"Under the spreading chestnut tree, the village smithy..."

[Padraig18]

This is my friend Lorelei's website. Lorelei is a blacksmith (6'2" in her bare feet) and member of the city council in Charleston, IL. She is also a rabid, yellow-dog Democrat.

http://www.blacksmithchic.com

:)

[GOPisEvil]

1. She does nice work.

:thumbsup: Gotta love a woman who likes handling a fire-spewing shaft! ;-)

[Padraig18]

2. Hehe..

Yup! Some of her stuff is just amazing!

:)

[Misinformed01]

3. I thought you guys were in SC!

I wanted to visit the new bookstore, damnit!

btw, your friend looks so cool!

Stephanie

[Padraig18]

4. Nope, Illinois.

Lorelei is THE coolest woman I know, and our dogs LOVE her dog, Scooter!

:D

[Misinformed01]

5. That seriously chaps me!

I am serious; I was looking at your bookstore, reading the kitty story...and thinking of a road trip to SC (we are in NC), and then you post a really cool looking website...

That just bites!

Can you all just pack up and move South?

[Padraig18]

9. We've discussed it, actually...

Although we're more likely to wind up in NM, honestly.

:)

[Trajan]

6. Under the spreading chestnut tree ...

I fuck you and you fuck me ...

Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano ...

[BiggJawn]

7. What a cool shop!

Nice lay-out And she's got sexy big shoulders
(I have a weakness for women with big shoulders...)

[Padraig18]

8. She's a big woman

She's seriously strong.:)

[BiggJawn]

10. I would not want to piss her off...

never mind that it's not my nature...

[Padraig18]

12. I've actually told her that I'd like her...

... on my side in a barroom brawl. It makes her laugh, when I say that.

:P

[Lisa]

11. and she's wearing eye and ear protection!

As a beginning metalworker, I'm always pleased when the pros push the safety angle. (Bush, on the other hand, is too macho to bother -- I keep a photo of him with his chainsaw and only aviator shades in my shop, to remind myself not to be that stupid.)