GEORGE ROBBINS aka FOAMIE GEORGE
I had been a Foamie Fun (www.foamiefun.com) customer buying foamies from George since 2005. He has always delivered a quality product that was always met with excitement by my friends and family members. So when my twin boys were born I immediately emailed George to make them some foamies. At that time he was very busy with his real job and said he was semi-retired from foamie making. He asked if I would be patient and let him make at his schedule he would still make me a couple for my boys. Well indeed he did just what he said, and this time he didn't even charge me. He made wonderful foamies that my boys have played with in the tub and at the pool since they were big enough to pick them up and have had a blast with them.
Now that my boys are 5 and I am starting to get a bit of free time, I felt the need to start contributing to the family income and contacted George about taking over the torch of Foamie making. George was very enthusiastic and has been a huge help in my undertaking. He has spent countless time with me answering hundreds of questions, and has helped me tremendously in my new venture saving me lots of time and money. He has been able to teach me lessons learned after many hundred hours of making foamies and really has foamie making down to an art form. Thanks George for all your help to make a product worth selling!
Now that my boys are 5 and I am starting to get a bit of free time, I felt the need to start contributing to the family income and contacted George about taking over the torch of Foamie making. George was very enthusiastic and has been a huge help in my undertaking. He has spent countless time with me answering hundreds of questions, and has helped me tremendously in my new venture saving me lots of time and money. He has been able to teach me lessons learned after many hundred hours of making foamies and really has foamie making down to an art form. Thanks George for all your help to make a product worth selling!
JAMES CORNETT
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James Cornett was my landlord for 6 years when we lived in Lenoir City and we quickly became friends. I had just bought a couple used duckies at the NOC GAF sale and invited James to join me on the Elbow to the Wye section of Little River. I will always remember his big smile that day which is probably why James has joined me on the water ever since. Working our way up through Class 3-4 we are often the only duckies out there running with the kayaks and open boaters. We eventually worked our way through solid Class 4 running Upper Ocoee, Lower Big Creek, Island Creek, Watauga, and even Ducky First Descents down Little Clear Creek. James has become a father figure to me teaching me about "all thing redneck" and otherwise. Whether I need help cutting down a tree, putting up a fence, or have a plumbing, or car problem he is always a help. Years ago he helped me build a bookcase for my record collection and has been a huge help to my business either finding or giving me trees to cut as well as lots of help planing lumber, etc.
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James tearing up Baby Falls
James helping me cut my first Butternut tree
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DAN KEITH
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I was introduced to Dan through fellow paddler Bart Harvey when I was looking for someone to make some roto-molding molds. When that proved not to be feasible, Dan helped me jump into the world of 3D printing. He has done all of the design work for all my boats as well as my new water display and helped me transform my business. He is a world of knowledge and typically keeps me on track. While I knew what I wanted my boats to look like, I lacked the CAD skills to turn that into a working model. Dan has a real love of design and has spent hundreds of hours helping me. While function is always job one, he is also very artful in accounting for feel, look, and form. He often, while solving any design issue, accounts for things I forgot to mention or didn’t even think of. He has a great ability to zoom into whatever is being focused on, while still maintaining a high altitude view of things. I’m lucky he is willing to help me out for a few s sheckles here and there. Some would have charged me six figures for all the work he has done for me. Dan has given me the gift of bringing my ideas to life, which I never would have accomplished by myself.
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