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Re: SAm

AS I told B.C.M he did try and .outsmart is later on. I was the pig in the middle.🌺

posted by C_C_T on January 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM | link to this | reply

Re: BearcatMike

Funny the old Chap tried to outsmart us later on. I I can remember.

posted by C_C_T on January 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Good Evening

Lo Goldiec wet,wet, wet. here and frosty.🦋

posted by C_C_T on January 11, 2026 at 8:49 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Kabu

One had to be on the ball in those days.🌺

posted by C_C_T on January 11, 2026 at 8:47 AM | link to this | reply

FS

Have you got a pear tree?

posted by C_C_T on January 11, 2026 at 8:46 AM | link to this | reply

Re: FS

posted by C_C_T on January 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM | link to this | reply

Yes Sherri we always chuckled afterwards.

 

posted by C_C_T on January 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM | link to this | reply

Humility is a real-life changer.

posted by Sherri_G on January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM | link to this | reply

That is an interesting story. Reading about negotiations always fascinates me.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on January 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM | link to this | reply

Great story mate and it is always fun to read of a penny pincher getting the worst end of a deal.

posted by Kabu on January 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM | link to this | reply

Good Evening

Thanks for sharing this post!  I hope you have a good weekend.  We may get snow.

posted by Goldiec on January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM | link to this | reply

Wow, don't you love it when you make someone with a big ego literally eat their own words?

posted by BearcatMike on January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM | link to this | reply

He brought it on himself. LOL I doubt you would have gotten pear anyway since you hadn't before the bargin. I thought it was quite comical that the man was talking in the abstract but got called out. Kudos to your dad! I adored this story!

posted by sam444 on January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM | link to this | reply