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We regained a (large high school) customer, this year.

We had lost this band director to someone who attends their same church...maybe (finally) they decided that competence trumps prayer...(??)

This Jupiter was the victim of the S.O.S: a young scholar twisting/cracking/trashing the lower mouthpipe tube, as they apparently judge 1.183 seconds as too much time to devote to loosening the tension screw, and the neck functions as a damn good wrench.

I had a repairable used one (seen mounted on this instrument) as it was only previously bent in one direction, yet that band director insisted on a new one - so I kept this one for later (ie. today).

The painted-orange tension screw is an attempt to draw this young scholar's attention to the importance of loosening it - when removing the neck...but (well...) they might be colorblind. (??)





The other instrument I repaired for them today was a Yamaha mellophone...another young scholar dropped/bent the #2 piston. Luckily, I was able to straighten it.

(We recaptured this account by NICELY repairing a low A bari for them, when he was previously told it was not repairable...He was actually contacting me about buying a new bari...but I asked him to see the "hopeless" one (which needed a replacement neck, some dent removal, and adjusting). It was an "off-brand". They also have a Cannonball bari which we repaired at the same time...I prefer the off-brand, fwiw.


Last week, sold him four new JP silver marching baritones... We're off to a good (renewed) start with this school.

Mrs. bloke is going to meet the band director at the farm supply store in an hour - when she goes to pick up more chicken feed (over 100 eggs in the fridge, right now, and - yup - eggs are on my list of foods).

That’s a lot of eggs and one would assume that since you’re eating them, there’s a lot of chickens at your egg production factory.

Smart.

We've been giving away some to friends who we feel like might either be struggling a little bit or who were particularly nice to us and we had no other way to say thank you other than some silly card or something. I eat four or five a day as a combination of lunch and snacks and putting one on my salad at dinner time. I think Mrs bloke fries a couple of day at breakfast and maybe she grabs one or so later as well. They are still getting ahead of us. The production with this particular feed has been remarkable compared to the past, and we've got nine more that we incubated and are nearly full grown and ready to release into the general population. I've been encouraging more consumption and more ideas for consuming them. Eggs are supposed to be the perfect food, as they apparently supply just about everything we need regarding nourishment, and if we need anything else it's darned easy to get.

Our neighbor has a bunch (not as much as you seem to have). They bring us a dozen every now and that with apologies for how loud their rooster is!



He is pretty talkative!

Those that are laying are about a dozen and a half. There's a rooster, and then the nine that are going to be released into the general population are probably not all hens, so whichever ones of those are roosters will probably be butchered.

scrap:

Came expecting tips on sammich making.

Left disappointed.

Three Valves wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 6:56 pm Came expecting tips on sammich making.

Left disappointed.

Sammiches aren't on my diet. Just the stuff that goes in 'em.
Neither is eating before noon. Mrs bloke sort of feels guilty, because she used to be really nice and fix me breakfast. I think she's gotten over it.