[TheForge] trade secrets

[Stephen Viola]

hehehehe I'm still laughing at...

"I asked a few casual questions about glazes you would have thought I
wanted to see the Popes nipples."

Maybe I'm the only Catholic here! but I didn't know the Popes nipples
were so well guarded!! I'm sure you'll find a peek in Youtube :oP

NOPE apparently not " No Videos found for 'popes nipples'" doh!

Wombat

On 27/11/06, Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com> wrote:
> Marshall and I have been trying with limited success to grow broomcorn.
> We made such a mess of it this year that we learned a LOT about what to
> do differently next year.
>
> Of course, I can't tell you guys because it's our trade secret...
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> jhusvar at sbcglobal.net 11/26/2006 7:35:15 AM >>>
>
>
>
> On 11/25/06 4:42 PM, "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > works, great, but if things go wrong you have tons of scrap and very
> upset
> > customers to deal with.  So you might get close to having the trade
> secrets
> > but not the depth to deal with the problems.  I am sure that things
> are
> > similar in many other fields or companies.
> >
>
> Many "trade secrets" are simply that vast difference between knowing
> _what_
> to do and knowing _how_ to do it.
>
> After all, blacksmithing is "only" hitting hot metal with a hammer,
> no?
>
> How many times has each one of us had one of those
> darn-why-the-heck-didn't-I-think-of-doing-it-that-way moments upon
> watching
> another smith easily do something he'd been struggling with?
>
> Ancient Chinese Secrets 'R' us, eh? :)
>
>
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