I got sent out for a sky hook and even found one. Turns out it was also a
trade name for a crane. They couldn't afford it.
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From Toby Atwater <Toby at intri-plex.com>
To: Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net (E-mail) <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: August 11, 2000 6:14 PM
Subject: RE: [Fwd: stebro exhaust question]
>Or the time my boss sent out one of the interns to the hardware store to
>fetch some "elbow grease". He was pretty mad when he got back from 3 or 4
>hardware stores after the last one he visited explained what it was. I
think
>he quit a few weeks later too. Too bad we can only imagine the chuckles of
>the hardware store clerks.
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>have fun...
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>Toby
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>The expression popular with me is "For that price it better have lips!"
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>I used that line once over the phone when quoted a high price for a bike
>fork rebuild kit. The kid on the other end of the phone said"Just a minu=
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>I'll check with the owner." Major laugh from the owner in the background.
>He and I are old friends and still laugh about the kid's naivet=E9.
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>Regards,
>Glen Byrns
>'59 bugeye
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