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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] The pain of lost opportunities
From: Andrew McPhee <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:43:51 +1100
At 08:26 PM 14/11/2005 +1100, you wrote:

>There are things for which you are never quite prepared. One came my
>way today. There I was at the local garage to pick up the old Pajero,
>gritting my teeth in anticipation of the bill for a rebuilt limited
>slip diff. when I looked sideways and notice something quite unusual
>in the deserted workshop. Girl in the tiniest bikini that I've EVER
>seen. Blonde with more makeup than clothing. Double take.
>Photographer with Canon 1Ds, 70-200mm, two monoblocks, soft box (no
>puns -please), wireless trigger - amazing what you can take in at a
>glance. Auto magazine shoot (I discovered later).
>Do I have have a camera on me? Two actually. High class compact
>didges in a belt pack. So? What's the problem? Wife standing behind
>me with dog and a thumping big axle rebuild bill in her hand. One
>wrong move and I'm paying that bill myself. One offer to hold the
>reflector and I'm history too. Arrrrrgggghhhh!
>What did I say? "Don't panic dear, I'm interesting in his equipment,
>not hers." I'm just enough of a gear geek to have got away with that.
>Just.
>AndrewF
>(She seemed to be covered with oil...!)


I've got to change mechanics - does your man service Subaru by any 
chance?  I'd drive it to Melbourne for a quality service like that...

The only flesh I get to see when I go into my mechanic's workshop is bum 
crack.  And it's covered in oil.


Andrew McPhee
http://www.dev-stop-fix.com/


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