What fun from a Macintosh SE

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Sat Aug 21 22:32:22 2004

Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> AutoZone, an automobile parts place around the US, offer free tool rental
> (and they also sell tools if you want to buy them). You give them a
> deposit when you pick up the tool, and they give you back 100% of it
> when you bring back the tool. Of course, I'm sure they wouldn't give
> you the whole/any of the deposit back if you broke the tool before
> bringing it back.

   They're actually pretty cool about it. I picked up a gear puller a
couple of years ago when I was replacing <mumble> on a '74 Maverick
front-end, and the cheaply-built gear puller lost the battle. The
threads stripped out of the crossbar. I pointed out the damage and
offered to pay for the tool when I took it back. The guy just laughed
and said "It's part of our overhead. Did you finish the job?"

   'Course, I'd spent a good bit of money there over the past few
months, too.


        Doc
Received on Sat Aug 21 2004 - 22:32:22 BST