[AT] Trade expressions

[charlie hill]

Farmer I have a picture around here of a very funny sign that use to be near 
our farm.  The sign hangs beneath a mail box and it very carefully  made and 
skillfully lettered to read
"NOTARY REPUBLIC"

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 9:50 AM
Subject: [AT] Trade expressions


> The mention of a sign below and my response to it were posted to the 
> Frugal Fun Woodworking list but
> I thought it might be fun to steal it and post it here...   :-)
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>>  I saw a sign I'd like on the little door to my shop:
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>>"WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T
>>WORK) ".
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> I like that...   I have worked many trades in my life (I have been self 
> employeed much of my life), usually
> two or three businesses at the same time. One of the long time ones was 20 
> years as a shoemaker. There is
> a very old saying in the trade that "The shoemaker's wife has to go 
> barefooted".   ;-)
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> Another I could add is:  "There is only one blacksmith in hell and he is 
> there for pounding on cold iron".
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> Yet another:   "Farmers tend to live poor and die rich".
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> Any others?
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> "farmer"
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> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
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