Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:58:17 -0700
Reply-To: monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
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From: monte merrick <montemerrick@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Subject: (NVC)Re: Foam Roller paint your Vanagon with tremclad/rustoleum
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you know, when i read the first description i thought of furniture
finishing - used restore antiques and do custom color stains and stuff
on early factory things - give it the old 19th century technique - and
the thing is that speed is never about saving labor its about
increasing labor - look at the building trades - lath and plaster
worked great - and them who did the work could really become masters -
and it took some time - and life was full - now sheetrock hangers and
mud and tapers and painters get it done in a few days - the material
can go up real fast and so those guys have to work fast - they still
work a full weekand they are always, in an expression that perfectly
fits our time, "banging it out" - at the end of the day they are sore,
sore sore and beer and tv is about all that seems attractive - they are
as spent by their jobs as their tools are.
its true that with a hand rubbed finish, done commercially, you have
more than one job at a time - its not like you spend an hour and a half
on a table and then have the rest of the day off - no you have other
tables that need some part of the process completed - but each step of
each job allows for an appreciation of the process, which is what
allows for refinement and quality work - it doesn't even allow for it,
appreciation is identical with mastery - that's what seems to have been
forgotten these days - that real mastery is not the result of dominance
but devotion -
or so i think
monte
On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:07 AM, Raceingcajun wrote:
Hi John,
Sorry about the late, late night spelling "SNAFU", but I'll bet you
figured it out. On the other hand, rubbing with your kitty might be fun!
We took a bunch of pictures with our 1970's top of the line
Polaroid.
I'll give the "X" wife a call, seems she ended up with the pictures,
camera,
as well as the house, all the money, 40 pounds of my "A#S", etc, etc,
etc..
Ah divorce Lawyers, gotta love to hate em!...............Sorry, been 15
years and I still get caught in a loop when I think about it! Anyway
I'll
post some of the pictures. (the seeming smile on my face is gas)
I know in this fast paced world we have traded true craftsmanship
for,
there is no time for things such as a handmade "anything". But at least
we
can remember and dream of better times gone forever.
Here's to Volkswagens, old world craftsmanship, simpler times, and
of
course Proof Reading!
Cheers,
Howard
84 gl - gas burning guilt ridden climate wrecking friend - i love it so
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