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I think the bottom line is that Barrie was always prepared to do frames and frame repair work and never charged what his monopoly skills were worth because he was an understated kind of guy-Tony comes along and basically offers a lifeline to an aging business but at the same time is hopelessly out of step with the realities of a small cottage industry type operation-the result is what's happened-i think it was inevitable really because there was no one to replace what Barrie does-except in Tony's fevered grandiose brain.