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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

Some of you may know this from other lists but for those who do not, here
goes.

I have been off this list for several months.  Late spring got very
busy with me trying to make my business generate mire income and my
making a trip to Saipan for the 60 anniversary of the invasion. 
Upon return from Saipan it all fall apart.

My wife announced that we were selling the house and she was moving to a
place closer to work, the 25 mile commute was just too much.  There
was little I could argue about and I expected it as it is the best
solution for her.  I lose my garden and shop so the business was
shut down again and possibly for the last time.  The thought of
living in a tract home with cheek to jowl neighbors makes me more than
sick so it was agreed that I do not have to go.  I am instead moving
into a 27 foot travel trailer and heading out to see the
country.

The last few months were filled getting this place ready to sell.  I
have no idea how many trash bags were taken away or hor much was put in
the neighbors dumpster but I do know that I hauled almost 9000# to the
scrap yard, 3000# to the dump. put up 45 lots in the auction, sold 5 cars
and two tractors on eBay, took a pickup load of computer stuff to the
Boys & Girls Club, and a pickup load of books to the Friends of the
Library, and I still have one short load for the scrap yard and another
for the dump.

We had a huge garage sale and I had a second Corvair only garage
sale.  Much of the shop was moved into storage, filling half of an
8X20.  The other half is filled with household things, most of my
books, clothing, etc.  I have no cars, only two tractors, few
antique tools, very little project steel and wood left.  By the end
of July the house was placed on the market, just in time for a complete
softening.

My plans are to move myself and some tools into a 27 foot travel trailer
and see what I can make of the wreckage.

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Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center,
CA            
http://www.braingarage.com