Well, well, well- We started strong. That sounds like another wonderful topic out of G-dog's mind. I get you point about this celebration related anxiety. It works the same for me. So, I tend not to do much on my birthday. If I could be alone and not worry about, it would be great, but then there's family to remember it. So, I deal with it.
I see your gift is something lovely. That watch is sweet and really useful.
About the second thing, well, I always wanted to be an honorary Aussie. Now, I just gotta get to true blue status. No problem about it.
Gotta say it would be great to have the chances at that. I could make a lot of things with a workshop in a place where common things work and troubles are elsewhere. About the BBQ, you can bet I'll be smoking and making a lot of delicious things with that workshop that will get my cooking to A+ game. I bet I'll even get a forge and build me the perfect BBQ setting and a smoker. Faith and you are invited for the first run after I have curated both of them.
Let me see.
Option 1
I would give myself a space full of tools from StewMac and Luthiers Mercantile. That way I could make anything I want related to instruments. I bet I could also do some general carpentry. But I would never get out of the workshop. Ha, ha, ha. This is one of those beautiful and expensive tools: a Japanese fret saw with a stop:
Source
Option2
I think my choice would be @hlezama. I would grant him world citizenship so he can go and travel around the world and pick residency in any country he wants with access to a job as a professor and plenty of room for research and conferences. I bet that would be bliss for him. Gotta give poor Henry something to stop stressing out about the pointless things we have do around here to survive and start using that brilliant mind for the wonderful things it can really do.
Nice self-gift bro, those Japanese know how to make blades, that's for sure. I assume it extends to saws.
World citizenship for Henrry? Look out world! Lol. Seriously though, think about all the good he could do by spreading his knowledge and wisdom around the world. It'd be a better place.
BBQ's at your place bro! Lol.
!ENGAGE 20
They sure know how to make quality tools!
Yup, it's time to start a petition for that world citizenship!
Remember to bring beer! Lol.
There will be beer. Great Northern to be precise. ✅
Sweet!
ENGAGEtokens.Damn. I really like them both. I owned a 'Japanese Saw' that was shaped like a bread knife. I bought it when I was rebuilding a table that had pegs instead of nails or screws. The blade was so flexible that I could lay it on the surface and trim a pin off exactly at surface level. It was wonderful.
Looks like this:
Yeah, I've seen a lot of Japanese saws that look amazing. They are very versatile for making a lot of works. That one looks awesome for that kind of cut that tends to be annoying with regular saws.
It was an antique, and valuable at that if finished properly. That little saw way more than paid for itself :)
It looks awesome. Good tools are worth a lot and pay themselves over and over.
That looks like a hell of a saw, thinking Japanese I thought it was a sushi knife or something then I looked closer lol.
I think that’s an awesome gift to give hlzema! He’s definitely a smart man that’s driven and can do a lot of good putting people straight about things they are being foolish about. I wonder what his first stop would be?
It looks weird. But it is an awesome tool!
Well, I bet he would go back to the States. He did some postgraduate studies there.
Man, he and his family could come to Arizona in a second so far as I'm concerned! My buddy Erv could help him find a good job. He's newly retired from the world of education administration. Most recently at Arizona State and Northern Arizona.
Well, he lived there during his scholarship deal, he was married then, but then things turned south and he had to come back. I don't think he's ever been happy about it. But maybe you should contact him on post about that chance. I mean, he has the studies and experience to take any job in education at any level.
Ypur choice of gift for yourself is indeed the best as these tools can make you independent. Many people were not able to gift themselves anything but will always try to remain idle . Welldone for your special self gift
Hey, thanks! I really need to get me some nice tools to get my luthier entrepreneurship going smoothly.
Good blades, respect for quality craftsmanship when found!
International passport would be a great idea spreading knowledge, Henrry sure would appreciate that, although he loves his country dearly!
Thanks a lot!
I think Henry would love more his country if it weren't under the grip of socialism. Besides, I know he wants to get out of this trap that can barely be called a country. But live isn't always as we would want.
Yes, heat breaking when you don't know which way to turn. We back into Level 4 with Alcohol Prohibition once again, talk about throwing everyone in the deep end, don't know if we can even go away as previously planned this Friday.
We are all trapped in boxes, varying degrees of stupidity and/or greed by upper echelon.
I knew you were the luckiest when g-dawg mentioned you 😅. You've got the perfect idea of vacay too. Great going
I'm a lucky guy that's for sure! 😅
I hope your dream come true so you can have those Japanese tools. Only problem, as you say you would not go out from your workshop, who would walk then and take the photos of those black cats? :))
Well, I'll still go out for walks as I got back into exercise, so there would be plenty of pictures of these cats.
That is good, exercise is important 👍
And the cats too ;)
I couldn't agree more with all the facts stated in that comment. :D