You'll be close to the Smokies. If you want a view take the short
hike up to Clingman's Dome (asphalt path). You'll see lots of dead
pine trees, destroyed by the Southern Pine beetle. There's a
Black-and-Decker Outlet store in Gatlinburg, where they sell
reconditioned tools. Tennessee has the highest state sales tax in the
nation.
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:14:28 -0400, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Got a bidness trip to the area starting on Sunday.
>
>They told me it was near Dollywood.
>
>I asked if I could get room 44-DD.
>
>So far, no response.
>
>(sigh)
>
>
>Regards, Tom Watson
>Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
>tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1
In article <[email protected]>, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
>Got a bidness trip to the area starting on Sunday.
>
>They told me it was near Dollywood.
>
Just down the road form Dollywood is Arrowmont---- http://www.arrowmont.org/
This would be well worth a side trip.
Stuart Johnson
Red Oak, Texas
My sister lives near Knoxville, and she knows a guy who works at a
piano factory in that area. I've never seen a piano factory, but if
they have tours, it would seem that that would be a worthwhile side
trip.
I'll post the particulars tonight (after I find them out from my sis).
-Phil Crow
P.S. They use walnut in those pianos, and anything that's not, uh,
whatever the highest grade of lumber is, they throw away (or give to
employees). Talk about dumpster diving, huh?
Phil Crow writes:
>P.S. They use walnut in those pianos, and anything that's not, uh,
>whatever the highest grade of lumber is, they throw away (or give to
>employees). Talk about dumpster diving, huh?
Doesn't it kill ya? You'd be head first in that dumpster daily if you were
lucky.
I've seen chair frame manufacturers who would dump a pick-up load of cut-offs
onto anyone's P-U for a munificent 6 bucks. But that was years ago. Now, they
grind up all that mahogany, cherry, walnut, poplar, oak and other junk wood
and...pelletize and heat the factory.
It really, really hurts.
Charlie Self
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance
of being right." Thomas Paine
Lonnie Bird has a school/shop in Dandridge .. .. just a short trip
from Knoxville/Pigeon Forge.
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:14:28 -0400, Tom Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Got a bidness trip to the area starting on Sunday.
>
>They told me it was near Dollywood.
>
>I asked if I could get room 44-DD.
>
>So far, no response.
>
>(sigh)
>
>
>Regards, Tom Watson
>Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
>tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
>http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1