I hear you there! I have been talking with a mechanic in town about my bus on a 2xweek basis and has brain strorming with me etc. I feel guilty now and feel like i should bring my rig in for some work (valve adjustment or timing) just to sort of rewarding him for helping me with my bus issues! Cheers
Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > I actually had a funny experience not too long ago. A guy called me to get > my opinion about buying a Vanagon. He told me he had never owned a Vanagon > before and wanted to know what to get, exsisting problems, etc. As we talked > he told me he was a lawyer. I jokingly told him that when he called me I had > already started my meter and that he already owed me $50 for the phone call. > He didn't seem too amused, but this is what lawyers do all the time. They > have a little meter on thier phone that prints out bills for time that are > broken up into quarter hour increments and you pay to talk to the lawyer > because his time is valuable and he is supposed to know his stuff. Now I am > not thinking of having one of these installed any time soon, but it would be > good for folks to keep in mind that if they are getting free advice from a > mech that knows his stuff it isn't something that is worthless. Lawyers > charge for it, and if mechs did too then maybe people would respect them more > (or at least they would be wealthier, and then they wouldn't care if folks > respected them or not :) > > Thanks, > Ken Wilford > http://www.vanagain.com > John 3:16 > > New Phone (856)-327-4936 > Shop: (856)-765-1583 > Fax: (856)-327-2242 > |
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