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The Economy

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TigerVols, May 14, 2020.

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  1. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    It's a metaphor for the coming recession.
     
    goalmouth, Jun 23, 2022
    #1489
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  2. HoopsterG

    HoopsterG Member

    I enjoyed the tire-less threadjack/tips. So thanks!
     
    HoopsterG, Jun 23, 2022
    #1490
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  3. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Life is in the threadjacks.
     
    Hermes, Jun 23, 2022
    #1491
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    That’s what I was getting at.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 23, 2022
    #1492
  5. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Many years ago, my first wife called me, said she had a flat, and needed me to come.
    OK.
    I get there, and as I am getting out of my truck, I notice she is gathering her stuff, locking the car, etc.
    "What are you doing?"
    "I have a flat. We need to call a tow truck."
    "What the hell's wrong with you? This is a pit stop. Time me."
     
    Driftwood, Jun 23, 2022
    #1493
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  6. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    The closest I have been to rock bottom was during my divorce when I spent a broiling hot day walking the lot of the local Pull-A-Part and praying I could find a tire to fit my shitbox Cavalier. After that, I started relying on this sketchy recap place with the reassuring name “Good Tires” where I was invariably the only native English speaker in the shop.
     
    dixiehack, Jun 23, 2022
    #1494
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  7. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    “Welcome to the Good Tires, home of the good tires, can I take your order?”
     
    Hermes, Jun 23, 2022
    #1495
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  8. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I mean, how can you go wrong?

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    Surprisingly solid ratings on Google and Yelp though.
     
    dixiehack, Jun 23, 2022
    #1496
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  9. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    There was a place like that near my old newsroom that was tremendous. It was even more handy when I lived right in that neighborhood for a year or so.

    They had every tire imaginable and if you got there when they opened at 8, you were in and out in a half-hour.
     
    wicked, Jun 24, 2022
    #1497
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  10. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Only he didn’t say fudge.
     
    TigerVols, Jun 24, 2022
    #1498
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Places like that will sometimes surprise you.

    I have told this story before on here, I am sure. ... When I was younger, I had a beater car that I kept parked on the street. It was barely running by the time I got rid of it. I would put no money into it, so unless a mechanic was proposing bandaids and not too much cost, I was just milking what I could out of the car. I once came out to find one of the windows randomly broken, and someone I knew told me to take it to this guy in an industrial neighborhood in Brooklyn. He'd have a new window in there in 2 hours at a good price. The place was the sketchiest looking place I have ever been, the guy running it was even sketchier looking. But I came back and there was a new window, all cash, easy peasy nice and sleazy.

    A few months later, I came out to find the driver's side view mirror ripped clean off the car. So I took it to the same guy, he tells me to come back in two hours, and when I got there he said, "Good news, we found a mirror in the same color."

    To this day, I don't know if they had a junk supplier who just happened to have my mirror handy or if they had a guy walking the streets looking for a red Honda Accord just like mine. I didn't ask. All cash, no questions.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 24, 2022
    #1499
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  12. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    The tires never lasted longer than a year and I’ve never heard of any of the brand names before or since. But I got my money’s worth out of them and it helped me get by until I was back on my feet. I have no complaints.
     
    dixiehack, Jun 24, 2022
    #1500
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