That all depends on what happens in the next 48-64 hours. I am possibly going to head up a shop, can ya believe it! If the negotiations go well that is. It's a bottom floor deal but has great potential and a young, positive, motivated guy to go with it. The investor seems to be on board but this is where this puppy will make it or break it, depending on his response to my proposal to be involved.

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First off, Let me tell you that it is my belief that knowledge without experience is blind!  In this Blog "tott" thinking outside the t-shirt. We are going to examine how Mistakes or process that are considered "Wrong" can lead to advancements if only we keep an open mind and are willing to question Knowledge that we have not experienced through trial and err.  Let' us keep in mind that most of today's great technologies where invented and or discovered by accident. Teflon was a accident, Post it notes from a glue that " Did not work" and Viagra was supposed to cure Miners Lung.
That being said...... Please feel free to e-mail me and ask "Why Not" about anything.

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Did you need to buy float (plate) glass that is "stone free" and "optically clear" ...

No... not if you are replacing the factory glass with similar glass.

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I got up at 5:30 a.m. and went to run a 5k for the first time!

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Greetings & Crustaceans,

 

I've been involved in the screen print industry going on 32 years and I still feel like a novice at times. I've watched technology advance faster than I expected and learned to embrace it with caution, like learning how to drive a stick-shift then driving an automatic transmission. For the most part it's been good; drawing on acetate then discovering stat cameras, doing hand painted lettering then watching a plotter for the first time and so on.

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Got an email today from my son and best friend E who's 22 and in the Navy on PC boats. Only 28 people on the, boarding ships and looking for contraband. He ran half a marathon, 13 miles the other day on an oil platform in the middle of the Persian Gulf. As he said I guess I can check that one off my list and I doubt any of my friends will ever do this. I really miss the guy. It really hit me today as I look out the window here of our shop at the cemetary across the street where they are burying SSgt Tony Wojciechowski. Ssgt Wojciechowski is not the first Iraq war vetern I have seen buried outside my window. He is also the second soilder to be killed in Iraq at the local high school, Glen Este. Matt Maupin was the first where he was captured in an ambush and later executed. Dot Tone Dan donated art work for a baseball tournament they did here for a scholarship fund in his name and again I would like to thank him. As I see the flags lined up and down the street here I am thankful for people like him, the others that gave their lives, those that serve and my son that put other people ahead of themselves in this world. I am also thankful for people that I see have come over here that have offered there help just because they are as my son says "Good People".

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Hello,

Thank you for reading about the My Blog!, application for  the Screen Printers Network. My Blog! is a feature packed, AJAX enabled blogging tool that we have integrated into our community. We know that many professionals in our industry have always wanted a powerful method to reach out to the Screen Printing ~ Apparel Decorating industry, but have either lacked the skill to set up, build and maintain a Blog, or simply wish to be be part of a larger community in which to reach out too...well I am proud to make it part of our community. We hope many of our industry professionals will contribute, and look forward to reading about your insight on our industry.

 

Please Note: Currently this is a very advanced application, and is still in the "BETA" stages of development.
We will be restricting its use to certain development members until it's ready for prime time.

 Among some of the features currently implemented:

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