Re: Who's Working Today

On 7/5/2025 5:54 AM, ABLE1 wrote:

On 7/4/2025 2:25 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

I grew up in the desert 60 miles from town working in a country grocery store.  We only closed 3 days a year and the 4th of July was not one of them.
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I promised myself when I started my own business I'd celebrate all the holidays, and take real vacations.
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Here I am in the shop finishing second operations of a stack of molds so I can get them shipped.  Gravity cast lead molds, but one interesting soft plastic mold I can't show anybody.
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Yesterday I got a call from a sinker maker (not one of his molds above), who is a technically a quadriplegic.  No use of his legs.  Partial use of one arm and very limited use of the other.   He asked me to make a couple custom molds for him, because making castings is his day job every day.  He casts a few tons of lead a month and wanted to expand his offerings for his customers.  I refused to put his order ahead of people who paid first, but I am inspired to get those ahead of him done quicker so I can get to his.  I've had a friend or two tell me I am the most driven person they have ever met (not so much anymore), but his refusal to be literally held down by his limitations is inspiring.
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Happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans, and happy treason day to my British friends and associates.
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Gee Whiz Bob,
What a question!!
 I can safely say that there is not enough typing space here to
enter ALL!!  For ME (now) "every day" is a Saturday and every Saturday
I have two(2) Saturdays!!
 So my list of work is greatly varied with STUFF!! Too Much STUFF!!
 I will stop now because my STUFF LIST is dangling and needs adjusted!!
 Have a great Holiday Weekend!!  Even though July 4th is behind US, there
are (for me) two(2) Saturdays and a Sunday for the weekend STUFF than is
pending!!     ;-)
 Les

Les, I am glad to hear you are still alive.  You are one of the exceptions.  So many people retire and die in a couple years.
I'm probably never going to retire.  I'm always reaching for the brass ring.  From deaths door I stab at thee.
Maybe one day I'll spend days planning a trip to chase the best view of an eclipse.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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