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Post by Cher on Nov 29, 2005 21:17:09 GMT -5
Have no fear, Doc will figure it out and get it running good and stong. I have total faith in him. Glad to see you back online Sands, how you feeling now? Doc said you weren't doing too good on Thanksgiving. Hope you're better, take it easy though, us oldies have to go slow. I'm suffering myself right now, back is killin' from shoveling. It was cold out, so I probably pushed myself more than I should have.
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Post by sandsman1 on Nov 29, 2005 21:24:11 GMT -5
hi cher i woke up thanksgiving morn and couldent get out of bed i had to roll out i couldent lift my body hahaha it hurt too much it lasted acouple days and its startin to get better every couple weeks or so i get that but it only last a few days and it must pop back in place --- you better quit all the shovelin girl i had to dig a 2 foot hole in sand and my back was screamin hahaha my back is a mess
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Post by stefan on Dec 1, 2005 10:20:34 GMT -5
damn sands take care- good to see you online again- so tell us the truth- is doc Really that crazy? take care my friend- Oh and I'm hoping to sit down and do some grinding this weekend- that Lortone has been silent for over 2 months- and there is so much rock to grind!
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 1, 2005 10:40:50 GMT -5
stefan i gotta say with the work load doc and jen have every day that they handle with a smile i give them credit im mostly in the back ground tryin to watch and listen and learn something haha but yea doc's a nut you should hear some of the sh-t he tells them and they laugh they both never stop all day just like the people they keep commin and commin even when the place is slow theres allways people in the shop so they are doin something right im hopein to fig it out so i can use there ways--- doc gives me more credit then im due but ill get to the level he puts me at the first thing he said was theres no such a word as cant hahaha so im tryin to forget that one
and as for grinding and shaping doit when you feel like it or you will just fight yourself the whole way sometimes i dont make a cab for a day or two and then make a few in a couple hrs so if it dont feel right wait till it does i find the work comes out better and with a smile
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 1, 2005 11:10:03 GMT -5
you know how women cannot put on makeup without opening their mouth well i have found that when i've got the best movement going for producing great cabs that i am moving my mouth too lol. so when the mouth starts moving i'm on a roll and if it's still i haven't got it right yet. whatever works!
kim
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Post by Cher on Dec 1, 2005 12:48:54 GMT -5
LOL@ Kim, that's funny. Good thing I don't keep my mouth open with cutting, I'd have a mouthful of yucky water. ewwwwwwwwwwwww
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Post by chassroc on Dec 1, 2005 15:57:48 GMT -5
Sands and Doc,
Sounds like a mutual admiration society! I had an abcess in a molar last year and they had to amputate it. Real weird having a hole where a tooth should be, but so better without the pain. My son had a small filling three months ago; continual pain ever since; they cannot find the source; probably not the teeth; he's had a root canal; no relief. They better get on the ball, law school only lasts three years, then...
Sounds like Doc has the ideal helper and student...watch out, with work like that the master may soon be surpassed.
Doc with your history , why would you want to go live in Alaska? cant be good for the circulation...
No such word as Can't...hard to understand why others don't have that philosophy...my Dad did everything and I like to but don't quite everything for practical reasons and because I have more money...we fixed cars, plumbing , roofs... a true story..I was eight when we moved from an apartment to our first house... that April the house was filled with flying ants that had infested the place over the years( the house was built at the turn of the century and I don't mean Y2K). After we got rid of the bugs the real problem was a house with sagging floors as the termite infested floor joists were giving way...He just asked around and over the next few months he'd put the house onto some jacks and replace the wood beam by beam...we walked over planks as the floor was removed too
I was just in Florida but too far away in Lauderdale, would have loved to drop in on you
csroc
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Post by stefan on Dec 2, 2005 13:56:02 GMT -5
KIM LMAO- Yea when I get on a roll I find myself talking to myself- and to the rock- Thank goodness for the grinding noise otherwise I might be commited! Sands- Just keep your eyes open as it seems doc has a lot to teach-
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 2, 2005 18:18:22 GMT -5
ok news flash doc hooked me up with a shop across from him today so next week im gonna move in and start grindin and wrapin and see if i can make a few bucks --- wish me luck hahaha im gonna need it
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Post by krazydiamond on Dec 2, 2005 19:47:14 GMT -5
very cool, Sands! congratulations and good luck!
"slabbin' and a' cabbing, wrappin' and a laughin' yes you're too cool! (too cool)."..((to the tune of Jimmy Cliff's reggae song "No Room".
KD
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 2, 2005 19:57:01 GMT -5
thanks kd its a big leap but somebodys gotta doit hahaha
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Post by docone31 on Dec 2, 2005 20:32:00 GMT -5
Sands has real talent, and Moxie. The shop across from me opened up today. It is a real choice shop, and gets more traffic as a result of our shop. The entire isle went from tag sale day to where vendors fight to get in.
In the shop where Sands is going. It is a double deep single booth. About 10ft X 20ft. He can set up his saws, grinder. He can slab, polish, growl at customers. If he does not feel good about wire wrapping yet, he can get me to do the wraps untill he catches up. Frankly, with his first wrap, he has what it takes.
Everybody feels they are not ready for their first shop. It is frightening, imposing, and it gets real real, right now. Then when they get into their shop, they can break it down to one customer at a time.
He has to get a name for the shop, his tax number, and he is off to the races. Jenne and I will hold his hand for a while, I will show him things, Jenne will show him things. He is a fast learner, look at his stone work.
There is nothing that makes what I had to do for our shop worthwhile than to see someone with talent get a real chance.
Even if he falters, he will be one more step closer to success. Across the isle from us, we will watch over him like a mother hen and give pointers whether he likes them or not.
He has already met Sam I am, Wierd Harold, Big Hair Tina, Patches, Trool, Droog, Becky the Airhead, the grouchy Q-Tips, a few walking wounded. He has already broken ground there.
I think Sam I am might hang with Sands. If Sands is lucky, Sam I am will tune his hearing aids together so he can actually hear. Everything to him is an echo, gets annoying after a fashion.
If Sands work alone does not speak loudly there, there is something wrong with the crowd. He does great work. I am having him do an Intarsia for me for Jay Fred Muggs, a beginner's Opal highlighted with green turquoise, bracketed with bright blue turquoise for an heart pendant I am going to make him.
His heart pendant is actually a totem. Sands will probably take photos for posting. I hope he posts his shop also.
I am psyched. I think he has what it takes.
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Post by parfive on Dec 2, 2005 21:37:08 GMT -5
Looks like Sands found Rock Bottom in Florida.
Good luck and happy grindin'.
Rich
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Post by joe on Dec 2, 2005 22:20:40 GMT -5
Great wishes for luck Sands!! That is so exciting. You ARE gonna do great. Doc, it is sooo cool what you are doing together with Sands. Watching you both "take off" is gonna be fun. Keep the reports coming.
joe
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Post by gaetzchamp on Dec 3, 2005 1:51:28 GMT -5
I concur, best of luck mates.
Gaetz
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 3, 2005 9:51:09 GMT -5
sands this is exciting news! you get lots of pics. you can definitely do this.
kim
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Post by chassroc on Dec 3, 2005 14:45:12 GMT -5
Sands...Good luck, work hard, and treat em right...How excited you must be
csroc
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Post by Cher on Dec 3, 2005 17:25:01 GMT -5
Hey Sands, how cool is that? Congrats, I will be waiting for you to send me the pics of your new shop so I can post them up for all to see. What you going to call it? I think you should name it Cabojohns! *smile* Good luck to you my friend, good luck!! We'll all be pullin for you.
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Post by thewiz on Dec 3, 2005 17:59:45 GMT -5
hey sands do you miss philly?
i do a little.
they do not have any good pizza and steak shops over here in NJ.
wish you the best of luck
Patrick
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 3, 2005 20:15:11 GMT -5
thanks all im still tellin myself you got a shop to open soon hahaha and yea wiz the only thing i miss about philly is the food i had french dread pizza last night in a toaster oven hahaha the frozen kind and i realy miss the italian hoagies and cheese steaks but i have lost about 22 lb since i left philly so i guess its good for me hahaha
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