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   nboucher | Aug 06, 2008 11:11pm | #1

   I listen to ’em on the radio in the shop.

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   webby | Aug 06, 2008 11:54pm | #2

   Plain old $#$&^* work. I would love to make my avocation my vocation. However it is difficult to compete with Big Lots and Walmart.

   I don't get to spend enough time in the shop to really perfect my skills.

    At times when I can (rare times) when I get a few days in a row, I can feel myself getting in a rythm, projects come together with little trouble, things turn out well, and I can feel myself growing.

   It is really discouraging to try to get 'an hour here and an hour there'.Webby 

    

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   SRSprague | Aug 07, 2008 12:49am | #3

   What stands in my way is the same thing that stands in the way of any enterprise: the high prices. In this case, high prices for most woodworking tools; whether they be hand-tools or power-tools. Many hand-tools are highly priced because they are rare and becoming more so. Power-tools are highly priced because all businesses strive to make ever-increasing profits from their products. That is not a sustainable process. "Ever-increasing Profit for Profit's Sake" is not sustainable and therefore is not a valid policy or procedure. Businesses must come to accept that success is meeting expenses and payroll without damaging our environment in the process.

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   webby | Aug 07, 2008 02:30am | #4

   I agree totally.Webby 

    

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   kwhit190211 | Aug 07, 2008 04:35am | #5

   Lately it's been the pneumonia that I picked up last week. But, it's usually my 7 year old granddaughter that I take care of 24/7. The wife helps but it's only when she gets home from work & she works turns.