Mission Style Mantel and TV Wall Project

[Swingman]

I don't think so ... all the rednecks in E Texas drank it up years ago.

But I do know a certain tract of land that probably has a large magnetic footprint from buried Pearl cans. :)

[Lew Hodgett]

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I'm convinced the was just one brewery that supplied the entire country.

Depending on geography, names like "Pearl", "Falstaff", and that great French beer, "Goebel" (Pronounced Jo-Bell) were the labels on the cans containing the stale goat urine produced by that one brewery.

But what the heck, when you are young and resource limited, any port in a storm.

Lew

[Swingman]

Wasn't Pearl brewed from rice? IIRC, there was a slogan, something on the order of" "20,000 rednecks couldn't be wrong!" ... or was that doctors?

[Lew Hodgett]

------------------------------------------- About the only thing I remember about Pearl was that it was LOW COST and it was wet.

After that, all bets are off.

Lew

[Dave In Texas]

It was good enough for Hud!

Dave in Houston

[krw]

Budweiser is brewed from rice. I thought it was the only one (in the US).

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:35:41 -0700, the infamous Evodawg scrawled the following:

Oh, good. I really like the style, an organic Mission, like someone threw a pinch of Art Nouveau into the mix.

You're probably talking about the actual color. If you were talking "red", I can't recall having seen that in any style. Mission stuff was golden or darker browns, mostly.

I guess that since there is no Hippocratic Oath in the wooddorking industry, stain and poly were inevitable. But it doesn't mean we have to like it, or do it on our own. As far as a contract piece, the customer loving it is great, but keep your rep in mind, too. If a customer wants something ghastly, consider it heavily before doing it for him. It could be around to haunt you for a long time.

-- If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. -- Samuel Butler

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:05:52 -0500, the infamous Swingman scrawled the following:

Do you even try to talk them out of the worst clashes? (so you could at least add a picture of it to your portfolio)

-- If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. -- Samuel Butler

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:15:13 -0500, the infamous Swingman scrawled the following:

It's right up there with your velvet Dogs Playing Poster, is it?

-- If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. -- Samuel Butler

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:06:35 -0500, the infamous Swingman scrawled the following:

At the price of steel today, you might do well to go reclaim it, Swingy.

-- If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. -- Samuel Butler

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:19:31 -0700, the infamous "Lew Hodgett" scrawled the following:

Ayup. I downed enough Lucky Lager in me yout to sink most of the ships you've worked on all your life, ah reckon.

And I have a 1 cu/ft bag of bottle caps to prove it. (Maybe the last tenth of a percent of the caps I offed.)

-- If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. -- Samuel Butler

[Lee Michaels]

"Larry Jaques" wrote

Unless, of course, you specialize in the ghastly, tasteless, clueless market.

[Robatoy]

*slowly raises hand* . . . *looks around* . . . . . "what? What? WHAT??"

[Lee Michaels]

*slowly raises hand* . *looks around* . "what? What? WHAT??" ===================

Hey, the customer is always right!

[SonomaProducts.com]

[Steve Turner]

Didn't you hate raising your hand in class when you were the only one?

"All right class, who DIDN'T finish the homework assignment I gave you last Friday?"

[Lew Hodgett]

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-------------------------------------------- Remember those "squatty body" glass throw away bottles.

Remember back in the late '70s when an Aussie bought out G Heilman in Milwaukee.

He then went shopping and bought up a bunch of small breweries to get their labels.

Closed many of the breweries and moved production to just a few.

Had an associate whose uncle was a brewmaster at one of the remaining operating breweries who told him about not knowing what labels would be put on the bottles that day, but it was always the same beer.

Lew

[Larry Jaques]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:16:28 -0400, the infamous "Lee Michaels" scrawled the following:

That's not woodworking, that's "art".

-- If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. -- Samuel Butler

[Robert Bonomi]

Well, only until he's left!

*snicker*