John,
Though I was roused from a deep slumber to read this, I was still quite
amused.... ;)
If only there was such a great solution for telephone solicitations...
Scott
> Bill Pugh wrote:
> ...of course being wakened from a sound sleep by the call may have had
some
> bearing on his demeanor...
>
> Very likely. Someone (who AFAIK) is not on this list rang me a few weeks
ago
> with an 'originality' question on the width of narrow band whitewall tyres
> on his Spitfire and did I know the wheel section offset. By all accounts,
it
> was a spur of the moment call as he said "I'm just leaving the office to
go
> home."
> I must have sounded confused and when he enquired if I was alright, I
> apologised for not seeming too alert and politely pointed out that I'm not
> usually at my best at 03.30.
> "Oh, did I wake you?" followed by an indulgent chuckle.
> "In a word, Yes."
> "Gee that's strange. They won't have gone to bed yet in New York - and
> that's four hours ahead of where I am."
> No apology _at_all and he went on and on and on.
> So I took his number and promised to call him back - which I did.
> "Sorry to bother you, but I'm just going down to the pub for my lunchtime
> pint and it's taken all morning to get answers to your questions.
Whitewalls
> were about an inch and a half. Dunlop and Goodyears were slightly
> different."
> "^$#"*&^() what the #"!%^&!!!!!!!. Do you know what time it is?
> "Er, Yes. It's about a quarter to one here."
> "Perhaps it is buddy - but it's four o'clock in the #$%^&* morning
> here!!!!!!!!!"
> "Oh, did I wake you? It's lunchtime here and mainland Europe's only an
hour
> ahead of British Summer Time."
> Isn't human nature a strange thing?
> In the spirit of helping out a fellow enthusiast, you do your best to get
> the required info, make a transatlantic call at your own cost and at peak
> rates - only to get called an Asshole for your trouble.
>
> Jonmac
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