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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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Hi there, here's a post I deleted last night but decided to repost. I felt it was inappropriate but now that I've reconsidered, this is more of a call for support for a fellow TB'er and small business owner trying to provide a great product at a modest price. For those of you puzzled, I apologize. Here's the repost:

Just wanted to share with fellow gof's... one of our local cabinet builders-- basscooker of chopshop bass cabs, is going through a rough patch. He builds and sells a very nice line of lower priced, yet well built cabs starting with 10" cabs and was well received. He's recently suffered some personal and financial setbacks and his orders are down.

He sent me a pm and from what I make of it he might need to change his advertising methods. I have not ordered from him but seriously considered buying a couple of his 10" cabs to go with my baby GK MB200 as a tiny double stack.

Any suggestions or words of encouragement for Bob at chopshopamps.com? I'm not peddling for sales, I'm trying to provide some support for an independent builder. Every time we lose an independent builder in our chosen field, we lose another choice vs. Big Business. His TB handle is basscooker and he has some threads written on his great little cabs.

Thanks for listening GOF's.
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
Hi there, here's a post I deleted last night but decided to repost. I felt it was inappropriate but now that I've reconsidered, this is more of a call for support for a fellow TB'er and small business owner trying to provide a great product at a modest price. For those of you puzzled, I apologize. Here's the repost:

Just wanted to share with fellow gof's... one of our local cabinet builders-- basscooker of chopshop bass cabs, is going through a rough patch. He builds and sells a very nice line of lower priced, yet well built cabs starting with 10" cabs and was well received. He's recently suffered some personal and financial setbacks and his orders are down.

He sent me a pm and from what I make of it he might need to change his advertising methods. I have not ordered from him but seriously considered buying a couple of his 10" cabs to go with my baby GK MB200 as a tiny double stack.

Any suggestions or words of encouragement for Bob at chopshopamps.com? I'm not peddling for sales, I'm trying to provide some support for an independent builder. Every time we lose an independent builder in our chosen field, we lose another choice vs. Big Business. His TB handle is basscooker and he has some threads written on his great little cabs.

Thanks for listening GOF's.
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How about a link to his site - just in case anyone is in the market??
 
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I love gear pages in general.. "Please recommend the best amp," what speaker cab should I buy," " "what's the best low E string for playing Chinese dissident bluegrass in an all girl acapella review?"

It would be fun for a while to start asking "what is the absolute worst piece of crap destined to fail in every application I could spend my money on?"
 
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99Z3 said:
They have bats in Alaska?
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Bat Basics In Alaska
Many Alaskans are unaware that bats live in their state. Alaska is home to five species of bat, with the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) being the most common by far. This species is found throughout Southeast, Southcentral, and Interior Alaska. All other bat species are almost exclusively found in Southeast Alaska. The big brown bat has only been recorded once in Alaska in 1955, so is not counted among the five species.
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99Z3 said:
And your submarine!
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Not me. I wanted to build that flying saucer hovercraft they used to advertise you could order plans for in magazines like Popular Mechanics and Boy's Life.

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But the princely sum of $4 was well beyond my means at that age and in those times. Adjusted for inflation that's about $26 in today's money. Back then most kids (assuming they had that much cash) usually had it in a passbook savings account at the insistence of their parents. Don't know if it was the rule for everybody. But around where I grew up they took a dim view of kids wandering around with too much money. Usually because they'd either blow it or buy stuff to get into trouble with. The two "rich family" kids in my neighborhood were always buying things like Estes rocket engines, boxes of matches, etc. Cops were talking to their parents just about every other month at a time when having a police cruiser parked in front of your house and the cops at your front door was considered a major neighborhood scandal. So it's small surprise I guess.
 
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You know.. i am surprised that the ad wasn't from Roswell, NM instead of Scottsdale AZ
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Not me. I wanted to build that flying saucer hovercraft they used to advertise you could order plans for in magazines like Popular Mechanics and Boy's Life.

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But the princely sum of $4 was well beyond my means at that age and in those times. Adjusted for inflation that's about $26 in today's money. Back then most kids (assuming they had that much cash) usually had it in a passbook savings account at the insistence of their parents. Don't know if it was the rule for everybody. But around where I grew up they took a dim view of kids wandering around with too much money. Usually because they'd either blow it or buy stuff to get into trouble with. The two "rich family" kids in my neighborhood were always buying things like Estes rocket engines, boxes of matches, etc. Cops were talking to their parents just about every other month at a time when having a police cruiser parked in front of your house and the cops at your front door was considered a major neighborhood scandal. So it's small surprise I guess.
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