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In 1986 a family member showed me how to earn a few extra dollars on the
weekends. He took me in Flint one Saturday morning, stopped at a few hair
salons, sharpened half a dozen shears and headed for home. I asked him why
he was quitting so early when he could have stayed out longer and earned more.
Needless to say I was hooked. I've learned a lot since then and covered more
than a few miles. My sharpening equipment and techniques have improved over
the years and my experience and confidence are apparent when new customers
are quizzing me about what I'm going to do with their shears.

My family has been very supportive. When we first started we did this part-time
since I was teaching in a local Christian school. For two years we built this
business part-time. I have to say being self-employed is much better than putting
up with seventh graders.

Updated information: My wife is pretty much retired now. Her health has not been good and it is possible she had a stroke a couple of years ago. We have concluded she has also been struggling with Fibromyalgia for a long time. Our doctor says this is just a fictional syndrome but it is certainly not fictional to one experiencing it. His idea is that all he can do is give her something for pain. We have tried a lot of things and finally found one thing that actually helps and it is all natural and totally good for you. A fruit drink called Monavie. I think the reason it seems to work is that it is providing the building blocks a body needs to repair itself and it is absolutely loaded with anti-oxidants. You can learn more about this drink on my website dedicated to this. http://www.the-team.biz/mv1484437
Ginny had to be faithful about drinking it for about six weeks and then one day she was getting ready to take her morning pills and it dawned on her that she wasn't feeling the usual overall pain. She has cut out her regular pain med. She found that she wasn't dizzy so much anymore and no longer uses a cane. This early fall she was out in the back 40 with the grandchildren when each took her hand and said, "come on, Grandma, let's run" and she did. It was a shuffling fast walk but our daughter broke into tears. She had never seen her mother run. Now Ginny is excited about her sessions at mall-walking. Even a couple of hundred feet is an improvement. She has lost weight and now even stands for the songs in church. We have a family that had never seen that before. And yes, we attribute it all to that fruit drink and of course the grace of God.
It doesn't hurt that the primary ingredient of this fruit drink comes from the Amazon. Ginny grew up near the Amazon in Brazil as the daughter of a missionary. Portuguese is her first language. We took her home (Brazil) last year. We need to go again because this time perhaps she can relax more. This last visit the cultural shock affected her more than it did me. When she left Brazil in 1968 there was no road to her interior village. There was electricity sometimes if they could get the generator to work. There was only one TV in the village. Oxcarts were the norm and many of the people still believed the world was flat. Now there is a paved road all the way to the village, regular bus service, every house has a TV and internet is widely available. Pictures of our trip to Brazil can be found here:
Our church is very important to us. We have a small group of people that really love the Lord and want to learn about Him and
serve Him. Our pastor has years of experience and knowledge and very
lovingly and capably leads us in our worship. You can learn a little more about
our church at the church website at http://www.sgbc-online.com
You can even hear some of the great messages we get to enjoy by listening to
the streaming audio messages found at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sgbc

I'll spare you the pictures of the grandkids but here are some of my wife,
my hobby, and me (in that order of course).

In July 2003 our son-in-law decided to move up from Philadelphia in
order to be able to attend our church and study under our pastor. He
decided to throw in with us on the shear sharpening business. Steve
trained him and then gave him half of his business. They agreed to
not compete with each other directly and tried to cut down on the
driving by agreeing to divide up the geography so when one of them
goes into an area it will be his to work thoroughly without a checkerboard
of this is his and that is mine.

So began ERIC's EDGES

At this date of August 2004 Eric has a year of experience under his belt
and Steve reluctantly but proudly admits Eric is as good at sharpening as
he is.

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In 1986 a family member showed me how to earn a few extra dollars on the weekends. He took me in Flint one Saturday morning, stopped at a few hair salons, sharpened half a dozen shears and headed for home. I asked him why he was quitting so early when he could have stayed out longer and earned more. Needless to say I was hooked. I've learned a lot since then and covered more than a few miles. My sharpening equipment and techniques have improved over the years and my experience and confidence are apparent when new customers are quizzing me about what I'm going to do with their shears. My family has been very supportive. When we first started we did this part-time since I was teaching in a local Christian school. For two years we built this business part-time. I have to say being self-employed is much better than putting up with seventh graders. Updated information: My wife is pretty much retired now. Her health has not been good and it is possible she had a stroke a couple of years ago. We have concluded she has also been struggling with Fibromyalgia for a long time. Our doctor says this is just a fictional syndrome but it is certainly not fictional to one experiencing it. His idea is that all he can do is give her something for pain. We have tried a lot of things and finally found one thing that actually helps and it is all natural and totally good for you. A fruit drink called Monavie. I think the reason it seems to work is that it is providing the building blocks a body needs to repair itself and it is absolutely loaded with anti-oxidants. You can learn more about this drink on my website dedicated to this. http://www.the-team.biz/mv1484437 Ginny had to be faithful about drinking it for about six weeks and then one day she was getting ready to take her morning pills and it dawned on her that she wasn't feeling the usual overall pain. She has cut out her regular pain med. She found that she wasn't dizzy so much anymore and no longer uses a cane. This early fall she was out in the back 40 with the grandchildren when each took her hand and said, "come on, Grandma, let's run" and she did. It was a shuffling fast walk but our daughter broke into tears. She had never seen her mother run. Now Ginny is excited about her sessions at mall-walking. Even a couple of hundred feet is an improvement. She has lost weight and now even stands for the songs in church. We have a family that had never seen that before. And yes, we attribute it all to that fruit drink and of course the grace of God. It doesn't hurt that the primary ingredient of this fruit drink comes from the Amazon. Ginny grew up near the Amazon in Brazil as the daughter of a missionary. Portuguese is her first language. We took her home (Brazil) last year. We need to go again because this time perhaps she can relax more. This last visit the cultural shock affected her more than it did me. When she left Brazil in 1968 there was no road to her interior village. There was electricity sometimes if they could get the generator to work. There was only one TV in the village. Oxcarts were the norm and many of the people still believed the world was flat. Now there is a paved road all the way to the village, regular bus service, every house has a TV and internet is widely available. Pictures of our trip to Brazil can be found here: Our church is very important to us. We have a small group of people that really love the Lord and want to learn about Him and serve Him. Our pastor has years of experience and knowledge and very lovingly and capably leads us in our worship. You can learn a little more about our church at the church website at http://www.sgbc-online.com You can even hear some of the great messages we get to enjoy by listening to the streaming audio messages found at http://www.sermonaudio.com/sgbc I'll spare you the pictures of the grandkids but here are some of my wife, my hobby, and me (in that order of course).