spadblog

Well, moving is just way hard to get done. When you get your stuff to a new place, no matter how organized and systematic you thought you were, it turns out that you can't find anything. Add to that the fact that all your sources of material have to change as well, and you have a prescription for confusion.

Since SPADflyer is now moved to a beautiful location just outside of Elk Horn, Iowa, you would think everything would get easier. Well who would have thought that cardboard for shipping boxes is going to be a problem. It seems that, unlike Yakima, no one has a need for slip sheets in this neck of the woods. In tree fuit country it is as common as flies because evey fruit packing warehouse has to use it. In corn and soybean country there is no convenient source for the material because----you guessed it---no one has a need for it. Therefore I must drive an hour to either Omaha or Des Moines in order to get the needed cardboard fix. While I have the solution to the problem, the prices for the much needed cardboard is in proportion to the rarity of it. I am experiencing sticker shock.

The latest wrinkle in the adventure is the needed change in the registrar for our website. We may be down for a few days while we get this last detail changed. After that things should be smooth sailing. At least until I discover the next wrinkle in the system.

The good news is that I have a good source for 2mm coroplast, and am thinking about a new wing design for the much rumored but as yet never seen symmetrical wing. Stay tuned. The adventures have only just begun