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Author:  erikbojerik [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:06 am ]
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With tongue planted firmly in cheek....here are the Top 10 personal
characteristics and philosphical outlooks of highly-effective full-time
luthiers, as compiled by the home office of Erik Hauri in Gaithersburg,
Maryland.



Please feel free to add to this list, as your experience and creativity warrant.



#10 - gets used to negative profit for the first 10 years

#9 - lifelong renter (or lives with parents)

#8 - shoots for 1,000,000 miles on the car

#7 -develops an eye for good garge-sale lawn furniture to outfit the crib

#6 - simplifies culinary scope to rice, peanut butter and top-ramen

#5 - cultivates a social life with pets

#4 - gets to 30 with 8-1/2 fingers

#3 - gets to 40 with no hearing in the ear that always faces the dust collector

#2 - gets to 50 with wood-dust black lung

#1 - gets to 60 with a brain the size of a raisin thanks to nitro





Author:  Bruce Dickey [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:27 am ]
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These seem brutally true.

The pain passes, the beauty and the music remain!

#11 Shuns posting on the computer, read only.

#12 No longer owns a computer.

Author:  Hesh [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:36 am ]
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#13 is seen in the state mental hospital tapping on doors while holding their ear in close proximity to the door.........

#14 does not receive junk mail from financial planners

#15 remembers the snotty kid in 5th grade when cleaning up squeeze out and using HHG

#16 dreams of a trip to Brazil that does NOT include the beaches frequented by thong clad bathers........


Author:  burbank [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:29 am ]
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#17 participates in guitar-building forums with the rationale that it's the same as actually being in the shop, building.

Author:  erikbojerik [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:20 pm ]
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#18 - makes sure to marry a woman with a real job

Author:  Bruce Dickey [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:16 am ]
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Eric, LMAO on that one.

#19 Never passes a tree-trimming crew without zoot-wonderlust.

Author:  Sam Price [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:35 am ]
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#21- makes sure to re-use those dust boogers for epoxy purposes...

Author:  KenH [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:32 am ]
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#22 wonders why everybody thinks they are rich

Author:  Hesh [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:46 am ]
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Oh, I almost forgot #23 you add "Zootman" and "zoot" to your dictionaries in your spell checkers.........

#24 you think that binding arbitration is a tool that Stew-Mac sells........

#25 a butt wedge is no longer a verb


Author:  Bob Long [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:11 am ]
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#26 - Will often wear 2 or more pairs of reading glasses at the same time.....

long

Author:  erikbojerik [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:56 am ]
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#27 - there's nothing like the smell of naptha in the morning

Author:  WaddyThomson [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:03 pm ]
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#28 - Uses his old Hot Hide Glue for dog treats.

Author:  KenH [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:06 pm ]
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#29 - knows why polishing your nuts is a good thing to talk about

Author:  Arnt Rian [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:56 pm ]
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#30 - Book matches his sandwich meat

Author:  Bruce Dickey [ Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:11 am ]
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[QUOTE=Arnt] #30 - Book matches his sandwich meat[/QUOTE]

You are describing my BLT yesterday. I can't wait until lunch today so I can do it again.


Author:  WaddyThomson [ Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:14 am ]
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#31 - Catalogues and stores the smallest wood scraps with notes on each piece.

Author:  Arnt Rian [ Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:12 am ]
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[QUOTE=Bruce Dickey]You are describing my BLT yesterday. I can't wait until lunch today so I can do it again. [/QUOTE]

I catch myself doing it with all kinds of food; some fruits are especially interesting in that regard...

Pathetic, I know.

Author:  Dave Rector [ Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:28 am ]
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#32 - Understands and chuckles at all the previous posts in this thread.

Author:  erikbojerik [ Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:46 am ]
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#33 - takes time to smell the rosewoods

Author:  James Orr [ Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:29 am ]
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Turns every possible phrase into an acronym.

Author:  burbank [ Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:35 am ]
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#34 Thinks all the odd behaviors posted here are normal.

Author:  erikbojerik [ Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:40 am ]
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#35 - thinks a "ringtone" is what happens when you bonk on good lumber

Author:  Don Williams [ Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:38 pm ]
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#36 - Sets up the Laguna bandsaw with a digital caliper for processing consistent slices of the Thanksgiving Turkey.

Author:  Bruce Dickey [ Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:18 pm ]
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Ya'll messed up the number sequence ya hear.

Next post is #38. James Orr forgot to put up his number which was #35.


Author:  Kahle [ Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:39 pm ]
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#38 Digs out microscopic particles of CA residue from under fingernails in order to stay awake during meetings at the day gig.

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