Allright, it's almost Chinese New Year and I have some new staff coming. Been doing a lot of thinking these past couple months about priorities and such. Another poster reported that he had been gone a year due to a bet with his wife and that he didn't die from withdrawls - SO I think I can do it as well.
I have a lot of things I want to get done and frankly my addiction to AZB is dragging me down. I don't why I have to see what all you people are saying all the time but I do. In any event I think that other than match updates the discussions are all pretty much the same. With that in mind there are plenty of folks here who can handle just about any question that comes up and the truth makes it way to the surface almost every time.
This is a great group here, lots of very smart and successful people mixed with a lot of passionate people. Sometimes it's turn-off when things get ugly and I am not proud of the times I have jumped in the fray with my keyboard swinging.
These are my goals for 2011.
1. Get my shop set up so that we are super efficient at taking orders and getting cases done.
2. Make several new lines of cases.
3. Create a new line of billiard accessories for Sterling Gaming.
4. Create a small training table that is to scale and works exactly like a full sized table.
5. Create a league here in Xiamen that can scale nationally in China.
6. Create a tournament series here with the ultimate goal of sending players to higher level events.
7. Create the Virtual Hall of Fame for Biliards and make it voter's choice.
8. Become the best player that I can be.
9. Travel and see more of China.
10. Last but not least at all - to spend more quality time with my wife and daughter.
I know that you all will be here when I get back. Karen will handle the business we do on AZ to include answering PMs and posting cases. She will do so from her account and mine until it's clear to everyone that she is the person to go to for anything JB Case related.
Anyone who really needs to talk to me can reach me through her or by emailing me at jb@jbideas.com or skype at jbideas. My other contact information is here www.jbcases.com/contact.html
My phone number will be given to anyone who needs it but because of the time difference I don't list it publicly to reduce the amount of 3am calls I get from people trying to sell me a subscription to dog poop digest.
I really can't express my gratitude to all of you for being such an awesome community. Most of you are truly angels on Earth. Thanks for putting up with me and I will see you next year when you can see how well I did with the goals I set above.
Best to all of you,
John Barton
P.S. Please don't respond to this thread. Honest to God I won't be reading it, I am not looking for attention or well wishes. I am just informing you of my plans, primarily for those who use this forum to ask me things.
Immediately after I post this I am banning AZ from my computer and making it virtually impossible to unban it - well essentially a real pain in the butt to do it. Karen will be clearing out my PM box and responding to any outstanding PMs.
I have a lot of things I want to get done and frankly my addiction to AZB is dragging me down. I don't why I have to see what all you people are saying all the time but I do. In any event I think that other than match updates the discussions are all pretty much the same. With that in mind there are plenty of folks here who can handle just about any question that comes up and the truth makes it way to the surface almost every time.
This is a great group here, lots of very smart and successful people mixed with a lot of passionate people. Sometimes it's turn-off when things get ugly and I am not proud of the times I have jumped in the fray with my keyboard swinging.
These are my goals for 2011.
1. Get my shop set up so that we are super efficient at taking orders and getting cases done.
2. Make several new lines of cases.
3. Create a new line of billiard accessories for Sterling Gaming.
4. Create a small training table that is to scale and works exactly like a full sized table.
5. Create a league here in Xiamen that can scale nationally in China.
6. Create a tournament series here with the ultimate goal of sending players to higher level events.
7. Create the Virtual Hall of Fame for Biliards and make it voter's choice.
8. Become the best player that I can be.
9. Travel and see more of China.
10. Last but not least at all - to spend more quality time with my wife and daughter.
I know that you all will be here when I get back. Karen will handle the business we do on AZ to include answering PMs and posting cases. She will do so from her account and mine until it's clear to everyone that she is the person to go to for anything JB Case related.
Anyone who really needs to talk to me can reach me through her or by emailing me at jb@jbideas.com or skype at jbideas. My other contact information is here www.jbcases.com/contact.html
My phone number will be given to anyone who needs it but because of the time difference I don't list it publicly to reduce the amount of 3am calls I get from people trying to sell me a subscription to dog poop digest.
I really can't express my gratitude to all of you for being such an awesome community. Most of you are truly angels on Earth. Thanks for putting up with me and I will see you next year when you can see how well I did with the goals I set above.
Best to all of you,
John Barton
P.S. Please don't respond to this thread. Honest to God I won't be reading it, I am not looking for attention or well wishes. I am just informing you of my plans, primarily for those who use this forum to ask me things.
Immediately after I post this I am banning AZ from my computer and making it virtually impossible to unban it - well essentially a real pain in the butt to do it. Karen will be clearing out my PM box and responding to any outstanding PMs.
