Yes, the job thingies. Necessary evil, I guess. Good to hear you're OK, as is the little copper coin. I've missed you too.

Suspended operations for a while, due to being a bit smashed up presently. Dislocated shoulder, banged up left hand which has given me the opportunity to ponder the phrase chronic pain in depth. Healing up rather slowly. Have been immersed in programming, feeds & speeds, merits of various cutting tools, etc. for a new CNC (computer controlled) machining center I added to the shop a few months ago. If I can't even use a file without screaming "ouch!" every few seconds or so, maybe a computer-brained machine should do the work instead. This is working out really well; I've never had such precision available before, and every piece comes out the same (like hell, I'm always tweaking the programs) and fits as close to perfect as I could wish. Finally got some rhodonite, but I was disappointed with it, haven't used it yet.

No need to relieve me, my loyalty is secure. There's only one redhead (er, strawberry blonde) I can think of that could hold my attention. Never cared for zombie girls anyway, one broke my heart (well, bit off a small part of it, actually) when I was a teenager.

Stay well.

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