Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Bridgett's first chips

Dear Fellow Cad/Cam enthusiast,

Glad to hear of your success. I wish you continued success. I don't want
to presume that you totally disregard the concerns of your neighbors, but
someone might interpret your words to mean that. May I respond to those
people?

I agree, forget OSHA, and the garden club, they have no right to comment on
your exciting endeavor, but please consider your neighbors' peace some.
Disregard for neighbors can produce some serious problems for those who want
to enjoy doing some industrial work at home.

I ran for a local elected office years ago, and was elected to serve as a
Township Supervisor for six years. I ran for this office which took a lot
of time and work to get elected, and then a lot of thankless work over the
years. My sole purpose in doing all of this was to get rid of the nasty
ordinances that were going on the books to eliminate all little operations
like the one you are trying to have at home. Most urban and suburban areas
have ordinances which could give you and others like you and I a lot of real
serious problems if we are not careful. I know one man who spent over a
hundred thousand dollars on lawyers trying to fight a nasty local ordinance
like the ones I am talking about, and he lost in the end. I was successful
in eliminating ALL of the ordinances that regulated little businesses run
from and in peoples homes and garages in our suburban neighborhood. It took
a lot of "preaching and explaining" to get the attitudes of the other
members of the board of supervisors to come around to my way of thinking. I
made a lot of busybodies mad for doing this, but having the freedom to have
little operations at home is very important to me.

Please, don't anyone make it easy for those who want to regulate us to death
with petty little ordinances. Most of us have better things to do than
spend time fighting them.

All it takes is one angry neighbor to get trouble rolling for you. If you
want to start answering to police, judges and local bureaucrats, just say I
don't care about my neighbors, and disturb them with noise etc.

It is very important to me to preserve the freedom to be able to have
industrial type hobbies, and even small business from one's home, but we
must be responsible and courteous to those around us.

I do not believe a little of this is off track, but we could beat it to
death if we want, WHICH I HOPE WE DO NOT DO.

A good rule of life that has allowed many people to pursue the things that
are important to them is: "Do unto others what you would have them do unto
you"

I hope this is enough said, and I do not generate a hundred responses. This
is only my 2 cents. If you don't like it, please just ignore it. This is
no flame, only an appeal, and it is not addressed to the sender of the
email.

Tom Eldredge

----- Original Message -----

> Pissed them all off, but who cares. I think I have even alienated the
> neighbors on each side with all the equipment running at midnight in the
> garage. Feels good to see that the dollars invested will pay off with
usable
> machinery.