\nNow let’s catch up on some of the
\nevents since our last post. Last Friday we took an unbelievable tour
\nof the KitchenAid factory in Greenville. This is the only plant in
\nthe world to manufactures the counter-top or \u201cstand\u201d mixer. When
\nI say only, that is significant. They export this type of mixer all
\nover the world including China \u2013 from this plant! The pride of the
\nworkers is amazing. But, even more amazing were the huge number of
\nworkstations hand assembling components for the mixer. This is work
\nthat is typically sent overseas, but KitchenAid has staunchly refused
\nto ship jobs overseas (Tom are you reading this). Indeed they are
\nworking towards bringing jobs back to the US on some of their other
\nproduct line.<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\nThey charge $5 for the tour but it is
\nwell worth it. The lady that gave us our personal tour was a great
\nambassador for the company. She took us all over the huge plant and
\nhad knowledgeable answers for almost all of my technical questions.
\nProbably the most impressive part of the tour was seeing all of the
\nbeautiful colors that are used for the mixers.<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\nSaturday we left Greenville and drove
\nto Lexington, KY and stayed at a Wal Mart. Our main reason for
\nstopping there was to visit with a customer and his wife. Bill and I
\nhave grown to be great friends over the years and he has offered
\ngreat support when I was struggling with some issues a few years ago.
\n I have told some of you about Bill – he was a government
\npsychologist who evaluated many major criminals including John Gotti
\nand the unabomber. I have talked to Bill on the phone many times on
\nmany subjects but had never gotten to meet him.\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\nHe was as fun in person as he is on the
\nphone and his wife Genie is a great lady. We had a lot of fun
\nlooking at the Prevost that he converted himself – a beautiful bus.
\nBill and I also went to visit another busnut who is working on an
\nEagle with 4 slide outs. It has an amazing amount of great work.
\nWhile Bill and I were looking at buses, Pat and Genie went to a horse
\nrace. In the evening we toured around areas where there were
\nbeautiful horse farms. Lexington is in the heart of the horse
\ncountry that Kentucky is so famous for.\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\nSunday we drove from Lexington to
\nRossville and met with Mike Sullivan who is the president of the Bus
\nConversion Magazine and who has almost single-handily arrange the Bus
\nConversions Rally. Monday we helped Mike with some of the details.
\nYesterday and today were two of the workshops. There will be one
\nmore this week and several next week including the welding workshop
\nthat I will co-present.\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\nThe color of the trees on the drive
\ndown from Greenville were gorgeous. As we got closer to Chattanooga,
\nwe noted that the colors were not as great. We are quite a bit south
\nof the areas with the best colors and we will probably see the trees
\nchange here in the next week or so.<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n
\nThat is all for now.<\/div>\n
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