Howdy Ronald Yes indeedy, we sold out late '97/early '98. I then worked part time for "The Golf Doctor," for a while then ran a store in Tustin, which I quit because of the incredible Orange County traffic. It was a second store a guy was trying to make a go of but it didn't pan out. Bad location and a lot of competition. There was a new Roger Dunn's a couple miles away. So, I went to work part-time at the guy's Long Beach store where there was a lot of business. Got paid cash for the time I was there plus some bucks for regripping and reshaftng. A buck for each grip, $13 for a set, $5.00 for basic reshaft's and a percentage for whatever I sold over the counter. It was a sweetheart deal for sure. We moved out of the area on my birthday, Y2K. So 14 years here and a lot of time in So Cal. Had to get out of there - smog, traffic, politics, getting starting times on courses. Crazy!
Remember Hackman and the ridiculous Fit Chip arguments? "If you're hitting the ball too low you need a stiffer shaft." No matter how much we told the guy that theoretically and empirically that his theory was wrong, he wouldn't give up. Then there was my internet pal Domasky. A good guy. There was another guy, I forget his name, who responded to a question from a guy who wanted to know how to get old tape off a shaft. "Do you not have the ability of rational thought? Burn it off!" Cracked me up. Now? I don't do much club work. Some grips, some shafts, some freq matching, spines and so on. One thing I regret is getting rid of my Scotland L&L machine. I still get requests for adjustments. Man, that was easy money! I did do a Titleist 3 W job not long ago. A guy wanted to "soften" the flex, keeping the same shaft. So I pulled it, shoved an old shaft tip in the hosel and put the old shaft back in. Popped the grip, cut the length, sold a new grip and made some pretty good dough. Fortunately it was a gray color shaft. I have some gray touch up lacquer that I just happened to have on hand. It matches my car color and it matched the shaft paint pretty close. I did the same job but in reverse on a Taylor 3W. Pulled the shaft, tipped it, popped the grip, plugged the butt, sold another grip and made a few more bucks. Good to hear (read) from you. TFlan On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Ron Kellison <kelliso...@rogers.com>wrote: > Christ, Tom! Is your memory going? :<) I remember your notes about > getting out of the business and then moving but I would have sworn that it > wasn't 15 years ago! Where did the time go? > > We used to have some GREAT arguments "back in the day"! If I remember > correctly, most of the serious discussions were about the whole > flex/torque/spine subject, long drivers and tools. Things seemed to have > calmed down a bit since then! :<) > > Best regards, > > Ron > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Tom Flanagan <tflan1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mine is a 5 gallon, 2 piston affair that I've had since about 1968 or so. >> >> I like the Sears inflator when my car's outside and I need to pump up a >> tire. I can't move that big-ass compressor out of the garage easily (my >> garage is my workshop since I sold out the business in '98). I kinda miss >> the space in the business building but what the hell, I don't need it these >> days. Here's mine. The new ones are more streamlined and I've heard not as >> good as this oldie. >> >> >> >> T >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:19 AM, <arniescl...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> Tom I was referring to the tire compressors that usually cost less >>> then $20! I burnt out one of those.For $39.99 (on sale) there is a Harbor >>> Freight 3 gallon pancake compressor that will do the job right. Yes, it is >>> oiless which I speak against but it will suffice for less than daily >>> production. If one is in business it will last long enough to convince you >>> to spend $90 - $130 to get a "real"compressor. >>> When I first started using compressed air I spent $25 to buy a 5 gallon >>> air tank (like those used on tow trucks) cut off the tire inflator nozzle >>> and put an air gun on it. Now almost $30 and had to take it across the >>> street to fill it at a gas station! Next I bought a used 4 gallon >>> compressor that in spite of repairing it leaked air and constantly >>> recycled >>> >>> Finally spent $90 on a 4 gallon oil lubricated compressor. In my >>> contract manufacturing business I ended up with 5 of these compressors! >>> They functioned flawlessly in heavy daily use for more then 6 years! >>> Been there - done that.! >>> >>> >> >> >
