Travel was Re: [TheForge] D-rings

[robert hensarling]

Bruce, this is good advice!  I've been going to furniture/art shows in
Dallas and Houston for the past 22 years or so.  I keep a file on each one
of them with contact names, equipment and supplies to take, and actual
merchandise.  As I'm loading out for a show, I have my list right there, and
check off items as they're loaded.  It's a really good system for me, I
think others should give it a try also.
Robert


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Travel was Re: [TheForge] D-rings


Phlip,
Sound's like you're not a list-maker by inclination.  Lists can get out of
hand, but they're really VERY useful.
Sit down, write down everything you want to take.  Classify it in some
manner that makes sense to you (normal clothes, costumes, smithy equipment,
cooking equipment, etc.).  Then put it aside.  Over the next day or week,
items will spring to mind you left off the list and might have forgotten.
When you go to pack, check things off as they get loaded.  If you put
something into something else, use a big "O" instead of a check, and only
check it off when that something else gets loaded.
Sounds anal, but takes the worry off you.
Bruce
NJ

>>> "Saint Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com> 7/12/2007 9:28 AM >>>
On 7/12/07, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Phlip,
>
> I do a lot of reenactments (civil war) and am on the go most weekends
during
> the summer and fall.  We have found that having a check list makes things
go
> a lot smoother. It took a couple trips to get the list complete, but now
> when we are packed we just run down the list to verify that we haven't
> forgotten anything.  If we ever get to an event with out something we
need,
> we add it to the list.
>
> I can send you my list to get you started if you like.

Sure, I'd like to see it.

> PS: You could probably rent a sewing machine if you can't wait for Rob to
> fix yours. Or take yours to a real sewing machine repair shop. Having
> friends do favors is nice but not if you are on a schedule.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net

If I had any money to spend, I likely would. My sewing machine is an
old treadle machine- it's the type I learned to sew on, and I can
manage one without disasters, like I have with electric machines. I
doubt anyone would rent me another treadle machine ;-) Sewing machines
and I just do NOT get along.

And, I'll be needing his input in constructing the garage shelter lid.
When he works at it, he's a wizard with fabric, can make it do
anything he likes (should have seen the overall kilt he made for Kim-
it would have fit him, if Johan had been a bit more accurate as far as
sizes), whereas I can do that with leather, but fabric has me cussing,
and with a mess in my hands in seconds.

-- 
Saint Phlip

Heat it up
Hit it hard
Repent as necessary.

Priorities:

It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.

Blessed be the self-righteous, for they shall inherit themselves.
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