Re: OT- ever notice that now days parts store help

Posted by Mike (WA) on April 13, 2005 at 18:13:14 from (209.213.153.111):

In Reply to: Re: OT- ever notice that now days parts store help posted by Mark - IN. on April 13, 2005 at 16:36:16:

I do recall going to a "Ma and Pa" hardware store in the mid '60's, when I was about 16, and was working on my car. I needed new bolts of some kind, and when I walked in, saw the owner's daughter behind the counter. About my age, drop dead gorgeous, and I figured she's be stuck for an answer when I said "hello". They had those wooden bolt bins from floor to ceiling all along one wall, with the sliding ladder. I told her I needed "6- 5/16 by one and a half inch bolts", and she replied sweetly, "cap screws or machine bolts?" Expertly sidestepping the fact that I didn't know the difference, I replied confidently, "Machine bolts". She slid the ladder down the aisle, went straight up to a bin, and my transaction was done much faster than I would have preferred. Naturally, I was much too timid to reveal to her that I had fallen deeply in love on the spot, and I never saw her again. Alas, the old hardware store is long gone (an espresso stand now occupies the spot), and now we have Walmart, where my requests are generally answered with, "huh?' Life goes on. . .

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