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  • Skylighter's closing, hope Harry found a successor

    From docsuds@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 16 07:05:53 2017
    Harry Gilliam's wanted to get out of the biz for about 3 yrs. now, and has announced closing. For our sake, I hope he found a buyer, because nobody's had anything like the selection he's had of materials.

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  • From The best news in machining@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 16 22:49:01 2017
    Harry Gilliam's wanted to get out of the biz for about 3 yrs. now, and
    has announced closing. For our sake, I hope he found a buyer, because nobody's had anything like the selection he's had of materials.


    It's my understanding that he has not found a buyer, and has finally
    decided to just taper it down and out.

    He's even older than me, and I cannot even _imagine_ dealing with that 'velocity' of business every day. There are more corks floating in that
    water than anyone can keep under!

    This won't be the last we see of Harry. He loves fireworks and
    fireworkers. This is just the ending of an 'era'; one he sustained
    admirably.

    Lloyd

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  • From Spinal Injury@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 20 18:15:35 2017
    On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:49:01 +0000 (UTC), The best news in machining <noneofme@google.com> offered up this jewel:

    Harry Gilliam's wanted to get out of the biz for about 3 yrs. now, and
    has announced closing. For our sake, I hope he found a buyer, because
    nobody's had anything like the selection he's had of materials.


    It's my understanding that he has not found a buyer, and has finally
    decided to just taper it down and out.

    He's even older than me, and I cannot even _imagine_ dealing with that >'velocity' of business every day. There are more corks floating in that >water than anyone can keep under!

    This won't be the last we see of Harry. He loves fireworks and
    fireworkers. This is just the ending of an 'era'; one he sustained >admirably.

    Lloyd

    I agree, Harry's not going away. I hope to see more of him at the
    MAPAG shoots, now that he is 'retired'. He only lives about an hour's
    drive from that shoot site, so no excuse for him not to show up <G>

    -Bob-

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  • From docsuds@gmail.com@21:1/5 to The best news in machining on Sun Sep 3 14:03:19 2017
    On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 6:49:05 PM UTC-4, The best news in machining wrote:

    Harry Gilliam's wanted to get out of the biz for about 3 yrs. now, and
    has announced closing. For our sake, I hope he found a buyer, because nobody's had anything like the selection he's had of materials.


    It's my understanding that he has not found a buyer, and has finally
    decided to just taper it down and out.

    He's even older than me, and I cannot even _imagine_ dealing with that 'velocity' of business every day. There are more corks floating in that water than anyone can keep under!

    But he's going down like the businessman he is. I thought he'd keep the 75% off sale going until he could sweep the warehouse clean, but no! So I paid full price for a couple items by the time I knew my living expenses would be good for a while.

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  • From roberteharrison61@gmail.com@21:1/5 to rob...@bestweb.net on Fri Sep 29 18:26:28 2017
    On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 10:05:58 AM UTC-4, rob...@bestweb.net wrote:
    Harry Gilliam's wanted to get out of the biz for about 3 yrs. now, and has announced closing. For our sake, I hope he found a buyer, because nobody's had anything like the selection he's had of materials.

    Been buying from him for 20+ years I bet. Anyone where were going to get our hobby chems from?

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  • From smellystinkbug@gmail.com@21:1/5 to rob...@bestweb.net on Wed Oct 4 19:36:15 2017
    On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 10:05:58 AM UTC-4, rob...@bestweb.net wrote:
    Harry Gilliam's wanted to get out of the biz for about 3 yrs. now, and has announced closing. For our sake, I hope he found a buyer, because nobody's had anything like the selection he's had of materials.

    He had the best collection of pyro books to be found anywhere if at all. I will miss that.

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