LOL, sorry but you don't have that kind of pull around here.

pull... whatever. it's highly overrated.

I thought I remembered watching your posts as you learned to make plugs. So I did a quick search. (love them serches)

from 2003. must have been like crack to make you feel like you need to drop it cold turkey.

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Originally Posted by MAC I've been building plugs for....a whole 3 1/2 weeks now. But I have been a carpenter for going on 20 yrs. Why I never built them before this I have no idea. Like Slip said the money that can be involved can really get up there. This forum has been very helpful ( I've been lurking for a while) and informative. Have I ever sold a plug No, will I ever sell a plug or plugs, probably. Not to make a living though just for something to do on the side. My hat is off to guys like J. Habs and others who do this for a living, it has to be long days.

MAC - I can't believe I'm seeing this but I can only come to a few possible realizations:

1) You actually are serious - I hope not, because the stuff you do is incredible and I really enjoy seeing over the past few years the standards you've set in building and sharing with people. Just simply great stuff. So if this is not some wierd prank, thank you for what you've done over the past few years.

2) This is some clever plan to upgrade the entire shop

3) You are inheriting Capesam's Basement

4) You are getting into jig making

5) This is truly some joke


Seriously, if this is what you want to do, good luck. Personally I'll be a bit saddened if you hang up your lathe.

NO!!!!!! :bc:

Yes, I started in Feb of 2003 if I remember right. I never pretended to have been doing it longer. And it is like a drug. If you have never done it, you wouldn't understand. It totally took over my life. (I have small trees growing out of the gutters on the house). I haven't cut a cord of wood (even though I own 4 chainsaws) in those 4 winters either. By next spring I won't need to worry about scraping the house as all the paint will have fallen off. I do know one of my faults is an excessive, compulsive personality. Cold turkey is the only way. It's like cocaine back in the 80's, very addictive. I never touched or tried it though. Because I knew I would have liked it and watched too many friends lives go down the crapper. So lets just drop this "trying to talk me down from the ledge" . My mind is made up and it won't change. family and other parts of my life are more important than spinning wood or catching fish. (no I am not giving up fishing)

As far as the excessive compulsiveness goes, it creeps up on you. Before 2000 I couldn't turn on a computer. (I am still computer illiterate) Was I catching fish before that, yes. My grandfather started me fishing back in the 60's and I've never given up on it. I worked tuna fishing commercially back in the 80s for a while too. But fishing is just a hobby and not my life. Stripers are just fish, not some (holy grail). Read some of the posts on the various fishing sites and you'll see how a lot of people think differently on this. Some are fanatical and some see it just as a way to spend some quality time.

Good luck. Believe me I understand the OCD cycle. Thanks for the all the help you have given over the last three years.
Mark

Dave,

Good luck in the future with everything you do. From the 1st time I sent you a pm with plug building questions you always were quick to respond, a true gentleman. Thanks and good luck.

Mac, wish you the best. I have to hang up my pikies now. Any pencils left kicking around?

If your mind is made up Dave, then best of luck with everything you do. At 22, I'll just have to be careful for the next 40 or so years throwing your plugs when there are blues around....:err:

Sounds to me you got everything in perspective Dave. Good luck your plugs will be missed and thanks for all the help. Paul

fellow Scotsman
 

I would never try and talk you out of a final decision
because i know better....

i have just one of your plugs that i will cherish and i will
fish it as it was meant to be fished.

I would have prefered that you wrote a highly illustrated
book on plug making and got rich than to go cold turkey
but i can understand your dilema.... after your description.

I have read every post you did on plug making and i have
learned many things from them and your posted pictures.

i thank you and salute you and your craftsmanship.:claps:

Bravo Mac.... you have set some new standards that will
carry on for generations to come.

Dave I am sorry to hear this! I wish you the best in what ever you do.:uhuh:

Dang MAC sorry to hear this. But if it's time to move on and enjoy then all the best to you. Now about that house painting , I've got a three story you can learn on. Just don't give up fishing next.

You know what sucks, I sold a bunch of Mac plugs because I needed the money, and figured I will just buy new ones when I am back to work, some things just don't work out as planned. Mac Good luck and enjoy all your new free time. and room in the basement now.

dave,
good luck with everything you do

you made the right decision...when something takes over your life like that its time to take a step back and eveluate the situation

the skills will always be there for you

I know the OCD thing myself, I am guilty of it with fishing and letting family and other things slide..I gave up for a couple years because I just cant be a weekend warrior its either Go anytime I want or not go at all....Sometimes I swear its going to kill me, I simply think about fishing 24/7 or talk about it etc...Every single thing in my life revolves around fishing.

Just the other day Clammer ask'd me if there was anything else in my life that makes me happy....I cant think of anything....

Anyway I am rambling, I just know where your coming from and respect you for realizing it and trying to make the change.....Congrats and go smell the roses...Sometimes I think the biggest mistake in my life was picking up a fishing rod................

Best of luck to you!

Mac,

You've made the right decision, Flaptail's comments notwithstanding. Once a hobby becomes compulsive, it's no longer a hobby.
Good for you!

Wow Dave,to see this outpouring of emotion,you must make one heck of a plug.Congratulations on a job well done.

:shocked: ....Dave, I hope it wasn't the colors I asked for or the Mac logo I scribbled up with the mouse!!..I wasn't trying to scare ya man!!...


From my serious side, congratulations on making the right decision. I'm sure you gave it a LOT of thought ~ Good luck...and thank God I got that order in when I did...must have been the last of the last, lol...

you're a good guy Dave, someone I'd do dishes with anytime...or share my honeys hole with................oooops, the s is on the wrong word!! :tm: .....hope to fish with you again some time this season. Drop me a PM ~Gilly

[quote=#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&]I know the OCD thing myself, I am guilty of it with fishing and letting family and other things slide..I gave up for a couple years because I just cant be a weekend warrior its either Go anytime I want or not go at all....Sometimes I swear its going to kill me, I simply think about fishing 24/7 or talk about it etc...Every single thing in my life revolves around fishing.

Just the other day Clammer ask'd me if there was anything else in my life that makes me happy....I cant think of anything....

Anyway I am rambling, I just know where your coming from and respect you for realizing it and trying to make the change.....Congrats and go smell the roses...Sometimes I think the biggest mistake in my life was picking up a fishing rod................


On picking up the rod thing...Stripers in Heaven agree :bshake:


Dave Mcleod Rules.... :cheers:

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Dave,
I've been away from the computer for a bit and I just saw this.
Your plugs are fish-catching works of art. I'm still going to keep using them. That's what they are for. (Although I may put aside one or two.) ;)
Best of luck in your future endeavors! :walk: :kewl: