New Friends in Woodworking

One thing that I have come to appreciate about my woodworking is only indirectly linked to the wood, machines, projects, techniques, etc. – you meet new people. Maybe they are woodworkers themselves or maybe they are interested in what we’re doing and how we’re going about it or maybe they are polite enough to act interested. But there is always something to talk about.
Recently I started my clinicals for emergency services and I get assigned to “ride” with an ambulance crew for part of their shift. On this particular crew was a paramedic who, through casual conversation, revealed that he is a rabid woodworker. AND, I find out with a little more talk, a JOCK – daveffempt. Three hours later the conversation had progressed through several topics relating to woodworking, Lumberjocks, current projects, past projects, what machines each of has, and the machines each of us want as soon as we can safely maneuver our wives to our way of thinking.
Dave is also fan of a couple of dogs and he is in the process of building them, from what he described, the Taj Mahal of doghouses. He has already built one that would be a step up for some people I know. I have encouraged him to post it and the progress he’s making on the “big” house. Let him know that we are all interested in seeing what he’s doing.
Have others had this kind of experience in finding other Jocks out there?