What a terrible flaw. Wish I had been born with the same flaw.
Leo
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Ray <danray@bluegrass.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, October 24, 1998 2:27 PM
Subject: Venting for Charity
>I went to the Ace Hardware today to find a replacement screw for my floppy
>side mirror.
>I unscrewed the mirror and took it in with me to find the right fit. As the
>guy was looking at it, the mirror part slipped off the shaft and CRASH....
>Now, this guy is a good dude and is very helpful, and my military training
>is such that I don't sweat the small stuff, EVER...(that is saved for when
>bullets are flying around).
>I told the dude that it cost me 15 bucks to replace the other one, and he
>said he was thinking more like $100, cuz I'd driven up in the B. I waited
>for him to offer. The offer never came, and I figured I probably make 4
>times what this guy does, so screw it. I told him it could have been me, we
>found the right screws, and I walked out, feeling miffed but realizing I
had
>saved this guy his Saturday night of partying...:)
>Moral of the story: Don't let people handle your breakable LBC stuff in a
>hardware store. If this happens to you, "take the long way home" in your
LBC
>and it'll be ok.
>Thanks for letting me vent. The SO would holler at me that I'm just too
nice
>to people. Terrible personality flaw, I know.
>
>Dan
>73 B
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