Thanks! Wanted to make sure the market hadn't totally tanked when I wasn't watching. :-) -----Original Message----- >From: Bob Axtell >Sent: Mar 3, 2007 1:36 PM >To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." >Subject: Re: [EE]: Independents no more? > >Charles Craft wrote: >> There's a good mix of contractors/consultants and salaried big company people on the list. >> >> Can you comment - was this a personal (quality of life) issue or >> does it reflect how hard it is for small shops in the U.S. now? >> >No, I can still acquire contracts. Its just that since I was operating >out of a small home, a 3-bedroom home, with one full bedroom >tied up with business lab stuff, and the entire storage capability of >the home full of electronic parts, it just was not a happy thing for >my wife. This will free up the storage and a bedroom, and make my wife >happy. I will stay busy enough straightening things out there. > >We can entertain and allow Max (our full-sized poodle) to roam the >complete house without worries about him becoming tangled >up in a hot soldering iron. > >Originally I had a 2500 sq' ft office near the airbase, complete with >6 homeless people living in the alley between us and the AFB. >My brother, a capable manufacturing and test guy, was with us in the >facility. We owned wire cutting tools, a operating wave soldering >machine, and were making electronic assemblies. At nights, the homeless >people took baths from our water hose then cleaned up the >mess afterwards, so we never complained. But one day in 2003 my brother >told me that he'd like to retire and move to New Mexico >(Ruidoso) with his girlfriend, who had the money to do it. So we closed >that facility and I sold off the FIRST TWO tons of items, and >sold the wave machine to a "machilador" {SP?} (manufacturer) in Mexico. > >So it was just myself and my wife, so we bought a house closer to >Mexcio, since we like going down sometimes. > >--Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: Bob Axtell >>> Sent: Mar 3, 2007 8:53 AM >>> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." >>> Subject: [AD] A Ton of Electronic Parts FS >>> >>> A local engineering company has offered me a permanent salaried >>> engineer position >>> after my 6-month design contract expired, and I have accepted. So I am >>> closing my >>> contracting company and selling off all of my remaining stock of >>> electronic parts and tools. >>> I appear to have approx one ton of items, mostly unsorted. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > >-- >http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >View/change your membership options at >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist