[TheForge] Re: Demonstration and Pricing

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Having grown up in southern california...that's not a question i 
want to think about...pf

craig.schaefer at verizon.net wrote:
> sheep related iron stuff?    Grilling accessories?
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> CraigS
> Gresham, OR
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>> 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.
>>
>> ;-}
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [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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