[TheForge] Madison

[John Husvar]

On Monday, May 23, 2005, at 09:51 AM, Grover Richardson wrote:

> Naaah.  Thanks for the thought though<G>.  Was hammering and selling 
> at the
> Atlanta Celtic Festival.  Weather held back a bunch of tourists.  Had 
> an
> excellent time, and one of my student workers (fella working on his 
> PhD in
> chemistry) came by and I stuck a hammer in his hand.  When he and his 
> room
> mate were done, I told them that they now possessed something that no 
> one
> else in the world possessed.  A hand hammered S hook, made by them!!  I
> think that they liked it.  Though I had to admonish them several times 
> to
> address the metal properly, and to not hammer like a girl<G>.  No 
> offense
> meant to the ladies here.  But the average person walking up tends to 
> hammer
> very lightly<G>.  What takes me one heat to draw and make the "whoop 
> te do"
> on the end takes on average 5-10 heats<G>.  Well, and I've done it a 
> bit
> more<G>.

I always tell 'em: Hit it! You won''t hurt its feelings!

Off to work. Off my rocker too, but that's standard.