I just joined and am still feeling my way around in here. Dont want to knock anything off the workbench, so to speak. I am fighting forces of chaos on one hand and garage gremlins on the other. Trying to cram 30 yrs worth of stuff into a few sheds and still be able to find something when I need it. I rarely post an opinion on things because someone is usually of the same mind and has already said it and probably better. Have spent the last 4 months without the distraction of tv and my mind is starting to form it's own thoughts again. In the solitude of my cleaning shed I ponder the mysteries of the world and like any sane person try to think of ways to fix it or at least figure out how it broke. The thing that keeps popping up is that money is valued more than honor or integrity. I was raised different. Money is a tool (see? I CAN stay on topic!) I've seen my dad get thru times of no money most of my life. After he passed I find myself in the same shed tearing apart brass and copper and this and that to augment a disability check. The other day a fella strolled in, (yep. I left the gate open) and I stroll him back out. He wants to know what I got, and I would like to know what he is looking for. He says anything, everything. Well I have that but it would be easier if I knew what part of anything and everything so I can walk him to it. He wont say chevy, ford, tractor, truck, antiques, bikes, zeppelins, nothing. He saw some bicenteniel plates and asked and I told him 50 cents apiece cause I've got a lot and I figure it's a good starting spot. he gets about 26 and tries to count 'em to look like it's 20 and I just said looks like ten bucks to me. Then flipping past 50's and 20's he says he offers me eight for all of 'em.
Too late to make a long story short, but I figured I did my part by dropping the 3 bucks off the front now he wants me to drop 2 off the back. I told him just call when he had the 10 bucks and I'd sell em to him down the road. Now he want to deal on a couple of 331 hemis that I want 300 each on, but I smell something bad in this wind. He's supposed to be here tomorrow, we'll see how it goes. back to topic of this thread....nice place to be, glad I found it. if all 600 post like me I'd never be able to read it all. happy trails
