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A Joiner is a woodworker who makes and installs architectural woodwork, including things that are called "Finish carpentry" and "millwork" in the USA. Joiners fabricate and install building components such as doors, windows, stairs, wooden panelling, mouldings, shop cabinets, kitchen cabinets, and other wooden fittings. The skills of a joiner are somewhat intermediate between a carpenter and a cabinet maker. The front door of a house is often decorated to appear inviting. ... A window is an opening in an otherwise solid and opaque surface through which light and, sometimes, air can pass. ... Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... Panelling is a wallcovering constructed from interlocking wooden components. ... Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various cross sections used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. ... Carpenters in an Indian village. ... Cabinet making is the practice of utilizing many woodworking skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture. ...


The joinery and joiner usage is obsolete in the USA, although the main carpenters' trade union still calls itself the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is the largest building trades union in the United States. ...


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Joiner graduated from Grambling State University in 1969 and was drafted in the fourth round by the Houston Oilers, with whom he played until 1972, when he was traded to Cincinnati.
Following his playing career, Joiner successfully transitioned into a receiver's coach and (as of 2004) is with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Joiner was the last player active in the American Football League (Oilers 1969) to retire from the NFL.
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