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David Opicarne is one of the gretest dads around if we had more like him this world would be a better place. sincerely David give my love to your little daughter Abby.regards Alistair
ps David I will write to you in reply to your kind email to me personally later my typing is a bit wonky just now hopefully tomorrow regards your pal Alistair
[This message has been edited by Alistair Hosie (edited 06-21-2004).]
Please excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
Abby is learning her way around the shop. A friend gave me a 30's vintage patten maker's text a while back. I had it laying out and Abby wanted to look through it. Like most tech books the first part deals with the tools of the trade. She stopped at the illistrations and started asking about the tools. I started to tell her and then got a better idea. I went out into the shop, grabed a bunch of my layout tools as well as chisles and planes and brought them in and layed them out on the carpet. We spent a rainy morning looking at them with her trying them out and me showing her what they were used for.
She likes to 'wrench' on her trike more than ride it. She asks to get it out, allways puts on her safety goggles (traked some down in a 4 yr old size) and procedes to work her way around it with her wrench making adjustments. When she's done it's one circle around the driveway and either more adjustments or she's done. I need to make a shadow board her size and with more tools just for her.
She likes boats too. Last week we met up with capperbar at the Center For Wooden Boats. We didn't end up going out so we just hung out on the Lavengro. As it got later I couldn't get her to leave willingly so I had to 'compromise' by agreeing to go dock walking and looking at the other boats.
Hold on and I'll show you:
Dave
[This message has been edited by Dave Opincarne (edited 06-21-2004).]
Thank You Dee. She is the center of my universe. I want her to know she can do anything she wants and the only limits are the ones she places or allows to be placed on her. I guess I started her early. When she was an infant I'd take her out to the shop in her carrier and hang it from the ceiling with several bungee cords. She could bob up and down while I worked on quiet, clean stuff or puttered and she could tell me all her deep thoughts.
You are more than welcome! What precious moments we can have with our little ones.
Just a funny story that I wanted to share with you gentlemen.
In my last year of high school, I was approached by the Army to enlist(as my uncle whom is a year older than I was in it). Well, I went and took the testing. And to my surprise, the highest scoring I had was in the Automotive and mechanical testing. I aced them.
Well, needless to say, I did not enlist as at the time, I just couldn't see myself enlisting and especially in those fields.
Well, needless to say, several years later, I was introduced to the Machine Tool world. And I must say, I would not trade this career path for anything in the world. I love this Industry.
So, there is truly nothing wrong with what your doing with your little sweety. You never know, when she is old enough to make her own decisions regarding her future, she might just be standing beside her dad.
Another short funny story, my son was talking with his dad(he is 14) and told his dad, well, if I can't make it in the sports world, I'll just work alongside with mom.
It sure made me proud!
Great! But your son's dad is only 14? Thats wrong, very very wrong!!
If she finds joy in the trades that's fine, but I sure wouldn't encourage her to follow me into pattern making. Doubt it will be around when she turns 18.
Dave
[This message has been edited by Dave Opincarne (edited 06-23-2004).]
Dave,
True some things are ging to alter and some are going to die but in a lot of cases there will always be a niche market.
As more work goes overseas those niches will become more defined.
It's fine buying an article from China for $10 that once cost $100 here but try getting the same China man or middle man to come and wire this in or modify it to do what you want in under an 8 weeks lead time from China.
John S.
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Sir John , Earl of Bligeport & Sudspumpwater. MBE [ Motor Bike Engineer ] Nottingham England.
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