November 30, 2025Nov 30 On 9/18/2016 at 1:19 PM, jlpservicesinc said: With this being said.. It's the largest reason I love to forge iron.. You hit it, it moves.. Instant action.. Also, because of the ingrained work ethic's of my earlier years it applies to everything I do.. The happiness comes from when it's completed and it's a job well done.!!! I used to be a machine.. I've been told I am a rather intense person.. But its funny because during teaching it's the exact opposite.. At least now it is.. Maybe it's because I have gotten older.. Not sure, but I'm still pretty intense.. My sports of choice.. Martial arts, Free style solo rock climbing, DownHill mountain bike riding, breath hold diving. Deep over 130ft scuba diving and cave diving, Rally car driving.. LOL.. Can you see it.. So now I'm working through this thread, aware this work was 9 years ago. I also love ringing the bell when a project is done, even though I know that few things in life get finished, just that stage before the next stage is added on. You? Intense? Well, without intensity, many things get side-tracked or whither on the vine. I'm old now, turned 70 this year, so I have to treat intensity like it's a precious resource. For people that are turned off by intensity, they can find plenty of people to hang out with that don't threaten their insecurities. My Dad was a very capable boxer and taught me the fundamentals young. I did some Golden Gloves, but it was too formal for my taste. I liked martial arts better. I started rock climbing at age 5 but didn't get focused until college age. For the next 30 years it was climb to live and live to climb. I did all the forms and styles like snow, ice, big wall, alpine, soloing. Big rock climbs were the thing that moved me, where you look down on the tips of trees pointing at you from far below. I've done a vertical mile in a day of technical climbing a few times. These days, my gimpy knees keep me on easy ground. Racing motorcycles created most of the scar tissue. To this thread, I'm studying it from the organizational perspective. A demo trailer approach forces space efficiency. I want to have a home forge that is large enough to do the work but is well thought out so that space isn't wasted. As I look towards the eventual final sunset, I want to compact down my footprint. 11 months ago, my Dad passed and he had a big, beautiful home. I spent 2 months there sorting stuff, taking some but giving away most to the younger generations and it made me realize how we accumulate stuff, stick it in a corner and forget about it. I want to give my kids a far easier cleanup.
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