ABOUT THIRTEEN YEARS AGO I BECAME TIRED OF STEPPING ON LEGO PIECES BAREFOOT AND DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  I DECIDED TO BUILD A GAME TABLE THAT  COULD TAKE THE PUNISHMENT MY BOYS AND THE NEIGBORHOOD KIDS WOULD SURELY  BESTOW UPON IT, YOU COULD STORE THE TOYS AND PIECES INSIDE INSTEAD OF ON THE FLOOR, PREFERABLY WITH A LID THAT OPENED. "TUFF TABLES" WERE BORN  (WE CALLED IT A LEGO TABLE BACK THEN)  IN 1997 IN MY GARAGE,  I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL HOBBY / GAME TABLE IN MY SHOP.  I USE IT AS A "TUFFBENCH" NOW. TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD HOLD UP  I TOLD MY TWO SONS TO COME OUT TO THE GARAGE AND THEY GOT INSIDE THE TABLE I WAS ALREADY INSIDE WE JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND THE TABLE DIDN'T EVEN SHAKE. THAT WAS  ENOUGH TO PASS MY TEST, I TEND TO  "OVERBUILD"............  EVERYTHING I MAKE,  FROM MY BACK DECK  (2X6 FOR DECKING)  TO THE FRONT DOOR OF MY HOUSE (PICTURES ARE ON MY CLOSETFURNITURE.US WEBSITE) AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN. "TUFF TABLES" WERE CUSTOM DESIGNED AS HEIRLOOM FURNITURE TO LAST A LIFETIME AND BE PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS TO ENJOY AND ARE AVAILABLE WITH DIFFERENT TOPS FOR MANY USES. "TUFFTABLES" ARE 100% AMERICAN FURNITURE MADE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH ONLY AMERICAN MADE PARTS (I ONLY USE LOCAL VENDORS)  BUILT OUT OF WOOD BY  HAND,  EVERY ONE.  AS I WAS GOING THROUGH OLD RECORDS (I MEAN CLEANING OUT MY FILE CABINET) I FOUND A BILL FOR THE SALE OF A "TUFFTABLE" ON  OCTOBER 17, 2004.  THAT'S WHEN I FIRST STARTED CALLING THEM  "TUFFTABLES"  NOT LEGO TABLES I NEVER SOLD ONE AS A LEGO TABLE THAT'S JUST WHAT I TOLD THE KID'S THEY WERE.  THAT TABLE WAS GIVEN AS A GIFT ON CHRISTMAS 2004 BY HIS PARENTS TO MY NEPHEW GIORGI, THAT WAS THE FIRST PROTOTYPE OF THE SECOND DESIGN,  FOR THE NEXT THREE AND A HALF YEARS I PERFECTED THE DESIGN AND MADE APPROXIMATELY 25 CHANGES AND 6 MORE PROTOTYPES, ALL GIVEN OR SOLD TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO TEST, ABUSE AND BEAT ON. WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR LATEST GAME TABLE  DESIGN. IT WAS NOT UNTIL JAN. 2008 THAT I STARTED MY WEBSITE AND NOT TILL MAY 5 2008 THAT I FORMED MY AMERICAN MADE  COMPANY.  "TUFFTABLES" LLC /A  CLOSET FURNITURE CO. SO FAR SO GOOD.

  5% OF OUR PROFITS ARE TAKEN IN CASH TO THE SUPERMARKET OR WHOLESALE GROCER AND I BUY FOOD AND DELIVER IT TO A NEEDY FOOD PANTRY ON A MONTHLY BASIS SOMETIMES I JUST DONATE TO A WORTHY CAUSE THAT I KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. I DO NOT DONATE MONEY GENERALLY BECAUSE USUALLY 65% OF THAT GOES TO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. I WOULD RATHER SEE 100% GO WERE IT IS NEEDED .  I AM NOT A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION NOR DO I PRETEND TO BE AND I AM NEVER GOING TO ASK FOR A DONATION NOR WILL I ACCEPT ONE, I DO THIS ALL ON MY OWN. I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BEHIND ON  UPDATING THIS ONE AS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY FOR ME TO DO ALLTHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE,  I WILL DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE.

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