Re: Who's Working Today

On 7/4/2025 1:25 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.
 I promised myself when I started my own business I'd celebrate all the holidays, and take real vacations.
 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.
 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.
 Happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans, and happy treason day to my British friends and associates.
 

   I did a little weed eatin' this morning . Needed a trimmed place for the new tractor , since I'm about to tear into the front axle . Wore out bearings and leaking seals , I'll get it apart then order parts ...
   And while waiting for those parts I'll do some work on the JD 317 . It's got about 43 years of "stuff" sloshing around in the fuel tank and frequently blocking the fuel supply . Two or nine other things that need doing , we'll see which ones make the list .
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