[TheForge] Re: trade secrets

[Larry Brown]

>
>Many years ago (Early 70's) I was cutting out of school and working in a 
>body shop, mainly sanding cars, and I used to watch this old guy who came 
>to do the lead work on the old classic cars. I watched him a couple of 
>times and he came over and yelled at me in broken Italian/English that I 
>was a thief  and should be thrown off the job. I told him I never touched 
>his stuff and I wouldn't take any of it but he kept on yelling. The boss 
>came out and then found someone who could understand him to translate. He 
>was mad because I was stealing with my eyes. I still couldn't do what he 
>did then if I had tried and even know with 30 yrs of metal behind me I 
>know I could never have stolen enough to compete with him, even miserably. 
>Unfortunately I got caught playing hookey and had to go back to school and 
>never got another chance to steal more..


I thought wiping molten metal on the side of a car and having it be perfect 
in no time was amazing. I couldn't do as well with bondo
Larry Brown