MOTM

aw...
it's a sad day, and dealing the stooges past & present has always  
been a joy
i'd be very sorry to see the end of stooge industries

can i suggest one last panel run ?
a last call if you will - no rush - just plenty of time for everyone  
to sort out their needs
i'd even suggest a premium if need be - to make it worth your time or  
for a little extra pin money for an intern at paul h's place

cheers
paul


On 23 May 2006, at 18:54, mate_stubb wrote:

> Time for another stooge update, I guess.
>
> Paul H is at home and recovering very slowly. He is still unable to
> work and the prognosis for a return date is uncertain.
>
> Paul's cousin Rick is now handling the family business that has been
> providing the manpower to support the stooge business. You may recall
> that on the weekend Larry died, we were discussing ending it all as it
> was just becoming more than we could handle. Another problem that hit
> us at the same time was that most of our vendors shut down, sold their
> companies, raised their prices, took a rocket ship to Mars, or some
> other @#$% thing.
>
> Paul's access to manpower and company infrastructure seemed to be the
> rescue that I needed to keep it all going after Larry passed.
> Unfortunately, Rick has all he can handle just stepping into Paul's
> CEO shoes of the family business. He has indicated to me that he can't
> spare time and manpower for Stooge Industries any more.
>
> So it is looking to me like it's time to wind it all down. Unless I
> can get Rick to agree to continue ordering and selling products that
> we DO have suppliers for, we will probably sell the remaining stock on
> hand and fold it up.
>
> I would love to do panels (and end caps) again, but people have become
> used to the brackets. I don't know if anyone would be interested in
> the one without the other, so I'm not feeling highly motivated to beat
> the bushes for a new panel vendor and a new bracket vendor and a new
> flat rail vendor, especially if I would have to go back to doing
> everything from my basement.
>
> I need to have a conversation with Rick to nail everything down for
> sure, then I'll have an official announcement for the list.
>
> Moe
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Koos Fockens <torikoos@...> wrote:
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>> The end caps are illustrated on their on line shop.  Dave Bradly (one
>> of the 3 original Stooges :-) ), and Paul Haneberg's son are looking
>> after the business as much as possible.
>> I believe there is a contact e-mail on it, but Dave  is also on this
>> users group.
>>
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Paul Bower
Label Manager
Awal UK Limited

www.awal.co.uk