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Gratitude<\/a> – patience is a virtue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Assumptions are dangerous.” “Times change.” Both are favorite sayings of a professor I once knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just assumed the great glass shop down the road would still be there waiting to make glass for me. I printed out my plans and drove down. The shop was closed, and by the looks of the peeling paint had been for awhile. Best I can surmise, the owner retired. So… I drove around to a few other shops I knew of around here; closed, closed, closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The glass I want is custom cut, circular at the top, rounded bottom corners, and the piece for the door has beveled edges. See that nice 1 inch bevel? The store I used to frequent could do almost anything, and I assumed (there’s that word again) that other glass shops could also do the same sorts of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like so many other businesses, the local shops are disappearing. OK, online it is. After all, I’m a web geek! Oughta be able to find what I want. Bzzzzzzzzzzt! Dozens and dozens of searches for custom cut glass, for beveled glass, for “glass & mirror” (not auto glass) resulted in 8 places that seemed feasible. The one with the most advertising money [their ads started immediately appearing on almost all web pages] had a simple 3 word answer “can’t do it.” Three others didn’t answer at all. The rest said things like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n