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Worked in marketing for 12 years. Lost my job and fell back on cigar box guitars and my music. Kept on going even when things were tight. Now I recently hired a manager and I'm looking to tour in 2011-2012!
Follow your dreams!
shane
i started as a baby in ohio. quickly grew through taht stage an d worked as a cook through high school. moved to waco tex after high school and be came a chef a the hilton hotel there. got marruied, moved back to ohio and cooked for a fe yrs. then ran a muinature golf course for 40-5 yrs, moved to indiana to work for a small familty owned luber yard. work there for ten yrs till my first heart attack at 39 yrs old. took it easy for a few yrs had a few more small heart attcks then bypass surgery in 1989. worked part time at a bowling alley for 5 yrs. then went to work at home depot for 6 yrs. had to retire because of failing eyesight and couldn't drive. kidneys failing, left leg lost duem to MRSA in hospital, but other than that i;m great. but let it be said, if it wasn';t fior God in my life, i would be miserable.
im lookm forward each day looking to make at least 1 person laugh or smile and learn to deal with their problems. most of us think we have roblems, but when we look around, there is always someone who has it worse than us.
i look forward to getting into the shop daily whether i only get 1 neck cut, 1 guitar strung, or 1 amp circuit soldered up every day with me being leagally blind, i'm still grateful i can get out there.
enough preaching lets hear more.
Mark,
Thanks for the story... I wish all the whiners in the world who have it "easy" could get a handle on how blessed they are and appreciate them. Gratitude keeps us with perspective....
you da'best,
Wichita Sam
mark "Stumpy" quigley said:
i started as a baby in ohio. quickly grew through taht stage an d worked as a cook through high school. moved to waco tex after high school and be came a chef a the hilton hotel there. got marruied, moved back to ohio and cooked for a fe yrs. then ran a muinature golf course for 40-5 yrs, moved to indiana to work for a small familty owned luber yard. work there for ten yrs till my first heart attack at 39 yrs old. took it easy for a few yrs had a few more small heart attcks then bypass surgery in 1989. worked part time at a bowling alley for 5 yrs. then went to work at home depot for 6 yrs. had to retire because of failing eyesight and couldn't drive. kidneys failing, left leg lost duem to MRSA in hospital, but other than that i;m great. but let it be said, if it wasn';t fior God in my life, i would be miserable.
im lookm forward each day looking to make at least 1 person laugh or smile and learn to deal with their problems. most of us think we have roblems, but when we look around, there is always someone who has it worse than us.
i look forward to getting into the shop daily whether i only get 1 neck cut, 1 guitar strung, or 1 amp circuit soldered up every day with me being leagally blind, i'm still grateful i can get out there.
enough preaching lets hear more.
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