Subject: Re: Blacksmithing again

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:22:25 -0500

>Dear Bob,
>
>Does everyone need to enjoy the craft in the same way you do? Maybe
>Mr. Dickie doesn't make gates? Maybe his collars don't break?

     Steve,
     Its not important to me how someone enjoys the craft. I just don't
understand this kind of logic.
     There are no end to the limitations that are placed against all of us,
both in our craft and in life in general. I just don't understand picking
out a few more.
     Mr. Dickie is certainly welcome to pursue his goals in any way he sees
fit. I don't need to tell him that and I meant no offense.
     It also strikes me as more than a little ironic for us all to be
sitting around computer keyboards discussing whether it is appropriate to
use arc welders or torches etc. Now that I think of it, it seems really
ironic that irony has nothing to do with iron!
                                                      Boy Howdy
                                                        Bob Schade

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From: Steve Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 96 9:34:34 MST

Dear Bob,

My apologies. Your letter caught me wrong at the end of a long day.
Blacksmithing is a tough craft and we need all the help we can get.

What's really ironic is that we're all sitting around keyboards
instead of whacking at the anvil.

--
Steve Smith
[email-masked]