[fabsroman]

I could have told you that an O/U is absolutely no good in a pit blind. I used one once in a pit blind and that is what made me start using my BPS for waterfowling, until I figured out I couldn't hit anything with the second and third shots, and that is what made me buy the SBE 10 years ago. God, it is hard to believe that the SBE is 10 years old and that I haven't bought any new guns for almost 5 years now. Man, I'm slacking.

I had a granite contractor as a client that tried to beat everybody's price. He just didn't understand that sometimes, you just need to let certain jobs go. He isn't doing too well nowadays and I let him go a little over a year ago Christmas of 2006.

I thoroughly understand that sometimes I need to let certain clients go. Sometimes, they just aren't worth the headache. I am at the point right now where I let them go if they pay late or if my rear end puckers up while I am driving to meet them. All of this reminds me that I need to draft a letter to a client to tell them they need to get a new tax preparer. I've been doing their returns for 3 years now, and I make about $150 from them each year. It is a very simple return. Of course, they think they can deduct everything, and they argue with me about it every time, and we argue about the same things every year. They scheduled an appointment with me right before the end of the year for some tax planning advice, and my $150 invoice is still outstanding. If they weren't a friend of mine's in-laws, they would have been gone a long time ago, but I have finally had it with them this year.

Pick good clients and you will stay in business for quite a while.