How very odd and cool

Just got off the phone with a friend I've not spoken to in 40 years. We were soul mates in 1972. I went off hitchhiking to New Orleans. He went to college. The lives lead have wandered all over kingdom come. We read books and talked poetry and adventured. I sat in coffeehouses and tried picking up girls while he performed on guitar. We went off to his family's roots area to collect folklore and his cousin had a crush on me, but she was only 14 or something. We were both friends with a married couple that lived in those old married student trailers and that's a story that could be written down some day.
We read books

  They all thought I was Jude. I forget who was supposed to be Narcissus and who was supposed to be Goldmund. We talked about canoeing down the Mississppi (or at least I did) Bob helped me to figure out the chords to the only song I ever learned to play on that first plastic banjo that I carried off to New Orleans later. (In this incarnation of my life, I went back to that song when I could figure out the chords by myself)
It was just the same. He told me it was too bad I didn't live around the corner so we could go for walks and talk like we used to.
We are still those two kids- very very cool.

New Video - The Old Man by Dan McNay

Rod

Just finished my friend, Rod's book of really great poetry. Author, movie-maker, photographer. He filmed my daughter's audition dvd for USC. I have all of his books autographed. Very cool book. Very accessible. Very brilliant writer (like all of us in the group that met in the bunker in the park so many light years ago that Bobbie ran)

WHERE TO GET THE BOOK

Lindsey's Response

Your forefather cant do anything, go and sleep ok

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Dan McNay <mcnay@mosis.com> wrote:
Here you go, girl:

http://dan-mcnay.blogspot.com/

Lindsey Richard excelshopping.consulting1998@gmail.com Lindsey Craft Supply

So, I posted up some of my digital print artwork that I have up on Redbubble to Pinterest, thinking maybe it might stir up some interest. I did get some repined action and earned some followers on my Pinterest account.

I get an email from Lindsey Richard. She owns a Craft retail firm in the Philippines. She wants to buy 76 pieces - 12 each of 6 different prints. Well, nothing ventured nothing gained. I look around and finally get a quote to pass back to her. Finding a quote was an interesting endeavor in itself, one lady after receiving the information sends me back a quote for half of a frame. Redbubble isn't interested. A couple of others don't respond. I finally find a really professional guy who gives me a quote:

Fred Goldstein Castelli Art Framing 6056 Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90016 310-204-6830 (office) 310-666-4190 (cell)- Good guy, if you ever need anything like this.

So I send her back a quote $13,000.00. She balks, says her daily limit on her credit card can't do that. She wants to pay by Credit Card.

I write back and say I have to be paid by Cashier's Check or no go. I give her a new quote for 18 pieces at $3,300.00. Or I can sell her the prints by themselves and she can frame them there, saves oodles on freight.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

On 11/6/2013 10:00 AM, Lindsey Richard wrote:

Dear Dan,

   Thanks for the update, I will want you to add additional $987 for the freight company plus $70  for  transfer fees to the shipping agent.

So I will be sending payment of $4357.

Kindly get back with if you can process the payment now.

You can set up an Account with Square. its very easy to accept credit card.

Square: Accept credit cards with your iPhone, Android or iPad

https://squareup.com/

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Dan McNay <mcnay@mosis.com> wrote:
Lindsey,

I'm sorry, but I need a cashier's check. I also need the shipping information: address etc. for confirmation of the freight cost.

Thanks

Dan

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

On 11/6/2013 11:01 AM, Lindsey Richard wrote:

Hello,

   I can only pay via my credit card account.

Regards

Lindsey

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Dan McNay <mcnay@mosis.com> wrote:
Lindsey,

If you are experienced retailer, you can understand my request. I have no relationship with you, no credit information, I don't even have an address.  If you are interested in continuing on with this deal, please provide me with the freight address so I can confirm the cost and send me the cashier's check. Other wise, I'm not interested.

Dan

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I get another long email about what I need to do and she will send me her Credit Card information.

So I Google her. She's been scamming people for a while, folks take her Credit Card, they ship and then the card is later declined or reversed because of lack of available credit or its a stolen card.

I sent her this:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Dan McNay <mcnay@mosis.com> wrote:
Lindsey,

All these folks say you owe them money.

http://bunchoffun.com/html/rubber_stamp_scammers_list.html

http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/internet-scam-artists-ordering-handmade-items-beware/

http://user.xmission.com/~daina/autoscamlist/sinfo_0000552.html

Is that true?

Dan McNay

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
She replies:

Not me, may be someone is using our name




I told her I was posting this up with her name on it and asked if she wanted to send me a picture to post with it. Haven't heard from her

Instructions

Comment on my last dive experience: 

"Don't ever let me catch you performing at a dive like this again - ever. You know by now what the best locations/demographics are for your music, so please market the heck out of those places."

Yes, 'sir or madam.'

Thanks

I needed to hear that. See you at a festival soon, I hope.
Actually, I'm beginning to work it up for Dec-Jan. I have a whole list of local festivals that book in January for the new year. I just got to put the best I got out there and hope for the best.

I'm reminding myself of what I started to do 40 years ago. Do it the best way you know how for you. I spent 20 years trying to write the seemless paragraph. Now it maybe the time to do that with music.

San Clemente Art Fair

It was a great day! I moved twice which was cool, got to play to three different groups of vendors and customers. Tips were good. AND random people telling how much they enjoyed what I was doing. Meet a couple of banjo players. 9:30 to 4 actually with breaks, and lunch. How long is that? The only problem was about 2:30 when my left hand began cramping up badly. One the banjo players I met said he took lessons from Pat Cloud. He was telling me stories and how Cloud used to say that his problems could just be easily fixed by four hours of practice.

How odd to be so welcomed here!