From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   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 .   
   --   
   Snag   
   We live in a time where intelligent people   
   are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)