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On Oct 21, 4:04 am, "Eisboch" wrote:

It is said that you should do what you enjoy in terms of a business.
Now
that I have the time, I am going to try this. Music and the audio
gear to
reproduce it has always been a hobby of sorts and I enjoy it.

Anyway, I needed a heavier duty truck to haul this stuff around in an
enclosed trailer. The Ranger was too small.

Eisboch

My brother once owned an electronics repair shop, and on the side
built custom sound equipment for bands. He was getting quite a
reputation and bigger bands were wanting his equipment. I think it got
to be too much for him. He always liked the simple life.

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I visited the warehouse of a local equipment rental place yesterday.
It's
where I bought the Hammond C3.
The company rents equipment for touring professional bands, wedding
receptions and private parties.

The owner gave me a tour through the huge facility. Hundreds of guitar
amps
(big), hundreds of keyboards, PA equipment, synths, mixers, mics, four
B3's
.... I couldn't believe the inventory. I asked him if his business
level
supported the inventory of gear he had. He said he averages 150 major
equipment setups a MONTH! And that's just in about a 150 mile radius
of
his business.
I couldn't believe it.

He had pictures in his office of him with clients, including Paul
McCartney,
Roy Orbison, BB King, and many, many more.

Quite an interesting visit.

Eisboch

Last night talking to my wife about Nissan vs Toyota, she knows I like
Toyota and said "Buy what you really want and stop being so cheap". I
said "Well, my Nissan was pretty reliable" and she started laughing
saying "David, you thought your old 1955 Ford was reliable and it had
no windows". She may have a point about buying what you want.

"Buy what I want", hmmmmmm, the vehicle I TRULY lust after is a mid
'50s cabover dually. For some reason, I think those cabovers are
awesomely cool. An 8 cyl FLATHEAD engine. I have always wanted to
rebuild a flathead engine just because I admire the simplicity of
them. Put a modern electronic ignition it with HV plugs, radial tires
and you'd improve the previous miles/gallon a lot. She'd have towing
capacity. No comprehensive insurance costs. I could fix ANYTHING on
it. The best part of all would be no bizarre electronic crap like
power windows and such. I wonder if I could make one so reliable I
could drive it across the USA from FL to WY.
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Why not?
The Model T Ford club had a rally up here last week and the paper said at
least one car drove all the way from California.
You can't drive any further without getting your tires wet.