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Re: Merc. Repair Issue
>you will be continuously be breathing the stuff. I think we should take a
survey
>of how many people on this list do merc. repairs either on a regular basis or a
>once in a while exception.
Quite guilty in my early days - had to try to make a living.
Have to admit that I'm forced to on occassion in-shop on my own work -
usually the merc is "fresh" which I suppose makes a little difference.
I absolutely stopped making merc repairs to the public over 5 years ago and
it is a liberating experience. You simply say "no." (Nancy Reagan was right!).
I can certainly sympathize with those who work for cheapo a-holes.
Eventually you will be elsewhere. But the issue should be brought up - both
from a health point of view and from an equipment and therefore product
quality point of view if not from the eventuality of it being a legal
environmental issue. (It's just a matter of time folks.) And the issue
should just keep getting brought up until the boss eventually sees he can
now tell his client that a repair is going to be more expensive. (Like, duh,
I can make more money).
It's rough if you can't afford to start your own business - but who knows,
there may be another sign shop somewhere that has an intelligent and
reasonable owner eager to be in the neon market and who wouldn't mind
capitalizing a neon shop up on premises.
Anyway my 2cts on Hg. I'm waiting for either a chemical equivalent or some
way to selectively stimulate and amplify the UV that argon already produces
Kenny
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