I'm not ready to make nice...(long)

[type53 at gmail.com (Drew Mac)]

On 3/16/07, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> So the sum of that was that I asked for a price on an item, showed the guys
> with the wrenches what I wanted, and got that item at the price quoted. Why
> in the hell the attitude? I really thought he'd have felt better if he
> could just hit me. And I do fights as a weekly part of my job (I work in a
> rough school), I'm a pretty good judge of aggression by now. I did nothing
> to provoke the attitude, of that I'm sure. Except maybe being born with
> that one hunk of a chromosome that was a wee bit too long to suit him.


A long time ago, when I used to go to wreckers for parts, I discovered
that they have a very unique and single purpose view of the automotive
parts world.  They could tell you if a Ford Fairmont oil pan would fit
a Mercury Zephyr, because they've sold hundreds to Zephyr owners, but
they couldn't tell you if a Mercury Zephyr pan would fit a Ford
Fairmont, because Fairmont owners don't buy their parts at a wrecking
yard.

I don't go to the wreckers anymore for parts.

And in the end, Cathy, all that really matters is that you came away
with the prize!  (and you didn't lose your head in the process... <-
obligatory Highlander reference)

Drew

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