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Re: inner-coastal locations
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/20/2008, 3:50 am
In Response To: inner-coastal locations (Paul G. Jacobson)

: I knew a guy who ran a thriving mail-order business purveying equipment for
: underwater photography. He claimed his location in a suburb west of
: Chicago made him equidistant from each coast.

: "Where better to send mail from?" he reasoned. The business closed
: after a couple of years. Unfortunately.

: PGJ

Lots of very sucessful businesses just west of Chicago, many of them in manufacturing (not as many as in years past) just not boat building businesses.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Kudzu -- 1/11/2008, 9:44 pm
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Toni V -- 1/12/2008, 5:22 pm
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Luke -- 1/18/2008, 3:42 pm
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2008, 1:28 am
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood *LINK*
Mike Savage -- 1/12/2008, 5:56 am
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Kudzu -- 1/12/2008, 7:55 am
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Mike Savage -- 1/12/2008, 2:13 pm
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2008, 8:07 pm
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Mike Savage -- 1/18/2008, 8:00 am
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 2:57 am
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Kyle T -- 1/12/2008, 8:34 am
Re: Material: BS-1088 vs BS-6566 plywood
Kudzu -- 1/12/2008, 9:18 am
To make a small fortune building boats. . .
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/12/2008, 3:46 pm
Re: To make a small fortune building boats. . .
Bryan Hansel -- 1/17/2008, 10:03 pm
cost , value, and pricing of wood kayaks.
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/19/2008, 3:39 pm
Re: cost , value, and pricing of wood kayaks.
Bryan Hansel -- 1/19/2008, 9:16 pm
Re: cost , value, and pricing of wood kayaks.
Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 2:53 am
Re: cost , value, and pricing of wood kayaks.
Bryan Hansel -- 1/20/2008, 7:01 pm
Re: cost , value, and pricing of wood kayaks.
Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2008, 2:10 am
Re: cost , value, and pricing of wood kayaks.
Kudzu -- 1/21/2008, 9:14 am
Re: cost , value, and pricing of wood kayaks.
Bill Hamm -- 1/21/2008, 2:06 am
Re: Canoecopia
Bryan Hansel -- 1/21/2008, 12:25 pm
Re: Canoecopia
Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2008, 2:07 am
Re: Canoecopia
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/23/2008, 3:02 am
Re: Canoecopia
Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2008, 2:40 am
Re: Canoecopia
Bill Hamm -- 1/27/2008, 2:26 am
Re: Canoecopia
Bryan Hansel -- 1/27/2008, 11:00 am
Re: Canoecopia
Bill Hamm -- 1/28/2008, 2:38 am
Re: Canoecopia
Bryan Hansel -- 1/29/2008, 12:25 am
Re: Canoecopia
Bill Hamm -- 1/30/2008, 2:32 am
BWCA
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/28/2008, 4:09 pm
Re: Canoecopia
Bill Hamm -- 1/28/2008, 2:33 am
Re: Canoecopia
Reg Lake -- 1/23/2008, 10:18 am
Re: Meet at the Beach - Northern Midwest?
Bryan Hansel -- 1/22/2008, 7:02 pm
Re: Meet at the Beach - Northern Midwest?
Bill Hamm -- 1/23/2008, 2:00 am
Wooden Boat Show & Summer Solstice Festival *LINK*
Bryan Hansel -- 1/23/2008, 6:40 pm
Re: To make a small fortune building boats. . .
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/19/2008, 6:22 am
Re: To make a small fortune building boats. . .
Kudzu -- 1/19/2008, 1:02 pm
Re: To make a small fortune building boats. . .
TOM RAYMOND -- 1/14/2008, 12:11 pm
Re: To make a small fortune building boats. . .
Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2008, 6:28 am
work is WORK!
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/16/2008, 5:22 pm
Re: work is WORK!
Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 3:35 am
Re: work is WORK!
Bill Hamm -- 1/17/2008, 1:53 am
inner-coastal locations
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/18/2008, 6:12 pm
Re: inner-coastal locations
Bill Hamm -- 1/20/2008, 3:50 am
Re: work is WORK!
Kudzu -- 1/16/2008, 8:13 pm
Re: work is WORK!
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/18/2008, 6:02 pm
Re: work is WORK!
Bryan Hansel -- 1/17/2008, 10:28 pm
Buy a paddle? heresy :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/18/2008, 6:07 pm
Re: Buy a paddle? heresy :)
Bryan Hansel -- 1/18/2008, 7:32 pm
You would make a good wife for someone :-) *NM*
Kudzu -- 1/13/2008, 8:36 am
Re: You would make a good wife for someone :-)
Tom Yost -- 1/21/2008, 1:40 pm
Re: You would make a good wife for someone :-)
Chris Ostlind -- 1/23/2008, 7:19 am
Re: You would make a good wife for someone :-)
Tom Yost -- 1/23/2008, 9:34 am
Yo!
Dave ( of Calif.) -- 1/22/2008, 4:13 pm
Re: You would make a good wife for someone :-)
Bill Hamm -- 1/22/2008, 2:02 am
Re: You would make a good wife for someone :-)
Kudzu -- 1/21/2008, 1:44 pm
Or a better business manager for them :) *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/16/2008, 5:25 pm
ROFLOL :-) *NM*
Kudzu -- 1/16/2008, 8:02 pm
Re: Material: Not all BS 1088 is created equil *LINK*
Donovan -- 1/12/2008, 10:31 am
Re: Material: Not all BS 1088 is created equil
george jung -- 1/12/2008, 10:52 am
Re: Material: Not all BS 1088 is created equil
Kudzu -- 1/12/2008, 12:34 pm
Re: Material: Not all BS 1088 is created equil
Mike Savage -- 1/12/2008, 2:22 pm
Re: Material: Not all BS 1088 is created equil
Charlie -- 1/12/2008, 1:57 pm