyville. What a coincidence!
I can only guess that the package was sent to me from Larry Merlau. Are you the mysterious donor Larry?
Whoever it was, I can honestly state that I will put the plane to use & each time will think of I received it. Good stuff going on here, but What the heck? Who is this Mysterious Donor?
Whoever did send this to me, I can only express my thanks, that it was thoughtful of you to do so, that it will be used & that each time it's used, I'll remember how it just showed up in the mail.
Thank you!
It's a USPS Priority Mail box & is postmarked Shelbyville, MI. I didn't order anything & don't know anyone there. What the heck?
I'm sitting behind the wheel, dig into my pants for the jackknife, cut the tape on the USPS box & find another taped-up box inside. There's wood crumbs on it. Now this is really curious. What the heck?
I place the second box on the steering wheel, cut the tape & open the box. Out pours wood shavings, all over my pants & jacket, like it was meant to go off. What the heck?
I'm on my way to a meeting & now I smell like a tree. Hope people at the meeting enjoy woodworking.
Digging through the fine shavings, I latch onto a radius plane. Have to admit I haven't seen one of these before. Then I pull out an adhesive backed foam mat that apparently is used to hold something from sliding on a table??? Next is a "Red Diamond" model hand plane, a blade & latch. This really is a bit strange as just last week I was wondering if a hand plane would be a useful tool, and suddenly one shows up in the mail, but from whom? What the heck?
Both the USPS box & the inner box has my name & address on it so it seems someone from FWW knows my address. Yet, only two people from FWW know my mailing address Carol & Glenn, but the postmark states that it was mailed from MI. Glenn lives in CA and Carol lives in NV, so it can't be them. What the heck?
Time to sleuth. The USPS tracking label is on the box, so I backtrack the details of the shipment & confirm it was shipped from Shelbyville, MI on 3/26/2013. So who lives near Shelbyville? I recall receiving a PM from a fellow FWW member who is also a bow hunter. Checking his profile tells me he's from Delton, MI, not too far from Shelbyville. What a coincidence!
I can only guess that the package was sent to me from Larry Merlau. Are you the mysterious donor Larry?
Whoever it was, I can honestly state that I will put the plane to use & each time will think of I received it. Good stuff going on here, but What the heck? Who is this Mysterious Donor?
Whoever did send this to me, I can only express my thanks, that it was thoughtful of you to do so, that it will be used & that each time it's used, I'll remember how it just showed up in the mail.
Thank you!
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