[Rhodes22-list] helllo test

[Mary Lou Troy]

Well, well, well......once a Rhodies always a Rhodie <grin> and I see you 
still have Blewdaze <double grin>

Glad to see you back. Fred and I were wondering how goes everything, 
especially last fall when we were down in NC for a really brief visit to my 
daughter in Greenville. Sounds like the canvas biz is keeping you busy and 
out of trouble but be carefull how you define success (hint: more money and 
more work isn't necessarily it!) though the award must have been very 
gratifying. Here's a quote for all the other Rhodies here:

"Mariner Canvas Company wins award Mariner Canvas Company, of New Bern, 
received an award from the Virginia-Carolinas Canvas Products Association 
of the Industrial Fabrics Association International.

Alex Bell and Pamela Vana received a first-place award for their entry in 
the Marine Exterior Canvas category of the Professional Work Photo Contest 
at it annual convention in Virginia Beach, Va.

The award was given for their work on a 34-foot sailboat and was given in 
recognition of workmanship, creativity, design, functionality and style."

  from the New Bern Sun Journal.

Congratulations!! I'd love to see your winning photo (s).

Fred's retired from the 40 hr/week job and into a new career booking music 
for a local theater. The business expenses are a bonus as I expect they are 
in the sailing industry. Hope you really do find time for sailing. A 
6-month backlog doesn't sound too bad - one of the local canvas guys to 
Rock Hall was up close to a year a while back.

Best wishes.

Mary Lou (and Fred)
1991 Rhodes 22  Fretless
Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD



At 12:24 AM 1/5/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Anne, Rik, Steve,
>
>Yep, alive and well. Pamela and I are still doing the canvas biz, and it's 
>become all consuming. We won several awards this year for our work
>The business has a 6 month backlog of business, and we'll be making money 
>any day now.
>
>Pamela had the flu in late Nov and it lasted about 10 days, With that 
>behind her, we're now back to normal. We're looking forward to a short 
>winter and early spring so we can go sailing. Mater of fact, at 73 and 
>sunny, today was a good one for that but we had some other things to do. 
>As usual. Looks like we will have a week of unseasonably warm weather 
>before winter comes back. Rummy's probably sailing these days in SC. We 
>haven't heard from him lately. My cell phone went missing, and after we 
>found it, it doesn't work. That is a problem cause all the phone numbers 
>are gone...
>
>See ya later,
>
>Alex
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