RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Off topic but very lucky

While it obviously doesn't relieve any of the pressures, I am very happy
that you have taken the risks you have. You are making great products
available at very reasonable prices and providing tremendous support at the
same time. I also appreciate the knowledge you so freely share with this
group.

Thanks!!

Tim
[Denver, CO]

> Off topic but very lucky
>
>
> I was talking to a friend of mine other day that I knew at Ohio Sate
> when we were EE students there. We hadn't seen each other in a
> long while. He said had a career with an aerospace firm he evidently
> didn't like. He told me of his hobbies and his interests, and
> then he said "I hear you're in business for yourself. You
> are so lucky. What's that like?" I smiled at my friend and
> didn't answer right away; I was thinking about his question:
>
> I am so lucky to work 7 days a week, starting at 6 AM and often
> finishing at 10 PM or later. To go to bed thinking about what I could
> have done better, to wake up next morning thinking about how will.
>
> It is my luck to share 50 percent of my income with my business
> partner, Uncle Sam, who does not take my risks and is not to be found
> to share the work or the losses if I make a mistake.
>
> It is my luck to live in fear that someone will find a flaw in my
> designs, something that I overlooked, didn't know or was careless
> about, something that will disgrace me.
>
> I am lucky to fear being inattentive when I produce my product, that
> something will slip by me; a bad part, a poor process that damages
> what I build and sell.
>
> It is my luck to worry about things beyond my control, yet are still
> my responsibility. Parts and components that are suddenly unavailable
> that were before. Random acts of nature and economics.
>
> I am lucky to drop what I am doing, to interrupt whatever interesting
> path my thoughts have taken me down to answer the phone and give my
> full attention to someone who needs assistance. They after all are
> the reason why I do what I do and deserve my full attention.
>
> I am lucky to make sure all my bills are paid. That comes before any
> other concern. Obligations met are the measure of a man.
>
> It is my luck to be responsible when others aren't. Suppliers
> that promise but don't deliver, contractors that have a flexible
> interpretation of time. Parts that don't meet specification. It
> is my job to care where others don't or won't. To do over
> until it is right.
>
> I am lucky to serve my customers. To ship product when ordered, to
> give help and information when not. To treat everyone as I would like
> to be treated. To give my best effort everyday.
>
> I replied to my friend after a while and said, " Yes, I guess I
> am lucky". I felt he had no clue by what I meant though.
>
> Mariss
>