Little Things Matter

Posted by stephens on Aug 24, 2010 in Engineering Decisions, Tips & Techniques | 0 comments

“Are you serious?” was my response to Bob Martin at Bud Martin’s Hardware store last night at 8:33 PM. The store closed just minutes before I arrived, and I needed a bolt. After a day in the cutthroat trenches of the die world, I found that the little things matter. Funny how things turn out. See, we just moved to a new community in a small...

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Karma

Posted by stephens on Nov 14, 2009 in Events | 0 comments

Money is tight for everyone these days. No question. I have all of my money invested in a business that seems to go nowhere. My family has a food budget of $3 per person per day. It is that tight. For two days in a row, I saw a woman at a highway offramp with a sign that read: Traveling. Trying to get home. Anything helps. I had a $20 in my pocket. My last...

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