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Mike OMelia
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(Barenaked Ladies, hum along)

A fellow I know bought his daughter the mandoline I was building. He asked If I made anything doing this and I told him I was lucky to cover expenses and invest in tools. Reminded him of a story.

A knife maker was being interviewed. Fairly successful guy. He was asked if he won a million dollars, what would he do?

"Well, I'd keep making knives until the money ran out"

Sounds familiar.

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Yeah, in other words - "I'd mind my own business".

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Mike OMelia wrote:
(Barenaked Ladies, hum along)

A knife maker was being interviewed. Fairly successful guy. He was asked if he won a million dollars, what would he do?

"Well, I'd keep making knives until the money ran out"

Sounds familiar.

Mike



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If you had a million dollars, you could buy a fur coat. But not a real one, ‘cause that’s cruel.


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The irony is that the same can be said for the musicians that buy expensive guitars and gig on weekends for $80 bucks in tips :)
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The irony is that the same can be said for the musicians that buy expensive guitars and gig on weekends for $80 bucks in tips :)


Hey, now. Some of those boys are clients of mine. They pay me in Yankee money, and take me out for coffee and pie. I can't complain.

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80$ in tips all at once? I gotta move to the US…


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The irony is that the same can be said for the musicians that buy expensive guitars and gig on weekends for $80 bucks in tips :)


Hey, now. Some of those boys are clients of mine. They pay me in Yankee money, and take me out for coffee and pie. I can't complain.

They pay in cash too!
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Tips, ha! What about us poor fools who buy expensive guitars (and mandolins) and just play them for free at church? If I had a million bucks I'd buy a better octave mandolin, then probably play it at church for free...
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Tips, ha! What about us poor fools who buy expensive guitars (and mandolins) and just play them for free at church? If I had a million bucks I'd buy a better octave mandolin, then probably play it at church for free...


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Melt in the Sun wrote:
Tips, ha! What about us poor fools who buy expensive guitars (and mandolins) and just play them for free at church? If I had a million bucks I'd buy a better octave mandolin, then probably play it at church for free...

Exactly

Been playing free at church for 15 yrs, I love playing, don’t care about getting money for it.

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Somehow I think y’all are missing the humor here. The painfully true humor lol
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Somehow I think y’all are missing the humor here. The painfully true humor lol

I got it, guess we got sidetracked.


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Mike OMelia wrote:
Somehow I think y’all are missing the humor here. The painfully true humor lol


Oh I think we got it - it's at our expense! gaah laughing6-hehe
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