On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 04:25:15 -0500, Gary Coffman
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:27:45 GMT, Gunner wrote:
Just out of curiosity..what does it take to be self employed in a
starving industry with plenty of competition for the same work orders?

Considering your results to date?

I'd be inclined to say stupidity, except I know you aren't stupid.
So it must be something else.

Perhaps you're operating under the delusion it is going to get
better, very very soon. I'd have to say that's unlikely, and you
should know that it is unlikely.

Seems to be picking up in California manufacturing.
Time will tell. It doesnt have to be great, just regular.

That leaves a severe case of self-destructive behavior as the
most likely answer.

Gary

Could be. I was raised poor, so I guess Im trying to stay true to my
roots. Right?

Gunner

"As physicists now know, there is some nonzero probability that any object will,
through quantum effects, tunnel from the workbench in your shop to Floyds Knobs,
Indiana (unless your shop is already in Indiana, in which case the object will
tunnel to Trotters, North Dakota).
The smaller mass of the object, the higher the probability.
Therefore, disassembled parts, particularly small ones,
of machines disappear much faster than assembled machines."
Greg Dermer: rec.crafts.metalworking