What was I thinking?

[wahoo]

Chubbles thread about blowing outside got me thinking of the days when I first started and all the interesting places I found myself setting up shop. I had a school bus that I lived in and would blow at campgrounds in between shows, at shows, and once at a a family compound outside of Rockford, IL where the Father was Jim Wiggins ( a comedian who was actually on last comic standing years after I met him), the son was a local republican politician (who would come to the bus early in the morning and wake us up with juice) (he owned the place) and the daughter, ( the hippie chick who brought us there, she was a sweatheart).
I also set up at my dad's Garage in Wilmington, NC in august. Hot as fuck.
But the worst experiance was; after the bus my wife and I were on tour in a van and got a hotel to for a few days, to make a long story short, I set up right by the sink trying to use the bathroom fan for exhaust!!!! I made one piece and was sick, literally sick, and had a a nasty headache.

So I thought it would be fun if ya'll shared some similar "what the fuck was I thinking stories"

I know this is getting long but I gotta add this; At the compound outside of Rockford they had an antique shop that they just opened. It was just about the 4th of july. Somehow, on the 4th, I ended up driving my school bus, With the whole family (Republican politician and all) down main street in a parade with a sign for the shop on the side. However, the sign didn't cover the mural of the skeleton sitting on the beach under the palm trees smoking a doob. The mural is about 6' by9'. classic.

[thejackstraw]

I set up shop in a storage unit for way too long, but you gotta do what you gotta do

[Gibsons Glassworks]

i setup in a rotting 5th wheel camper for the first 8 months of my progression... mmmm

[gotglass?]

I started outside for the first couple of months.... then once i was set up inside i bought a V tank 20Lb. of O2 and an adaptor for connecting my propane reg to a 1 Lb. camping cylinder... combine this with a mount to put my torch on a photo tripod, pack it all in a backpack with a satchel of vermiculite for a rustic kiln and you can go anywhere and blow glass.... my friend who got me started blowing glass thought i was crazy until we went into the woods and made something.....

[the0ther0ne]

A while back, my bro that I was blowin glass with here in NH got a new pad. Sweet spot, part of an old farm house. Well there was an old 7'x11' chicken shack in the yard. It was full of hella old chicken sh*t and had no floor. A couple of spots in the roof where it leaked. There was also a perfect window in it going lengthwise for the fan. So we had a project! We cleaned it like crazy with just about full bio gear on! Put in a new floor. That was a bitch... the next time it rained we re-routed the 2 leak spots in drains to the outside. We put in our half hexigon bench, toped it with hardy-backer. So get this... the 7'x11' chicken shack held 3 people torchin'!! Keep in mind its NH, and this was all built by Oct. for the winter. Heatin this thing was a bitch too! We wanted the most for our spot! not the best idea though! three peeps in that small of a spot was SILLY! 3 torches and the kerosiene heater = not good on the health!! Then you had the random people stoppin by to hang out... but, yea you gotta do what you gotta do! which make me wounder what all you use for heat?? I hate the Kerosiene heater!
peace all,
Dave