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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

I hated the woven plastic kind when I was in FL.... most of the time not much 
wind, but the weight of rain would rip them,,, and if it wasn 't a rip from 
rain, it was sun rot causing them to disintegrate.  I finally broke down and 
bought 2 of the really good rubber kind from Northern Tools.  7 years later 
they were still working except for one rip caused by a small hurricane 
somehow.  
 
There seems to be no more "service" in the phrase "customer service" at so 
many places,,,,, and so much non-thinking going on by employees.
 
I was pleasantly surprised yesterday.  I'm doing body work and priming and 
painting my old rusty truck myself.  I had ordered some parts last week from 
a non-chain type parts store.  In casual conversation they learned I was 
unemployed.  Yesterday when I went to pick up the parts, they were 
considerably less expensive that the quote --- they felt bad that I was 
unemployed and gave me the price a body shop would have paid.  It's good to 
know there are still people out there that can do this from time to time.
 
 
Last year we bought 6 tarps for those "carports"  things Costco and the 
other big boxes sell.  .........
Now, I'm really pissed! <g>  So, I call the manager's boss.  Guess who is 
shipping the 6 tarps to arrive tomorrow or Wednesday!

I rarely wish for riches but I sure wish I could afford to buy real tarps or 
enough wood to put a shed row over the goofy carports!

Lynda


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I remember being in Englad in the early 80's during that recession. Three 
things struck me strong enough that I they still come to mind from time to 
time.

One was a huge billboard going into London with the latest unemployment 
figures. I remember it was over 1 million and that was for London alone. 

The second is that there generally 3 prices posted for things like theatres 
and sporting events
1 - adults
2 - youth
3 - unemployed.

The third was the men's washroom sign at Stonehenge. I even took a picture 
of it - how to say 'men' in 33 languages.

Gil

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On Oct 14, 2009, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote: 

 they felt bad that I was unemployed 

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