Mr Tesla glad to see your a well!
The forum has bee slow as usual a bit more due to the pandemic. But We did get a small surge of users like a month ago.
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Mr Tesla glad to see your a well!
Leave them your contact information and a (high) price list for common repairs you think are beyond them... while informing them that payment for needed materials will be received BEFORE the work is done. Because it sounds like the owners are trying to turn it from a pays-its-own-way hobby to a cash cow, and I think they'll milk it dry and then kill it fairly quickly.Spazoid wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:10 am Had to leave the only fencing club I've ever belonged to after 25 years. We're moving to a smaller space and there's no room for my armory....plus, when the owners straight up tall you that you can;t sell gear at the club anymore, then change that to you can sell, but we get 30% of your sales AND any non-member coming in for armory services has to pay the club an additional floor fee....it's time to get out.
They're going to do sales when they know nothing about the gear from a sales POV and I've been doing it for 20 years...that'll work well. And repairing the club gear? They may be able to fix the small stuff, but when it comes to the floor reels and scoring boxes, they're WAY out of their depth (again....20 years as an armorer for me, including several national and international events).
Spent a few hours clearing my gear out of the office and putting it into storage....not a good feeling at the end.
Hope youre well too!Technic[Bot] wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:54 am [
Mr Tesla glad to see your a well!
The forum has bee slow as usual a bit more due to the pandemic. But We did get a small surge of users like a month ago.
They've had my contact info for years...I predate their tenure at the club by a LOT....they were in kindergarten when I started!Warrl wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 4:44 am
Leave them your contact information and a (high) price list for common repairs you think are beyond them... while informing them that payment for needed materials will be received BEFORE the work is done. Because it sounds like the owners are trying to turn it from a pays-its-own-way hobby to a cash cow, and I think they'll milk it dry and then kill it fairly quickly.
This is exactly what this thread was made for... *checks thread age* err... 13 years ago.So sorry for the rant but want to get this off my chest.
I felt that way for a while... Moreso at school than at home, though. My mother wasn't the type to plan a surprise party, so I always had that kind of input. My friends at school, however, would always try to celebrate it in ways I would never want, especially back in those days. It made me more reclusive, than anything.tony1695 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm So, it's my birthday on Friday. Don't care, haven't cared in years. If it was up to me I'd get a pizza and lock myself in my room, not much different from what I normally do.
But do I get to do that? Nope, parents have made plans without my input and expect me to nod along like a good little robot. And they wonder why I don't interact with them outside of the bare minimum. Doesn't help that I'm currently living with them still, but... It'd be nice if they let me make choices about things like this.
I haven't. Dad's got the emotional range of a brick wall, my mother's Japanese and can't seem to understand the idea that I don't want to do it, and both would just try to guilt-trip me into going along with it. Couple that with how my mother thought that pushing me further and further into depression was the same thing as 'parenting' and... not surprising that I avoid interacting with them.Bellhead wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:50 amI felt that way for a while... Moreso at school than at home, though. My mother wasn't the type to plan a surprise party, so I always had that kind of input. My friends at school, however, would always try to celebrate it in ways I would never want, especially back in those days. It made me more reclusive, than anything.tony1695 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm So, it's my birthday on Friday. Don't care, haven't cared in years. If it was up to me I'd get a pizza and lock myself in my room, not much different from what I normally do.
But do I get to do that? Nope, parents have made plans without my input and expect me to nod along like a good little robot. And they wonder why I don't interact with them outside of the bare minimum. Doesn't help that I'm currently living with them still, but... It'd be nice if they let me make choices about things like this.
Honestly, though, it's always seemed to me to be more of a traditional gathering of people than a celebration. At most, these days, I get a few texts, maybe a phone call, and everyone knows I'm happy with it. I'd hate to sound stereotypical, but I'm assuming you've tried talking to your parents about this?
Sounds like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place, then. There's not much I can even suggest in that situation... Aside from counselling, but if your parents are like that, they may well take it as an insult if you so much as suggest it. If there's anything we can do for you, say so. And for what it's worth, I hope your birthday goes by without major incident.tony1695 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:16 amI haven't. Dad's got the emotional range of a brick wall, my mother's Japanese and can't seem to understand the idea that I don't want to do it, and both would just try to guilt-trip me into going along with it. Couple that with how my mother thought that pushing me further and further into depression was the same thing as 'parenting' and... not surprising that I avoid interacting with them.Bellhead wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:50 amI felt that way for a while... Moreso at school than at home, though. My mother wasn't the type to plan a surprise party, so I always had that kind of input. My friends at school, however, would always try to celebrate it in ways I would never want, especially back in those days. It made me more reclusive, than anything.tony1695 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:46 pm So, it's my birthday on Friday. Don't care, haven't cared in years. If it was up to me I'd get a pizza and lock myself in my room, not much different from what I normally do.
But do I get to do that? Nope, parents have made plans without my input and expect me to nod along like a good little robot. And they wonder why I don't interact with them outside of the bare minimum. Doesn't help that I'm currently living with them still, but... It'd be nice if they let me make choices about things like this.
Honestly, though, it's always seemed to me to be more of a traditional gathering of people than a celebration. At most, these days, I get a few texts, maybe a phone call, and everyone knows I'm happy with it. I'd hate to sound stereotypical, but I'm assuming you've tried talking to your parents about this?