Lawyerly threats

First the bad news. Today we had two disasters. It's to-be-determined how serious they are. First, one of our machines broke down in a big way. After several hours of repair work, the machine is still in the process of disassembly. The fact that it was built in 1948 might have some link to the problem (no offense intented to my more elderly readers).

Second, the lawyer letter. We entered into an agreement just 10 days ago but immediately had reservations about the whole deal. Today we received a very long letter from an attorney telling us how we're already violating the agreement and we can't get out of it for a year. Our attorney is now working on it. I'm sure we'll find a solution but it's a stinky situation right now.

On the upside, yesterday's publication of the very favorable article in Consumer Reports has directed perhaps hundreds of people to our website and that has led more than a dozen to place an order on Amazon. In one day we've roughly doubled the total number of orders shipped from our Amazon store.

We also had a new potential employee start today (on a probationary consulting basis). We need a lot of help in her area of expertise so I think she may end up making a great contribution to the team.