September 14, 2022 Blog Newsletter
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Here Comes Pumpkin Lattes! It’s eight days until the first day of Fall and Georgia has had morning low temperatures in the upper 50s & lower 60 degree temperatures for the past week! And, Pumpkin Spice Latte are back at Starbucks! YAY! That said, it’s been a very busy Summer which is probably a result of a lot of folks either still out of work or now working from home. I find it very relaxing to construct & weather models which could be what some folks are doing during their work-from-home Break Time! We've still got a bunch of...
September 8, 2022 Blog Newsletter
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14 Days Until Fall Arrives! As Fall is quickly approaching, I’ve mentioned in the past few Newsletters, we had a couple really excited about purchasing our Scale Model Masterpieces) Business. Unfortunately, once again even with their success and experience operating a successful hobby business, they were not able to secured financing. Know anyone who could be interested? You could receive a substantial Referral Fee! When we first purchased Thomas A. Yorke Enterprises in 2009 my plan was not to re-offer the...Labor Day 2022 Sale!
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Labor Day Sale! And some Other Stuff, too!! This time last year we were expecting our first “real” Cold Front . Not this year! ! WOW! And the hurricane season is just half over, too. Crazy weather! This time last year the greater Atlanta area was focused on some huge Social Distancing: College Students leaving school for the weekend, Labor Day celebration and the potential for yet another virus flare-up this time it'd Monkeypox. Things are much different than last year with multiple events including ...August 23, 2022 Blog Newsletter
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Rain One Minute... Sun the Next! We had tentatively planned to see Debbie's Mom after Labor Day. It's doesn't look like it will be early or late September and it may even be October. Which is also good because after a very brief period orders are coming in fast a furious which continues to keeps us super busy! Plus, we’ve been teaching our high school Intern the arts of quality casting and assembling hobby products and let us not forget that the USPS have ...August 18, 2022 Blog Newsletter
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USPS October 2nd Rate Increase! You will probably remember October 2020 & 2021 when the USPS proposed to its governing Board to activate a “temporary” Rate increase to all its categories of envelope and package shipping prices. It was just announced that the USPS will once again be raising rates beginning October 2, 2022 through December 22, 2022. In the same announcement... August 09 2022 Blog Newsletter
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Anyone Ready for Fall Weather? We’ve got a lot of stuff going as we try to catch up on orders & casting. Down in this Newsletter you will find the posting for a pair of "Brian's Boxcar" model railroad store signs that once lit up the darkened sky for a number of years in Largo, Florida. These signs went dark when Debbie closed her model railroad store in 1993 and we moved the entire contents of the model railroad store (and these signs) to Eastern Tennessee. We had planned on displaying the signs on the side of a barn one day. But it's been 29 years now and we’ve agrees it's time to share these magnificent signs with ... July 27, 2022 Blog Newsletter
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Summer Vacation Unfortunately for us, we’ve got way too many irons in the fire to think taking a vacation. A couple of months ago we had thought about closing for a couple of weeks next month, but we’ve been speaking to interested buyers for one of the businesses and then there’s teaching a new student intern all about the art of casting Labstone and resin, packaging details and kits. All this is way more than a single student can manage each week so we’ll be add another student intern in a month of two. Finally, the *New* Doctor Ben’s Website is ...
July 20, 2022 Blog Newsletter
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Are You Having a HOT Summer? In case you have not noticed over the past few weeks we made the announcement efforts to keep up with a changing world, we are offering a sample of Doctor Ben's Weathering Stains and Solutions to active modelers/customers in exchange for their sharing their experience and thoughts So far the biggest issue mentioned is "The induction seals are a pain in the backside to get open!" We'll, it's either a great seal ...