[Rhodes22-list] helllo test

Steve rhodes2282 at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 6 06:12:56 EST 2005


Congratulations Alex on the award.  Good job.
Steve


--- Mary Lou Troy <mltroy at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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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