Saturday, September 20, 2008

Thing don't always go the way you would think.

This being Saturday there were many things to do. Cloudcroft had 'Lumber Jack Days' and a lot of people would be there. Ruidoso has a motorcycle fest going on with thousands of motorcycles coming from all over the Southwest. Alamogordo had Hot Air Balloons at White Sand Memorial Park.

We started at the Balloon Feast, and took pictures from the east side of town. Sun in my favor. Little did I know I had the camera set to something that I could not use the pictures no matter what I tried to fix them. So much for that.

So I decided to go to Las Cruses and pick up some items the neighbor wanted plus things I needed. So we stopped at Harbor Freight. I need some bandsaw blades for my cuttoff saw. Thin pickings but I found 2. The neighbor needed some 6”x48” belts, they only had one pack on display. I needed two and found a person to get me the other one. Also he needed some 9” sanding disc 100# grit. They only had 80# grit. Sucks.

Then I got the bright idea, since my other air grinder I bought works so great, I thought it would be get a “Right Angle Head Air Grinder”. I had one of the personal to open the locked cabinet and get me one out. He did. He also carried to the check-out.

Not this is the fun part. When I got home, I could not find that right angle head air grinder. So I looked at the receipt and it wasn't on it. I didn't pay for it, therefore, I didn't get it.

60 mile one way trip for part of what I went after. So much for life.

W. Kirk Crawford
Tularosa, New Mexico

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