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Re: Clutch Masters

To: Anthony Tabacco <tony@atarchitects.com>
Subject: Re: Clutch Masters
From: james creasy <jcreasy@perforce.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:52:25 -0800
ok, ive updated my rolodex to show Clutchmasters: (510) 522-2202.

thanks tony,

james
OSP - Open Season: Pylons

Anthony Tabacco wrote:

> Ok I'm sorry in advance for this post having marginal autox content 
> but does anyone have a CURRENT number for Clutch Masters in Alameda or 
> maybe Oakland? Hint: It is NOT (510) 522-2202. I recently picked that 
> number up for my Alameda office and starting every day at 12:03, I get 
> all of these calls, many verging on the truly pathetic. I don't how 
> many on this list are old enough to remember the Cheech and Chong 
> "Dave's not here" routine, but paraphrasing, it goes like this:
>
> "Hello, is this Clutchmasters?"
> "No, thats an old number. This is an architectural firm"
> "Well do you do clutches?"
> "No, I'm sorry, we don't. I don't have a forwarding number for them"
> "But could you tell me how much an '89 Civic clutch would cost?"
> "This is not Clutchmasters"
> "But you do clutches, right?"
> "We don't...."
>
> This can go on for several rounds. The truly gifted are even beginning 
> to copy my mobile number from the voice mail that very clearly 
> identifies my firm and call me in the field. I won't bore you with the 
> Labrador Rescue Service for lost or surplus dogs that my Orinda office 
> has been receiving more or less continuously for the past 8 years, but 
> if anyone here actually does know where Clutch Masters and their phone 
> are these days, I can do my bit to advance humanity's clutchless and 
> clueless.
>
> your autox buddy,
> Tony




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