John wrote:
> <GGGGG> Keith, this reminds me of the one my father-in-law did about
> fifteen years ago. My wife and I were visiting for Christmas
> and he came
> home with a new car. Not a used one mind you, a brand new
> station wagon.
> U.S. list members will appreciate this: he does not "deal"
> on car prices
> but pays outright bottom-line sticker price for them. My
> mother-in-law was
> livid; it was a complete surprise. She had no idea he was going to do
> this. His strategy? Do it while we were there. Very bold
> (brazen?) move
> on his part. There was a limit to how much she would say or do with
> witnesses present. Didn't realize how shrewd he was until
> many years later.
>
I wonder what happened to him after you left, did you ever see him again ?
Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
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