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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:06:32 PM EDT
I was visiting some Suburban Cleveland Fun Stores this afternoon looking to find a 1911 Barrel Bushing for a little project I'm looking to start (not a 1911 build but something else). Out of the 3 I visited none of them had one, which was surprising.
So, on the last stop on of the day, I go into a store that is completely empty and I didn't expect to carry one but gave it a shot. Regular counter guy is there and a buddy is there too. Regular shop guy is kind of a gunshop commando very similar to the guy in everybody's favorite Michael Douglas movie Falling Down. I have never been a fan of him or his gunstore BS the few times I've been there. Me: Do you carry any 1911 barrel bushings? SG (Shop Guy): Uhhhh, no. Me: Ok. (at this point I was maybe going to look around and see if anything else in the store struck my fancy.) SG: Only thing we carry for 1911's are clips and shells. (I did not know that a 1911 could take clips or fire shotgun shells!) Me: Escuse me? SG: Clips and shells. Me: Excuse me?? SG: CLIPS and SHELLS. (just a bit of stress in his voice) Now SG's buddy sitting in a chair gets a BIG smile on his face Me: Clips and Shells? SG: YES. Clips and Shells? (now getting angry) Me: 1911 clips and shells??? SG's Buddy: (while chuckling) He means magazines and ammunition. Me: OOOOOOOoooooh! I thought he was referring to M1 Garands and shotguns! No, no. I don't need any MAGAZINES or AMMUNTION. (big smile on my face  )
SG Points to the door and and raises his voice to just below yelling and says, "GET OUT." As i gingerly exited the store I expressed my wish for both gentlemen to have a plesant evening! That was a first for me! I maybe stop in this shop 2 or 3 times a year. It's close to a shop that has much better selection, prices, and staff that gets my business in Cleveland area. (Sidenote: Does anybody know of a dealer/gunsmith that's bordering or close Strongsville, OH that would be able to sell me a cheap 1911 barrel bushing tomorrow morning around 9am (or tonight?)? I'm looking for an unused and unfitted cheapy bushing for a little project. Thanks!) |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:07:23 PM EDT
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Cool Story Bro.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:10:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: Regular shop guy is kind of a gunshop commando very similar to the guy in everybody's favorite Michael Douglas movie Falling Down. You've just described 98% of the membership here. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:11:23 PM EDT
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1st wins again
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Cool Story Bro. 2q Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:11:36 PM EDT
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Well, you were being an ass, but at least you have a cool story now.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:13:17 PM EDT
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Regular shop guy is kind of a gunshop commando very similar to the guy in everybody's favorite Michael Douglas movie Falling Down. You've just described 98% of the membership here. Yeah, I've run into that type. 
Brownells an option? |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:13:18 PM EDT
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I was visiting some Suburban Cleveland Fun Stores this afternoon looking to find a 1911 Barrel Bushing for a little project I'm looking to start (not a 1911 build but something else). Out of the 3 I visited none of them had one, which was surprising. So, on the last stop on of the day, I go into a store that is completely empty and I didn't expect to carry one but gave it a shot. Regular counter guy is there and a buddy is there too. Regular shop guy is kind of a gunshop commando very similar to the guy in everybody's favorite Michael Douglas movie Falling Down. I have never been a fan of him or his gunstore BS the few times I've been there. Me: Do you carry any 1911 barrel bushings? SG (Shop Guy): Uhhhh, no. Me: Ok. (at this point I was maybe going to look around and see if anything else in the store struck my fancy.) SG: Only thing we carry for 1911's are clips and shells. (I did not know that a 1911 could take clips or fire shotgun shells!) Me: Escuse me? SG: Clips and shells. Me: Excuse me?? SG: CLIPS and SHELLS. (just a bit of stress in his voice) Now SG's buddy sitting in a chair gets a BIG smile on his face Me: Clips and Shells? SG: YES. Clips and Shells? (now getting angry) Me: 1911 clips and shells??? SG's Buddy: (while chuckling) He means magazines and ammunition. Me: OOOOOOOoooooh! I thought he was referring to M1 Garands and shotguns! No, no. I don't need any MAGAZINES or AMMUNTION. (big smile on my face )
SG Points to the door and and raises his voice to just below yelling and says, "GET OUT." As i gingerly exited the store I expressed my wish for both gentlemen to have a plesant evening! That was a first for me! I maybe stop in this shop 2 or 3 times a year. It's close to a shop that has much better selection, prices, and staff that gets my business in Cleveland area. (Sidenote: Does anybody know of a dealer/gunsmith that's bordering or close Strongsville, OH that would be able to sell me a cheap 1911 barrel bushing tomorrow morning around 9am (or tonight?)? I'm looking for an unused and unfitted cheapy bushing for a little project. Thanks!) You sure showed him.... |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:13:49 PM EDT
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Maybe you should have just been a good boy and asked him where the .410 shotgun boolits for your Judge are?
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:17:21 PM EDT
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I don't get it. I just got a shipment in from Palmetto of Magpul pmag clips and 75 gr TAP shells. What's the big deal?
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:17:55 PM EDT
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The guys just trying to help you, and you have to be an ass to him?
In the end, you're the one that managed to get kicked out, and are talking up your bravado on the internet. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:20:51 PM EDT
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Wow!!! I bet its awesome having balls that massive!!!!
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:21:07 PM EDT
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Quoted: "think about it"Quoted: Quoted: Regular shop guy is kind of a gunshop commando very similar to the guy in everybody's favorite Michael Douglas movie Falling Down. You've just described 98% of the membership here. Yeah, I've run into that type. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:22:08 PM EDT
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Well, you were being an ass, but at least you have a cool story now. its funny how you called the person in the right the "ass". Typical ARFCOMer 
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:23:02 PM EDT
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I'm all for proper terminology and all, but when its crystal clear what a person means, why bother being "that guy" who has to be a smartass and point it out to them? I overheard a guy at my local shop doing that shit too. Kid comes in looking for a "railed foregrip" for his rifle. Guy says we dont sell those, but we sell railed handguards. Congrats gun shop commando, you really put that kid in his place with your proper terminology bullshit. Dont be "that guy"
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:23:54 PM EDT
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Wow. Its obvious you knew what we was referring to. Why be an ass?
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:25:06 PM EDT
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Quoted: How was he not being an ass? Yeah the guy was wrong in his terminology. Condescension is always the mark of being an ass.Quoted: Well, you were being an ass, but at least you have a cool story now. its funny how you called the person in the right the "ass". Typical ARFCOMer |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:27:25 PM EDT
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Quoted: I was visiting some Suburban Cleveland Fun Stores this afternoon looking to find a 1911 Barrel Bushing for a little project I'm looking to start (not a 1911 build but something else) Ah, doing some work on accurizing a Mini-14? |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:27:35 PM EDT
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Pretty neat story mate.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:29:25 PM EDT
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How was he not being an ass? Yeah the guy was wrong in his terminology. Condescension is always the mark of being an ass.
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Well, you were being an ass, but at least you have a cool story now. its funny how you called the person in the right the "ass". Typical ARFCOMer I would have tossed him out, too, and I remember faces and incidents, so he would gotten tossed the next time, and the visit after that, too. Not just an ass, but a rude ass. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:31:03 PM EDT
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Well, you were being an ass, but at least you have a cool story now. its funny how you called the person in the right the "ass". Typical ARFCOMer A lesson the counter help won't forget, for sure. Sure, OP could have been nicer, but we all have our moments and he was correct. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:31:05 PM EDT
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Wow. Its obvious you knew what we was referring to. Why be an ass? Maybe he was an abused child? Dog got ran over? Wife sleeping with the neighbors cat? He missed the Comicon because of a herpes flareup? Many , many options here. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:31:21 PM EDT
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Yes, cool story indeed. The whole incident started in jest. I was joking and saying it with a smile. Gun store guy was the one who got all huffy and puffy about it. And as far as helping, he just said no. he wasn't much of a help at all. Even his buddy got it and was chuckling. The whole thing went down in about a minute.
Letting fellow firearms owners get away with that vocabulary is letting Hollywood win, IMHO. As people who support the 2nd Amendment we should stand up for our hobby and rights and GET IT RIGHT. People think that if you carry a firearm you are 100% going to get in a shootout, because that's what happens in a movie. And you badguys NEVER need to reload in movies so we had better restrict magazine sizes! Bruce Willis only has ONE MORE CLIP in his gunbelt! Start small, go big. As gun owners it's our duty to stand up for the little things, like calling a magazine a clip. And it's downright STUPID. It's like calling Diesel gasoline because they both go in a fuel tank. It's like calling a car a motorcycle because they both carry people down a road. Calling a magazine a clip is IGNORANT. Dealers SHOULD be our first line of denense. Unfortunately many of them aren't, and we let them get away with it casting a negative light on our sport/hobby/profession. Let us not forget: 
As far as the bushing, if I don't get it tomorrow I'll just wait until I'm back in Cleveland in a few weeks. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:32:38 PM EDT
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WTF is a "Fun Store"
  I have no idea what you could be talking about. Did you mean "gun store" |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:34:04 PM EDT
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Funny thing is, you are the mirror image of That Guy!
 And everyone sees it, but you.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:41:06 PM EDT
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My girlfriend says - "excuse me? excuse me?" like that. It's really irritating.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:47:39 PM EDT
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I was visiting some Suburban Cleveland Fun Stores this afternoon looking to find a 1911 Barrel Bushing for a little project I'm looking to start (not a 1911 build but something else) Ah, doing some work on accurizing a Mini-14? This I do not know about! I don't even own a Mini-14 but you have sparked my interest. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:49:39 PM EDT
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I don't get it. I just got a shipment in from Palmetto of Magpul pmag clips and 75 gr TAP shells. What's the big deal?  
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:50:24 PM EDT
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I hate the fucking phrase "Fun Store"
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:51:42 PM EDT
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ok now I am interested what is the project?
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:57:24 PM EDT
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ok now I am interested what is the project? If it turns out well I'll let everybody know. 
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Posted: 7/19/2010 8:58:47 PM EDT
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Nobody likes a pedant.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:02:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: This I do not know about! I don't even own a Mini-14 but you have sparked my interest.  You put them on the recoil spring and oprod, helps cushion the metal to metal contact against the receiver for less recoil for a better follow-up shot. I don't own a mini either but have been thinking of getting one to play around with. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:03:17 PM EDT
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Letting fellow firearms owners get away with that vocabulary is letting Hollywood win, IMHO. As people who support the 2nd Amendment we should stand up for our hobby and rights and GET IT RIGHT. You struck a major blow for gun rights today. Way to go champ. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:04:29 PM EDT
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What do you expect, it's Cleveland.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:12:06 PM EDT
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WTF is a "Fun Store"
I have no idea what you could be talking about. Did you mean "gun store" A "fun store" is a place that you can buy a gun that "goes bang every time",providing you "do your part". |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:12:51 PM EDT
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"Hey Arfcom! I got kicked out of a gun store for being a shithead! Isn't it GREAT?!"
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:16:28 PM EDT
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(Sidenote: Does anybody know of a dealer/gunsmith that's bordering or close Strongsville, OH that would be able to sell me a cheap 1911 barrel bushing tomorrow morning around 9am (or tonight?)? I'm looking for an unused and unfitted cheapy bushing for a little project. Thanks!)
Pretty funny story but you could have saved your self alot of time by just ordering it from Brownells online. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:16:51 PM EDT
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I saw "fun store" and thought of a porno shop.
Guess that shows where my mind is at.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:38:41 PM EDT
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(Sidenote: Does anybody know of a dealer/gunsmith that's bordering or close Strongsville, OH that would be able to sell me a cheap 1911 barrel bushing tomorrow morning around 9am (or tonight?)? I'm looking for an unused and unfitted cheapy bushing for a little project. Thanks!)
Pretty funny story but you could have saved your self alot of time by just ordering it from Brownells online. I would do that if I didn't want it tomorrow morning. Previously I've ordered them from Caspian and Midway. From the way you describe my stance, I guess its ok to call a Ford Mustang a Camaro because hey, they're both muscle cars. Look, I wasn't. Trying to come here and win 100 internetz and the love of ARFCOM. I was 100% being a smartass, but in jest. Yes ihe had every right to tell me to leave. He could have laughed like his buddy and I but instead he huffed and puffed. At lease I didn't go in asking for a copy of Battletoads? |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:49:38 PM EDT
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I've got an acquaintance who keeps talking about his 40mm Glock....irks the shit outta me.
The guy could have had a sense of humor...My vote, he was the ahole. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:53:22 PM EDT
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The guy could have had a sense of humor...My vote, he was the ahole. Your vote is wrong. What he did is pretty dumb on the internet, and it's exceptionally silly in person. The shop keep clearly realized the OP was an oaf and ejected him from his store. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:55:26 PM EDT
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Lukewarm story, bro!
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:04:11 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: The guy could have had a sense of humor...My vote, he was the ahole. Your vote is wrong. What he did is pretty dumb on the internet, and it's exceptionally silly in person. The shop keep clearly realized the OP was an oaf and ejected him from his store. Damn, I lost the interwebz  |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:05:33 PM EDT
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Wow. Its obvious you knew what we was referring to. Why be an ass? This.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:06:18 PM EDT
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you are fucking awesome
got news for ya internet bravado and humor doesn't translate to well to real life |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:08:42 PM EDT
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This I do not know about! I don't even own a Mini-14 but you have sparked my interest. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i22/SIMJEDI/1911web.jpg You put them on the recoil spring and oprod, helps cushion the metal to metal contact against the receiver for less recoil for a better follow-up shot. I don't own a mini either but have been thinking of getting one to play around with. BTDT. It was so much snake oil to me. YMMV. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:14:51 PM EDT
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The guys just trying to help you, and you have to be an ass to him? In the end, you're the one that managed to get kicked out, and are talking up your bravado on the internet.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:19:25 PM EDT
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Mildly interesting story, bro.
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:26:09 PM EDT
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so you went in there to browse the wares and you ran into someone who spoke the terminology incorrectly. Instead of being polite and correct him, you made an ass out of him in front of his coworker.
 No one likes a smartass. FWIW If I lived in your neck of the woods I think I'd go there tomorrow and do the same thing........
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:39:40 PM EDT
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Quoted: Cool Story Bro. |
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Posted: 7/19/2010 10:41:37 PM EDT
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MS Paint or it never happened |
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