Out of The Woodwork

What in the world does that saying mean?  I don't know the origin of the phrase, but I know it means all manner of things you'd not expect to happen or appear.   We've gotten to a size where apparently we're having this happen.   I have someone who is managing solicitations for us.   He's pretty good because he can be friendly enough to say no rather quickly but shrewd enough to quote rates and be firm about what we're not committing to while they're taking all the risk—and paying us to do so. 

We have no plans on reneging on any commitments. Payment is required first, which doesn't seem to be a problem, and then they wait.   They mostly wait because I'm trying to do a good job and find the right thing to do or show for their product.   I really do want to do a good job for the companies.   That was my goal from the start: to connect people and filament.

We're going to talk in the next day or two to see how things are going, what new business we need to get started on, and what other development we need to do to add the next level of functionality to the website.   I'm going through the messages, and I'm seeing some interesting ones that are the woodwork kind. 

For instance, there is someone with a product idea they're trying to get patented.  He wants to know if he could work with us to create the product for his patent.    We don't design products for people.   At all.  Heck, I want to get some time to learn CAD design for our own purposes but Filament Stories and family and everything else, and there isn't enough time left in the day, so I learn a wee bit here and there.   

I hate to say no to someone, but this is a definite no.   Or, perhaps he's asked for more information so he can determine if it's work he wants to do?  That's been one nice thing about this arrangement:  there are things people are coming to us for that we don't do, but our producer does.   Some of these people just want help and don't know where to go.   There isn't a yellow pages for everything,   Or for anything anymore, really. 

We won't be designing and building a fingernail cleaning and polishing battery-operated mahoodledinky.  Hopefully, he can find someone who can help him.  I haven't the foggiest idea who to send him to.

The Big Boy Update:  My son's broken tooth in the front of his upper jaw broke again.  He looks so very odd with most of a front tooth missing.  He looks like another child.  He's going to get it fixed tomorrow.  Hopefully it'll stay this time. 

The Tiny Girl Chroicles:  My daughter has a raging ear ache, that is likely swimmer's ear.  We went to urgent care today and she now has drops, and in case it continues to get worse, oral antibiotics.   Her eardrum looks fine and she doesn't have any fluid behind it so there is no reason to treat it systemically now if it's just an outer ear canal infection.   Tomorrow we'll see if she needs the other medication.  It sounded like it was getting better thought.