Osage Roost
General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Blackfalcon on February 12, 2013, 11:42:55 AM
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Guys, just wanted to let everyone know I am still alive and well, (mostly anyways) ;). I apologize for my absence, it has been a long road. For the past year and a half, I have been mostly living on the go, working construction jobs out of the back of my truck at times, campsites,motels and the occasional townhouse I was working on. Last December 2011, I moved all my things to Maine, and began working for a friend Jeff building an office/storage building. Sadly, in April 2012, Jeff suffered a major heart attack and passed away after surgery. It was a devastating loss, he was a great friend, and we hunted, fished and snowmobiled together all over the north woods, mostly from his cabin on Matagamon Lake, Baxter State Park area.
I took over his remaining business and have recently completed all the work we were obligated to finish.
Now I am in the process of setting up shop. Last winter we finished the exterior of the building, we are now in the process of insulating, wiring and setting up benches and cabinets, we are almost there as far as ability to begin working in this space. I moved my wood, tools and benches into this space last week, the day after I moved it a large tree fell on my storage building doing major damage. Thanks goodness I got it out of there when I did!
We have also been working on getting an office set up. I am unfortunately in an area which got missed for infrastructure upgrades, so no cable or high speed internet. After having been spoiled in the past, this has been an inconvenience to say the least. My computer guy just re-formatted this computer, so at least it is functioning much smoother now.
Here is a picture of the new shop, hopefully we will be turning out some calls very soon, (and I say we since I have some family members who will hopefully take an interest and help from time to time, lol.)
As soon as I am up and running, I will be working on calls promised first. There have been a few people waiting for calls and I am anxious to meet my obligations and commitments, thank you for your continuing patience.
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/b4823fed-ef62-44ad-ac6f-d3d53d3692d4.jpg)
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Dave good to hear from you buddy. Glad you're doing ok and I look forward to seeing your work once again. Been too long and you need to get back up to speed on your callmaking. *cheers*
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Nice to hear from you Dave hope things stay on the up swing for you. Look's like a good building to set up shop in.
Jon
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*cheers*
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Glad to see back at it Dave.... Welcome back!!
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Welcome back Dave. Can't wait to see you making calls again.
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Welcome back Dave and good to hear things are turning around for you. Look forward to seeing your calls again.
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Welcome back Dave...look forward to seeing some calls..
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Hey Dave glad to see you around again!!!
Take care and look forward to seeing you building some killer calls again!
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GOOD to hear ya seem to be getting settled in Dave
Ready to start seeing the calls begin again
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Glad to hear that things are picking up for you Dave. Can`t wait to see some of those trumpets!
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Hi Dave,
It's real good to hear that you are doing well. I'm glad you finally have a shop again and are going to be making some calls again.
Rick
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Its good to see you getting back Dave
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Thats all good news! Welcome back!
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Good to hear from you Dave! Galen
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Dave I would say welcome back as well, but IMO you never really left...good to hear you'll soon be making sawdust, we sure do miss seeing your exquisite workmanship.
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Good news. One day at a time, I've always said.
Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend.
Fred