its too bad I dont live closer to Jim,I work graveyard shift and am awake in
the middle of the night on my off days.As far as giving free advice,maybe
you can do trades when its appropriate?the old barter system saves eveyone
and keeps uncle sam out of the loop *chuckles*
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thog of Cave People" <thog_at_thogscave.net>
To: <SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: "in through the outdoor"
>
> On Jan 14, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Take a wild, friggin guess wrote:
>
>> But right now, I'm limited to lifting no more than 5 pounds, so
>> doing a lot of printing is pretty much out of the question. It's not
>> like I can have someone else do it, either (since most people work
>> during the day and need their sleep at night); besides, I'm a bit
>> picky about how the printing is done.
>
> It's sad, I have access to so many high-end color lasers... If only I
> could just send you one with the supplies, as most people here use 'em
> for only B&W. (I used to do graphic design, and these make me
> drool....) (Of course, they don't do bupkis for anything that isn't in
> digital format. 'Less you count the monster Xerox down the hall that
> can scan at very high res, color copy, and collate. I would've given
> my left nut for that one about 20 years ago. :-)
>
>> set me back 3 or 4 thousand dollars for
>> printing, and anywhere from 3 to 5 days for the actual printing and
>> sorting.
>
> Makes me want to start a real printing house for "alternative"
> artists. It seems so unfair that you have to skulk around, and pay
> prices like that.
>
>> 00.00
>> for that printing bill. And people wonder why I get pissed when the
>> artwork shows up online illegally scanned. Hmmm...
>
> No wonderment here. But, most of the people who do that are unaware
> of what effort goes into the process, and those that download them
> instead of paying for them ("because I can't afford it") don't realize
> that the artist has to eat too.
>
> It's not too much different from somebody coming up to me and asking
> for free computer advice, or to come look at their home system. When
> I tell them my consulting rate, they get all pissy. I tell 'em,
> "Look, this is how I make my living. You're in construction (as an
> example), would you come build a set of bookshelves for me for free?"
>
> (I'm grumpy. I just spend way too much time in a "hot row" (very hot)
> behin several racks of systems trying to trace down a problem with one
> of them. My skin is crispy, I have a headache, and little patience
> with douchebags right now.)
>
> -Pete
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