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Norm Abram Street?[edit]

I don't think there is actually a Norm Abram Street in Athens, OH. I used to live in Athens and am quite familiar with the area. I did a search and it is also not found on any maps/websites that I could find. We some kind of reference if this is actually serious.

about Norm Abram[edit]

Does anyone know if Norm sufferes from any sorts of nerve diseases? We've noticed that in recent episodes of New Yankee Workshop he shakes a lot...

I do not know that norm sufferes nerve diseases. I think the shaking mite do to age, old people tends to shake.**My Cat inn @ (talk)** 19:13, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity[edit]

Abram is cited in this Jewish Educational Leader's Handbook: http://books.google.ca/books?id=xucuLQxVPoEC&pg=PA313&lpg=PA313&dq=norm+abram+jewish&source=bl&ots=9Rhi-H8GF4&sig=vjelBZbiX3InK3ZRPXZShHZ0hl0&hl=en&ei=_3U4Svb_GoSHtgfWp-DlDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7

Also there's a joke: Did You Ever Stop to Think That Norm Abram of This Old House . . . . . . is the second-most-famous Jewish Carpenter in all of History? See here: http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:Ptb7OXHO8nIJ:www.newwookiee.com/story/Get_Out_Your_Power_Tools_Norm_Speaks_Nesters_Listen_104405.asp+famous+jews+norm+abram&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=firefox-a

I assumed with the last name, Abram, Jewishness was a given. His bio doesn't mention his ethnicity.....so, perhaps you can email and request it for his Wiki bio: contact@thisoldhouse.com thanks--Bureaucracy (talk) 05:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I checked the book. It quotes Abram, but it doesn't say that he is Jewish. Further, MOS:BIO#Opening paragraph says that

Ethnicity should generally not be emphasized in the opening unless it is relevant to the subject's notability.

I don't see how Abram's ethnicity is relevant to the subject's notability. Will Beback talk 05:54, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Most bio articles (longer than stub length) of a major public figure on Wikipedia contain basic demographic information (place of birth, ethnic background, education, etc.) if available from a reliable source, whether it's an actor, a sports figure, butcher, baker, or candlestick maker. Indeed, most good print encyclopedias have that information. In fact, ethnicity is a standard parameter in a bio info box, regardless of whether it is relevant to the person's notability.--Bureaucracy (talk) 06:27, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't agree with the MOS guideline you're welcome to try to change it. Will Beback talk 08:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Abram's ethnicity doesn't have to be in the first paragraph. It can go, like many other wiki bios, in the bio box. As an administrator on behalf of Wikipedia, why don't you contact This Old House and ask for Abram's ethnic heritage: contact@thisoldhouse.com--Bureaucracy (talk) 08:57, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:V. Emails aren't reliable sources. Material in WP articles needs to be verifiable, which usually means published. It's the responsibility of the editor wishing to add the material to establish its verifiability. Per another policy, WP:BLP, unsourced assertions in biographies of living people should be removed if there's any doubt, rather then left while a source is found as is often done with other articles. So, let's find where this has been published and then we can add it and cite it. Will Beback talk 09:37, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inventing the chair in 1979[edit]

So according to the article he invented the chair in 1979 and for citation, it links to a verse from the bible. Nice. Someone might want to fix that. I don't dare touch it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.210.207.246 (talk) 08:20, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plaid shirt collection[edit]

Should we delete the statement about Norm having the most impressive collection of plaid shirts in New England? Pdcook (talk) 13:06, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I reworded it some time ago. Pdcook (talk) 03:28, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, I think that it should stay and have its own page. Woodworkers throughout time and space will want to know. --50.107.128.69 (talk) 23:25, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Plaid Shirts and Quote[edit]

One word: Trivia. And we all know what Wikipedia thinks about Trivia. These two factoids should be brought together in a Trivia section, or removed. In my opinion... Proxy User (talk) 09:46, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Norm[edit]

According to http://www.newwookiee.com/story/The_StraightUp_Story_From_Norm_103911.asp, and other sources, Norm lives with his wife Elise Hauenstein, in Carlisle, Massachusetts (as of 2007). According to the obituary for Elise's mother Helen (http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=helen-r-hauenstein&pid=143517279), Elise and Norm were still married in June 2010.

I think the Wikipedia article has old information, about his ex-wife. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 21:20, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]