[TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing

[craig.schaefer at verizon.net]

sheep related iron stuff?    Grilling accessories?


CraigS
Gresham, OR


>From: Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com>
>Date: 2008/02/11 Mon PM 04:38:21 CST
>To: Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing

>Yes, thanks for the heads ups.  I will have my daughter with me, who is very 
>able and not shy.  We are both performers in other lives and very 
>audience-savvy, so it should be a good team.   I am planning on having a tub 
>of cold bevvies for friends, family, colleagues and really good customers. 
>I was a firefighter/ EMT in a really former lfe, so very safety conscious. 
>Yes ropes around everything, ( I have some very cool 1" hemp and hand forged 
>rods with eyes) including a buffer zone from the anvil,  and a bucket of 
>those $4.00 eye protectors for the front row.  Welding masks for the really 
>obnoxious ones.  Fire extinguishers, big ones, mostly for the statement they 
>make.
>
>By the way, anyone know of any sheep related iron stuff?  Shepherd's crook? 
>Sheep bells?  Branding irons?  Spinning or weaving tools?  There are also 
>chickens, goats, donkeys, Scottish Highland cattle involved.  No horses yet, 
>but that could happen too.
>
>;-}
>
>
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>From: <Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>
>To: <mspencer at tallships.ca>; <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:42 PM
>Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing
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>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer
>> Children and adults are not knowledgeable or don't care.  I actually
>> yelled "HOT HOT HOT HOT" with increasing volume as I watched a
>> mother and 4 children walk right through my area when the forge was
>> running.
>
>If you see someone about to get burned or otherwise hurt, physically
>restrain them.  Better that a belligerent moron charge you with
>assault than that they sue you for enough to keep them in new His 'n
>Hers Lamborghinis for life because little Johnny got a pointy thing up
>his nose.
>
>Yes.  I was on the other side of the booth area talking with a customer
>and they walked between items closely spaced to keep people out.
>Agreed.
>
>
>This is also another good reason always to have a helper, preferably a
>good friend who is reasonably bright.  In addition to selling stuff
>while you're hammering, (s)he can be alert to potential risks to the
>public that you weren't able to anticipate before the fact.
>
>The wife and I tag team at events.
>
>All the Best
>
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