Covid-19 and how it affects us…

this coronavirus known as Covid-19 is serious business and has brought the world to it’s knees… what can anyone say other than Mother Nature rules and she will have her way if we do not respect her. while we are all are doing our best self quarantine, so as not to spread the virus, there are some silver linings along the way.

for me, i’ve been a one-man shop for the past several years and fortunately i am able to carry on day to day as i always have working in my shop, doing the work i have always done. hardly anyone stops by so i can actually get things done. everything pretty much arrives via UPS or US Mail and is shipped out pretty much the same way, so not a lot of personal human interaction there.

i’ve always been a freak about keeping my hands ultra-clean due to the nature of my work, and so i don’t end up with some clumsy finger print or dirt spot under the clear-coat of a perfectly good paint or powder coat job. so keeping my hands clean is not a new thing. in fact on average i wash my hands at least 20 times a day, hence my dried out sandpaper like hands during winter months.

i live with a pretty great woman who likes to hit the sack at 9, so we don’t go out much and there’s not a lot of person to person interaction or intermingling with people outside our normal circle or daily routine.

while the silver linings of solitude, and being able to focus a bit more than usual, it gets a bit lonely around the shop and i am concerned as im sure many of you are while we all watch from our computer screens to see what the latest casualties, spread, and sanctions of this deadly virus are. all while no one really knows how long this thing will last, the toll it will take, or if there will be a vaccine in the near or far off future. so all we can do is be patient while we sit tight and wait this thing out.

on February 29th, i thought i was gonna have this really fun “leap year sale” – something i don’t normally do, where id get to clear my shelve’s of some really awesome “new old stock”, offer some great deals on other “in-stock” items, maybe make some people real happy, and in the process put some coin in my pocket. to say the least it has been radio silent since week two of this month (March), and believe me i get it, especially after i watch informative videos, like the one im gonna share with you all below…

so for now, all i want to say is something i have always believed, that “what affects one – affects all”, and for the first time in all our lives we actually get to witness this on a global scale where life and death consequences are very real. hopefully we all will have done our due diligence of self-quarantine and avoided this terrible pandemic with minimal casualties or damage to our lives, both financially and physically. hopefully there will be a vaccine and a cure and it will pass swiftly as it came. in the meanwhile everyone be very careful and stay safe as you possibly can and if there is something you need from me know that i keep things pretty damn clean around my shop and im here for you.

my best to you all, my fellow human beings.

Chris Kelly – owner / founder

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