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From: Snag <Snag_one@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: Who's Working Today
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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
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