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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Mother Nature? Could you PLEASE Make Up Your MIND!?

So, yesterday I came in and had to turn on the AC, which, of course, immediately froze over, forcing me to shut her down and open up doors, inviting in heat and humidity.  This of course inspired the clouds to open up and grace us with rain.  Apparently somewhere behind it loomed a nasty cold front as this morning we awoke to cold rain!  Adding insult to injury, I had completely forgot to finish my laundry (by finish I mean I brought it to the laundry room but forgot to put it in the machine).  This of course led to a Daddy temper tantrum this morning, but in the end I had to come to work in shorts.  Yay! for organization!  That of course didn't help the current atmosphere around the house.  February is not exactly a good time of the year for us.  Can't explain why, but for some reason both Angi and I get a tad bit, disgruntled.  And who are we going to vent our frustrations on?  Yea.  So take Irish temper, mix it with French arrogance, sprinkle a little German aggression and a dab of  Polish ignorance and shake it all together and pour into two fire signs. then step back and watch the explosive mix!  OY!  In a nutshell, we are both being pretty FREAKIN' STUPID!
See, most folks, when they see us together, don't always get us. She is class. Plain and simple.  She carries herself with confidence and purpose, poise and elegance.  She can make anything look good, and takes command of any social interaction with grace and ease.  Me?  Well my nickname, Scruffy about sums it up.  The thing is, that her best attribute can, at times, be her detriment.  Fire.  Fire can warm you, serve to fuel your needs, but if it gets too intense, it will scorch you.  Unfortunately, I have the habit of throwing way  to many logs on it!  Hence our current predicament.   Of course, as always it will all blow over in a couple days.
 Of course Logan mentioned something to Angi yesterday, regarding the Valentines party at his school. 
Whoops!
Apparently both her and I lost track of what time of the year it was.  Not wanting to be caught unaware....AGAIN!  I spent this morning preparing for the season.  Yes, right this very moment neither of us is very thrilled with each other, but I realize that THAT feeling is fleeting.  She has been with me and with us for a long time, and we have been through a lot.  She is far more  worthy of my adoration and praise, respect and love. so I am not going to let this holiday slip by without celebration.  To that end I did a wee bit of detective work spying through her Facebook, Amazon and a variety of other sites she visits to locate her "Wish Lists".  WHEW!  That is sure a lot of digging!  BUT, I secured some very nice gifts, with thankfully enough time to ship and have before the Holiday (not to mention our two anniversaries ALSO in February!!).
ANYWAY!
Yesterday was another repair day, plus spending some time doing a rebuild on a classic Chicago Schwinn.  Not for sale though.  We put the finishing touches on a project bike a customer was doing for his wives birthday.  Did manage to put one out, though.  This one came from digging through the slim pickings in Bone Row, so she took a bit of finesse to get up and running!  Check her out!  Today we have managed to pick up a couple more, in need of a lot of TLC, so I best get a move on!
See ya soon!


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3 comments:

  1. You know...

    Maybe selling bikes at a very reduced rate, untouched, right off of Bone Row might be something to look into. I know one fuzzy hobbit that is interested in the idea already.

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  2. Yea...Here's the rub on that. We do it occassionaly with customers we know, but the majority of the time in the past when we did, several of the buyers came back in after a short time, complaining that something didn't work, and that we should fix it because we offer a warranty. Apparently the concept of "As Is" is far to complicated a concept for some to grasp! So we just stopped doing it.

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  3. Some years ago there was a used car lot on West Bay Drive: Jim Crist's Auto Fair. He always had some wild, but undeniably dubious, machines on the lot, and he did say, in his radio ads, that every car sold came with a fifty-fifty warranty: Fifty seconds or fifty feet. People understood that.

    You might have people sign an "In House Warranty"; that is, the thing is under warranty until it leaves the house- your shop's front door.

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