WE LOVE OUR F*O*O*Fs!

What’s a F*O*O*F? It’s someone we can’t live without. Someone who likes what we do, who believes in what we do, who brings the concept of “community” to life. Someone who, out of sheer devotion, friendship, goodwill, and perhaps even a little boredom, volunteers to do whatever he or she can to help make The Ol’ Factory a special place. Someone whose talent and heart is why we do this in this first place. The Ol’ Factory, like Morgan’s Coffee & Tea before it, is first and foremost a gathering place for the community. And that community often goes out of its collective way to help us succeed.

If nothing else, F*O*O*Fs tell their friends about the Ol’ Factory.

F*O*O*Fs know who they are. A F*O*O*F looks like any other normal human being, and yet one F*O*O*F can recognize another F*O*O*F when they pass on the street. We’re not sure how, really. They have no special language, dress normally, and generally smell pretty good. Their feet are of normal size, they like a variety of foods, and have all sorts of different hair styles. However, it has been rumored that actual card-carrying F*O*O*Fs do have secret handshakes. F*O*O*Fs know they’re special, but unlike, say, Scientologists, they aren’t a bunch of nutjobs. Being a F*O*O*F isn’t the same as being part of a cult.

So, what is a F*O*O*F? A Friend Of the Ol Factory.

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A short list of F*O*O*Fs (we cannot thank them enough):

Suzka Super FooF
Manny Espinoza

Ken Wright
Craig & Lynn
Plasha Will
Kira Gray (”Aunt Lucy”)
Anna Weisjahn
Russ Ingersol
Nick Sasson
Eleen Auvil
George Brinsmead
Lynn Iwamoto
Bobby Frasier
Susan & Melvin Gorelick
Aparna Sreenivasan
Steven MacDonald
Nancy Raven
Debra & Jerry Blackwelder
Ed Leeper
Darby Moss Worth
“Stephanie from Florida”
The Koehne Family
Dwight & Chrystal Smith
Mat DeCristo
Annette Kuhnert
Melinda Collis
Alex Eisner
Scott Negri (Scott’s Plumbing)

And for pure moral support, friendship, spreading the word, and a helping hand:

Adam Clarke (where the hell would we be without this man?)
Gary Ray (a “ray” of support)
Traci Townsend (Holy Cow! Where did this gal come from? And what took so long?)
Karl Dobbratz (a long time “F*O*O*F”)
M.M. at MCH (can’t tell ya)
Blu (rhymes with “brew”) Whelan
Kerry (doesn’t rhyme with “wine”) Winslow
Walter Keintzel (like Karl, another “lifer”)
Gilbert (a “lifer” in training)
Adam T-G (following us around for years)
Paul (”Take my Wii…please“)

There are so many others, and we’ll get to them soon…