“Time is an Illusion; Lunchtime, Doubly So.”

I want to thank everyone with regard to the post I put up the other day about the property sale my family is negotiating. I asked for prayer. I come from a family in which people don’t do a very good job of structuring their estates. This is a tremendous evil to thrust on your kids. I have a cousin who was cut out of his father’s will in favor of his brother. He cornered his brother in the front seat of his truck and blew his guts out with a deer rifle and one or two other weapons. You really need to set your estate up, if you have anyone to leave money to.

It looks like the deal is working out much better than expected, and if it goes through, it will get a big source of conflict out of our lives. This, more than the money, is what concerned me. I give credit to God. I have to; it’s not like we’ve done anything shrewd or even competent in managing what was left to us.

I learned something amazing tonight. I have always said my family was cursed. Today I found out that someone in my line of descent–the last person you would imagine, if you knew my family–used an occult method to plan investments. No wonder we have had problems with the property. I can’t tell you how shocked I am.

I keep thinking about machine tools. I know you will think I’m nuts, and you probably do, regardless, but I keep feeling as though big tools are part of God’s plan for my life. I wish I also felt that way about Pop Tarts.

The Millrite I looked at was very nice, and I am tempted to jump on it. But I keep reading about the various ways in which it is inferior to a Bridgeport. And you have to see what someone mentioned to me. Click this link.

That is the business of a man who “scrapes” machine tools. Don’t even ask me to explain. Science will allow you to build a nice machine tool, but to make it accurate, you have to resort to art. Scraping is a bizarre process that prepares metal surfaces to work properly together, and people do it with hand tools.

Anyway, he takes old mills apart, scrapes them down, and rebuilds them. They are gorgeous. And the prices are very good. I’m so tempted.

This guy has a great reputation, for ethics as well as skill. I picked that up from reading the forums. That makes the deals harder to resist.

I contacted Plaza Machinery about a lathe. People say great things about this company. The owner says he’s in the hospital. Has a lathe I might want to buy, but it may take time.

Speaking of time, it has been on Mish Weiss’s mind. Her doctors seem to be debating about how much time she has left. The truth is, they don’t know. I hope she realizes that. And even if doctors were able to make predictions with any accuracy, in the end, God is in charge.

Please keep praying for Mish, and while you’re at it, throw in the guy from Plaza Machinery. Can’t hurt.