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On Oct 21, 10:32 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Oct 21, 4:04 am, "Eisboch" wrote: It is said that you should do what you enjoy in terms of a business. Now that I have the time, I am going to try this. Music and the audio gear to reproduce it has always been a hobby of sorts and I enjoy it. Anyway, I needed a heavier duty truck to haul this stuff around in an enclosed trailer. The Ranger was too small. Eisboch My brother once owned an electronics repair shop, and on the side built custom sound equipment for bands. He was getting quite a reputation and bigger bands were wanting his equipment. I think it got to be too much for him. He always liked the simple life. ----------------------------- I visited the warehouse of a local equipment rental place yesterday. It's where I bought the Hammond C3. The company rents equipment for touring professional bands, wedding receptions and private parties. The owner gave me a tour through the huge facility. Hundreds of guitar amps (big), hundreds of keyboards, PA equipment, synths, mixers, mics, four B3's .... I couldn't believe the inventory. I asked him if his business level supported the inventory of gear he had. He said he averages 150 major equipment setups a MONTH! And that's just in about a 150 mile radius of his business. I couldn't believe it. He had pictures in his office of him with clients, including Paul McCartney, Roy Orbison, BB King, and many, many more. Quite an interesting visit. Eisboch Last night talking to my wife about Nissan vs Toyota, she knows I like Toyota and said "Buy what you really want and stop being so cheap". I said "Well, my Nissan was pretty reliable" and she started laughing saying "David, you thought your old 1955 Ford was reliable and it had no windows". She may have a point about buying what you want. |
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On Oct 21, 10:45 am, wrote:
On Oct 21, 10:32 am, "Eisboch" wrote: wrote in message ... On Oct 21, 4:04 am, "Eisboch" wrote: It is said that you should do what you enjoy in terms of a business. Now that I have the time, I am going to try this. Music and the audio gear to reproduce it has always been a hobby of sorts and I enjoy it. Anyway, I needed a heavier duty truck to haul this stuff around in an enclosed trailer. The Ranger was too small. Eisboch My brother once owned an electronics repair shop, and on the side built custom sound equipment for bands. He was getting quite a reputation and bigger bands were wanting his equipment. I think it got to be too much for him. He always liked the simple life. ----------------------------- I visited the warehouse of a local equipment rental place yesterday. It's where I bought the Hammond C3. The company rents equipment for touring professional bands, wedding receptions and private parties. The owner gave me a tour through the huge facility. Hundreds of guitar amps (big), hundreds of keyboards, PA equipment, synths, mixers, mics, four B3's .... I couldn't believe the inventory. I asked him if his business level supported the inventory of gear he had. He said he averages 150 major equipment setups a MONTH! And that's just in about a 150 mile radius of his business. I couldn't believe it. He had pictures in his office of him with clients, including Paul McCartney, Roy Orbison, BB King, and many, many more. Quite an interesting visit. Eisboch Last night talking to my wife about Nissan vs Toyota, she knows I like Toyota and said "Buy what you really want and stop being so cheap". I said "Well, my Nissan was pretty reliable" and she started laughing saying "David, you thought your old 1955 Ford was reliable and it had no windows". She may have a point about buying what you want. "Buy what I want", hmmmmmm, the vehicle I TRULY lust after is a mid '50s cabover dually. For some reason, I think those cabovers are awesomely cool. An 8 cyl FLATHEAD engine. I have always wanted to rebuild a flathead engine just because I admire the simplicity of them. Put a modern electronic ignition it with HV plugs, radial tires and you'd improve the previous miles/gallon a lot. She'd have towing capacity. No comprehensive insurance costs. I could fix ANYTHING on it. The best part of all would be no bizarre electronic crap like power windows and such. I wonder if I could make one so reliable I could drive it across the USA from FL to WY. |
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![]() wrote in message ... Last night talking to my wife about Nissan vs Toyota, she knows I like Toyota and said "Buy what you really want and stop being so cheap". I said "Well, my Nissan was pretty reliable" and she started laughing saying "David, you thought your old 1955 Ford was reliable and it had no windows". She may have a point about buying what you want. "Buy what I want", hmmmmmm, the vehicle I TRULY lust after is a mid '50s cabover dually. For some reason, I think those cabovers are awesomely cool. An 8 cyl FLATHEAD engine. I have always wanted to rebuild a flathead engine just because I admire the simplicity of them. Put a modern electronic ignition it with HV plugs, radial tires and you'd improve the previous miles/gallon a lot. She'd have towing capacity. No comprehensive insurance costs. I could fix ANYTHING on it. The best part of all would be no bizarre electronic crap like power windows and such. I wonder if I could make one so reliable I could drive it across the USA from FL to WY. Excuse me for saying so, but you're nuttier than I am. :-) Eisboch |
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![]() wrote in message ... On Oct 21, 10:45 am, wrote: On Oct 21, 10:32 am, "Eisboch" wrote: wrote in message ... On Oct 21, 4:04 am, "Eisboch" wrote: It is said that you should do what you enjoy in terms of a business. Now that I have the time, I am going to try this. Music and the audio gear to reproduce it has always been a hobby of sorts and I enjoy it. Anyway, I needed a heavier duty truck to haul this stuff around in an enclosed trailer. The Ranger was too small. Eisboch My brother once owned an electronics repair shop, and on the side built custom sound equipment for bands. He was getting quite a reputation and bigger bands were wanting his equipment. I think it got to be too much for him. He always liked the simple life. ----------------------------- I visited the warehouse of a local equipment rental place yesterday. It's where I bought the Hammond C3. The company rents equipment for touring professional bands, wedding receptions and private parties. The owner gave me a tour through the huge facility. Hundreds of guitar amps (big), hundreds of keyboards, PA equipment, synths, mixers, mics, four B3's .... I couldn't believe the inventory. I asked him if his business level supported the inventory of gear he had. He said he averages 150 major equipment setups a MONTH! And that's just in about a 150 mile radius of his business. I couldn't believe it. He had pictures in his office of him with clients, including Paul McCartney, Roy Orbison, BB King, and many, many more. Quite an interesting visit. Eisboch Last night talking to my wife about Nissan vs Toyota, she knows I like Toyota and said "Buy what you really want and stop being so cheap". I said "Well, my Nissan was pretty reliable" and she started laughing saying "David, you thought your old 1955 Ford was reliable and it had no windows". She may have a point about buying what you want. "Buy what I want", hmmmmmm, the vehicle I TRULY lust after is a mid '50s cabover dually. For some reason, I think those cabovers are awesomely cool. An 8 cyl FLATHEAD engine. I have always wanted to rebuild a flathead engine just because I admire the simplicity of them. Put a modern electronic ignition it with HV plugs, radial tires and you'd improve the previous miles/gallon a lot. She'd have towing capacity. No comprehensive insurance costs. I could fix ANYTHING on it. The best part of all would be no bizarre electronic crap like power windows and such. I wonder if I could make one so reliable I could drive it across the USA from FL to WY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why not? The Model T Ford club had a rally up here last week and the paper said at least one car drove all the way from California. You can't drive any further without getting your tires wet. |
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