Gary--

You wrote:

> John,
> I read Mike's post also and while it was
> good I think what he says applies mostly to
> people who would hire others to do the work
> for you on a sub-contract type basis.
> What Don suggested as far as I could tell is
> for a lone man operation doing a few decks
> per week and turning a good profit.

No, go back and read Don's original post. You don't honestly think he'd ever go do the work himself, do you? He wrote he would hire (like "McDonalds") people to do the actual work.

See, I have trouble starting a lawn mower. If I could pay guys who know deck work but who don't have the incentive to be the "brains of the operation", that's the way I would want to work it.

But all the rigamarole that goes with it, like Boyd alluded to, is a real spanner in the works! But maybe not...we'll see...

Thanks for your words. And thanks, Dien, for your encouragement as well.

John