Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Wednesday Woodworking – planter box

Posted on 04/20/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Here it is, the prototype for the flower garden’s planter boxes: The box is made from redwood fence boards. Here in California redwood isn’t too expensive and it will resist rotting. The box is two feet long and the plan … Continue reading →

Posted in woodworking | Tagged garden project, planter box, woodworking | 39 Comments

Funniest Joke Followup

Posted on 04/19/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Last Friday I posted a joke my father use to tell, the duck joke. Like many of my father’s jokes, he heard it someplace else. After I posted the joke, a Facebook friend pointed out a YouTube video where they … Continue reading →

Posted in General, wisdom | Tagged humor | 13 Comments

Blue Man

Posted on 04/17/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

It was March 1988 and I was west bound on highway 205 just before Tracy. The car I was driving was a wreck. I had a tool box on the back seat along with a few spare parts and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mother | Tagged mother, stories about mother | 25 Comments

World’s Funniest Joke

Posted on 04/15/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

This duck walks in to a bar, goes up to the bartender and asks, “Go any grapes?” The bartender says, “What kind of place do you think this is, we don’t have any grapes. Get out of here.” The next … Continue reading →