Hello I Must Be Going
 

I leave you with those words uttered by Groucho Marx, who also said "I
wouldn't want to join any club that would have someone like me as a member".
So unless the sky falls down, we finally close the book on my career in SG
next week. I've been lucky as hell to get out at this time, even though I'm
a bit too young to retire. My buyer is a younger basement competitor doing
this for 30 years, that has consistently been doing more business than I
have for the last few years. The deal is quite perfect for both parties.
The writing was on the wall the last couple of years when I very slowly
realized that besides various arthritis ailments, I just wasn't enjoying it
anymore. The leaning over the table to cut and solder all these years have
taken a toll. I won't miss the cutup fingers, the lead smell deep in my
throat, and dirt under my nails no matter how much I scrubbed. I also won't
miss the sweating out of paying my escalating and outrageous taxes,
($12,000/year) or the utility and supply bills. What I'll miss are the
smiles on the faces of my customers when I held up their finished window...
the smooth score of the carbide wheel on a piece of dark cathedral glass,
and the perfect outcome of a really deep inside curve in a one shot
breakout. Goodness so much accumulated junk to go through. I keep thinking
I've packed up the last box, when I discover yet another tool I want to
keep. The best part of selling to another SG guy, is that he appreciates
and wants most of my silly handmade gadgets. It's been a blast being a
member here, and want to wish you all a happy and healthy rest of your
careers. As an oldtime SG man would say when I was walking out the door of
his shop... "work it slow".


JK Sinrod
www.sinrodstudios.com
www.myconeyislandmemories.com

Hello I Must Be Going
 

JKGlassman wrote:

I leave you with those words uttered by Groucho Marx, who also said
"I wouldn't want to join any club that would have someone like me as a
member". So unless the sky falls down, we finally close the book on my
career in SG next week. I've been lucky as hell to get out at this time,
even though I'm a bit too young to retire. My buyer is a younger
basement competitor doing this for 30 years, that has consistently been
doing more business than I have for the last few years. The deal is
quite perfect for both parties. The writing was on the wall the last
couple of years when I very slowly realized that besides various
arthritis ailments, I just wasn't enjoying it anymore. The leaning over
the table to cut and solder all these years have taken a toll. I won't
miss the cutup fingers, the lead smell deep in my throat, and dirt under
my nails no matter how much I scrubbed. I also won't miss the sweating
out of paying my escalating and outrageous taxes, ($12,000/year) or the
utility and supply bills. What I'll miss are the smiles on the faces of
my customers when I held up their finished window... the smooth score of
the carbide wheel on a piece of dark cathedral glass, and the perfect
outcome of a really deep inside curve in a one shot breakout. Goodness
so much accumulated junk to go through. I keep thinking I've packed up
the last box, when I discover yet another tool I want to keep. The best
part of selling to another SG guy, is that he appreciates and wants most
of my silly handmade gadgets. It's been a blast being a member here,
and want to wish you all a happy and healthy rest of your careers. As an
oldtime SG man would say when I was walking out the door of his shop...
"work it slow".


JK Sinrod
www.sinrodstudios.com
www.myconeyislandmemories.com


A big decision!
You said there was some tools you want to keep as memories. That is fine.
There is also something worth of leaving behind. Your experience.

I am 70+ and worked with kilnforming a few years.
A year ago I started a web tutorial (in Finnish) for two reasons:
1. There is not much published in my language.
2. I do not want to take with me what I have learned.
Crafts are a tradition, longer than the materials we deal with.
I feel obliged to pass it on.
-lauri

Hello I Must Be Going
 

I hope you enjoy your retirement. We will miss you. Stop by and post
sometime.

--
Connie

"JKGlassman" wrote in message
...

I leave you with those words uttered by Groucho Marx, who also said "I
wouldn't want to join any club that would have someone like me as a
member". So unless the sky falls down, we finally close the book on my
career in SG next week. I've been lucky as hell to get out at this time,
even though I'm a bit too young to retire. My buyer is a younger basement
competitor doing this for 30 years, that has consistently been doing more
business than I have for the last few years. The deal is quite perfect
for both parties. The writing was on the wall the last couple of years
when I very slowly realized that besides various arthritis ailments, I
just wasn't enjoying it anymore. The leaning over the table to cut and
solder all these years have taken a toll. I won't miss the cutup fingers,
the lead smell deep in my throat, and dirt under my nails no matter how
much I scrubbed. I also won't miss the sweating out of paying my
escalating and outrageous taxes, ($12,000/year) or the utility and supply
bills. What I'll miss are the smiles on the faces of my customers when I
held up their finished window... the smooth score of the carbide wheel on
a piece of dark cathedral glass, and the perfect outcome of a really deep
inside curve in a one shot breakout. Goodness so much accumulated junk to
go through. I keep thinking I've packed up the last box, when I discover
yet another tool I want to keep. The best part of selling to another SG
guy, is that he appreciates and wants most of my silly handmade gadgets.
It's been a blast being a member here, and want to wish you all a happy
and healthy rest of your careers. As an oldtime SG man would say when I
was walking out the door of his shop... "work it slow".


JK Sinrod
www.sinrodstudios.com
www.myconeyislandmemories.com

Hello I Must Be Going
 

On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:22:19 -0500, "JKGlassman"
wrote:


I leave you with those words uttered by Groucho Marx, who also said "I
wouldn't want to join any club that would have someone like me as a member".
So unless the sky falls down, we finally close the book on my career in SG
next week. I've been lucky as hell to get out at this time, even though I'm
a bit too young to retire. My buyer is a younger basement competitor doing
this for 30 years, that has consistently been doing more business than I
have for the last few years. The deal is quite perfect for both parties.
The writing was on the wall the last couple of years when I very slowly
realized that besides various arthritis ailments, I just wasn't enjoying it
anymore. The leaning over the table to cut and solder all these years have
taken a toll. I won't miss the cutup fingers, the lead smell deep in my
throat, and dirt under my nails no matter how much I scrubbed. I also won't
miss the sweating out of paying my escalating and outrageous taxes,
($12,000/year) or the utility and supply bills. What I'll miss are the
smiles on the faces of my customers when I held up their finished window...
the smooth score of the carbide wheel on a piece of dark cathedral glass,
and the perfect outcome of a really deep inside curve in a one shot
breakout. Goodness so much accumulated junk to go through. I keep thinking
I've packed up the last box, when I discover yet another tool I want to
keep. The best part of selling to another SG guy, is that he appreciates
and wants most of my silly handmade gadgets. It's been a blast being a
member here, and want to wish you all a happy and healthy rest of your
careers. As an oldtime SG man would say when I was walking out the door of
his shop... "work it slow".


JK Sinrod
www.sinrodstudios.com
www.myconeyislandmemories.com


I see. because you are retiring you no longer have an interest in
glass? so you no longer plan on "hanging out"? You plan on just
leaving your new found firends and walking away?

Well, alrighty then. I guess I wouldn't hang out with me either.

Enjoy and be happy.

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Well I will tell you that I have enjoy learning from you as I have been
coming in here for sometime, I understand the pain of the joints and
leaning over the table, but don't leave this group behind cause your
years of knowledge has helped me and others who come in here, and I know
about getting out while its still good, been there and done that. Enjoy
your next hobby