"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "Swingman"
wrote:

I'm going to violate all kinds of etiquette rules here by top-posting, and
by
not snipping anything at all... but it's for a good reason.

Excellent post, Swingman. This is some of the best advice that's been
posted
here, on any topic, by any poster, in quite a while.


I really have to agree... my supplier is really a mom&pop shop with a few
apprentices.

They let me disassemble the entire pile to get what I want. I say please
thankyou as much as possible (suck up bigtime). Not because I have to, but
because I want to; it is in my best interest.

Always put the pile back together neater than you found it.

"cherry picking" (pun intended) is a priviledge and I make sure they know
that I understand that and appreciate it.

The last project I was working on required 16/4 cherry (4 inches thick)...
not something he normally has, but he emailed me when he got it.

-Steve