Comments on: Urban Oasis http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/ She drinks, you know. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:06:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: cocktailhag http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3727 cocktailhag Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:49:34 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3727 And what a good week it is to be working in the basement. I miss you, too, having been working in empty houses so much lately. And what a good week it is to be working in the basement. I miss you, too, having been working in empty houses so much lately.

]]> By: Sara Stewart http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3726 Sara Stewart Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:43:35 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3726 Fab as always Tony. Austin and I could use your eyes on our back yard as it's still a bit boring. I miss you and enjoy working in my basement by Tony every day!!!! Fab as always Tony. Austin and I could use your eyes on our back yard as it’s still a bit boring. I miss you and enjoy working in my basement by Tony every day!!!!

]]> By: cocktailhag http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3715 cocktailhag Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:27:39 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3715 What length do you really need? Gayle has developed a quite successful strategy, involving a jigsaw, of knocking those babies down to size. They're only impressively fat for the bottom 10' or so... and very light, as far as weight. Cut to a uniform size, they maybe could be shipped without too much trouble. What length do you really need? Gayle has developed a quite successful strategy, involving a jigsaw, of knocking those babies down to size. They’re only impressively fat for the bottom 10′ or so… and very light, as far as weight. Cut to a uniform size, they maybe could be shipped without too much trouble.

]]> By: Pedinska http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3712 Pedinska Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:18:28 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3712 Converts and clients wrapped up in one. How satisfying! Converts and clients wrapped up in one. How satisfying!

]]> By: Pedinska http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3711 Pedinska Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:16:42 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3711 Unfortunately, no. That's what really saved my tail on the Annapolis friend. She was just close enough to be tempted into driving to my plant swaps. Easier to being bamboo here and take plants home. Unfortunately, no. That’s what really saved my tail on the Annapolis friend. She was just close enough to be tempted into driving to my plant swaps. Easier to being bamboo here and take plants home.

]]> By: Pedinska http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3709 Pedinska Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:14:06 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3709 Cut them in half and send fewer? How extravagant? (I reallyreally lerv black bamboo). Cut them in half and send fewer?

How extravagant? (I reallyreally lerv black bamboo).

]]> By: cocktailhag http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3706 cocktailhag Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:34:18 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3706 I think that's what happened to Geoff. That and the pressure of having two young children (the worst tragedy of this story) and never really finding what he wanted in life. I can't pretend to know what that is, even after al these years. I still wish him well. I think that’s what happened to Geoff. That and the pressure of having two young children (the worst tragedy of this story) and never really finding what he wanted in life. I can’t pretend to know what that is, even after al these years. I still wish him well.

]]> By: retzilian http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3705 retzilian Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:15:19 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3705 It's tough for talented, sensitive people to deal with this crazy world without taking the edge off. Sometimes it's easier to feel erased, numb. It’s tough for talented, sensitive people to deal with this crazy world without taking the edge off. Sometimes it’s easier to feel erased, numb.

]]> By: cocktailhag http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3701 cocktailhag Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:12:49 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3701 Back in those days, I was still working with my much-beloved carpenter, Geoff, whose eyes would just light up when I drew something like that, where most guys would look at it and tell me I couldn't afford it. We built all the big stuff together, but it was such a pleasure when he'd show up with something like those gates, that he probably spent all night building, and for about ten years my jobs had the most fabulous architectural woodwork you've ever seen. Sadly, about 5 years ago, Geoff let his drug problems take over his life to the point where I had to let him go and hire someone much more lame, his former business partner, to do my woodworking, and basically, I could only build gates like that now for, say, Bill Gates, and a really nice part of my days at work is gone. But, as a client told me, I had to make that change. In this business, people like things done when they are supposed to be done, and Geoff couldn't produce. She said, in her inimitable whiskey voice, "Right now, no one's blaming you for Geoff. But they will." Back in those days, I was still working with my much-beloved carpenter, Geoff, whose eyes would just light up when I drew something like that, where most guys would look at it and tell me I couldn’t afford it. We built all the big stuff together, but it was such a pleasure when he’d show up with something like those gates, that he probably spent all night building, and for about ten years my jobs had the most fabulous architectural woodwork you’ve ever seen.
Sadly, about 5 years ago, Geoff let his drug problems take over his life to the point where I had to let him go and hire someone much more lame, his former business partner, to do my woodworking, and basically, I could only build gates like that now for, say, Bill Gates, and a really nice part of my days at work is gone.
But, as a client told me, I had to make that change. In this business, people like things done when they are supposed to be done, and Geoff couldn’t produce. She said, in her inimitable whiskey voice, “Right now, no one’s blaming you for Geoff. But they will.”

]]> By: Karen M http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/day-job/urban-oasis/comment-page-1/#comment-3700 Karen M Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:57:27 +0000 http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/?p=1749#comment-3700 Tony... Looking at those gates again, I'm thinking that you must really like the craftsman tradition. Tony… Looking at those gates again, I’m thinking that you must really like the craftsman tradition.

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