[Shotimes] Re: AutoZone

[MonsieurBoo@aol.com]

RonP:  "I have a NAPA nearby (Dave Pillsbury's favorite shop here  in 
Oxford), plus there is an Autolite parts store nearby.....a typical,  old-school 
grimey shop that has oddball stuff I need, like the drain plug for my  '99 AX4N 
tranny pan, oil pan drain plugs (std & magnetic), and bins of  metric 
bolts/nuts/washers."
 
I love those greasy old places.  After moving to DC from Hawaii where  
everyone works on their cars out in front of the house, I have a theory that the  
higher the average annual income of the community, the crappier the auto parts  
places will be.  The ones in this county all have 20 kinds of carnauba wax  
and a window full of spinner rims.  Asking about, oh let's say, Grade  8 bolts 
is only good for a blank stare from the counterdude.  They are  clueless if it 
doesn't have a part number in the computer.  I gotta go  over to the low-rent 
county next door to find anything close to a real parts  shop staffed by 
people who actually know something about 'em, thankya  kindly.  It's like a breath 
of fresh air to go in there.
 
Mark LaBarre
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