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  • gramme0

    If I weren't a designer, I'd build wooden sailboats for rich people in Newport, RI. There would be a lengthy, bottom-scraping apprenticeship involved up front, but after that I'd build one or two boats per year and take my time crafting them to the nth degree.

    • ...to which the rich people would say, "Can you make it bigger and add some purple?"...ghandolf
    • my nextdoor neighbour builds wooden sailboats... it's depressing watching him spend years on 1 project.horton
    • Nothing depressing about that at all. With some things, the joy is in the journey.melq
    • that's what i mean... would luv to put that kind of time and energy into a paid projecthorton
    • My thoughts exactly.gramme
    • @horton: gotcha; sorry for the misinterpretation.melq
    • In the world of boatbuilding even with that much time, I bet you are still not putting in the amount of craftsmanship you want to.epigraph
    • want to. And if you are, I bet that is a dream client, and not representative of the whole.epigraph

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