ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: fcooke
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
[:D] I didn't know Darth Vader had a pet!
Oddly enough, even though I am retired, the wife and I and a couple of others started a hemp drying biz (hemp, not weed). So one of our biz partners was so tired of seeing biz cards at trade shows with the normal titles of CEO, CFO, etc that he suggested we give ourselves Star War names. I am the negotiator so my card reads Darth Vader. And I have 5 dogs! So there you go.
Did they give you the Darth Vader title because of heavy breathing and a short temper? Did your Emperor have wrinkles?
My dad (an ex-navy man) had both hemp and sisal ropes in the basement that we kids used in a lot of our play - like tying the "bad guys" to a post when we played cops and robbers. Never forget the smell of hemp. I think it was also used to make burlap sacks? What do you do with your dried hemp?
While I do have heavy breathing and sometimes a short temper, it was more about being merciless in negotiations. We just dry the hemp and give it back to the farmers, but many of them are looking for a more 'full service' product. Most of it eventually gets turned into CBD oil, tinctures, etc. But it is the Wild West in terms of regulations, people of questionable reputations etc. We might eventually invest in being able to produce CBD oil but in the current environment we are in a bit of capital preservation mode. Has been an interesting learning experience though. And I like to learn.
It is odd how hemp got regulated out of commerce years ago when it makes some of the best ropes. There's also a product called hempcrete. Basically cinder block shaped things that weigh almost nothing but you can use to face your basement, etc. Made from the stems of the plant.
; Julia Child
