Thursday, August 30, 2007

When Free Is Not Enough

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“Bernie, this is Connie Goodcustomer.” “It’s nice to hear from you. Did your trip go okay?” “We had a problem with the Crown Vic. Not an...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Shadow and Substance

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“Look at this,” a medium height, dark haired woman in her forties ordered, as I greeted her at the big shop door when she walked in off the ...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Instant Gratification

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“Hello…helloooooooo…” a lady called out from the front of the shop as she held a small white dog on leash. I was in the middle of fastenin...
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Friday, August 10, 2007

CAD

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I saw this on the News Forum page and thought it would look good anywhere, even here. :) On to my blog subject. The guy drove in with a 1...
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Personable

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I’m sitting in my office paying bills, and a woman walks in from the street. She’s dressed in one of those ‘Little House On The Prairie’ dre...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Brother Paul

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My younger brother Paul and me long ago. This will be a too much information post today, so if it bothers anyone, now’s the time to bail ou...
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Friday, August 3, 2007

Late

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I looked up from the 1999 Plymouth Voyager I was working on, and saw a late nineties Ford Escort roll in the front door I recognized. It bel...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Near Miss

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“Hey, take a look at this,” a guy in his mid-thirties calls out as I’m coming out of my office. This guy looks like he was rode hard and p...
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Saturday, July 14, 2007

The Borrowers

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I have to relate Friday afternoon’s short interlude with another nemesis of the independent auto shop: the borrowers. My drunken stop-in on ...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Fresh Story From The Naked City :)

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“Hey… you screwed up my car!” The man didn’t say screwed, but I doubt we need another blog full of colorful language not vital to the story....