Old habits....! Hard to break arent't they? Some are very hard and almost impossible to dump. Just today while driving down the street headin' to the boat, it came to me that I needed some 80 grit wet/dry for the re-non-skid job on ZOSHA.....no big deal.... without thinking.....guess where my trusty F-150 automatically turned? Into WEST MARINE.....still unthinking like a zombie in a movie, I walked in found the sandpaper shelf picked up what I needed and looked at the price....$3.99 !!!!!! NOW!! that got my attention !! Four bucks for one piece of sandpaper.....you guys gotta be friggin' kiddin' me!!! No wonder West Marine has had a 66% increase in the value of their stock since October 2011, $7.01 vs $11.62 as of today. ... Anyways I didn't buy the sandpaper but went ahead and looked at some plastic syringes for injecting epoxy into the screw holes on ZOSHA'S decks after the teak comes off, six bucks for three, oh yeah...I checked out some 5/16" galvanized proof coil anchor chain, $4.20 per foot!....so I walked out the door and hightailed it to the local hardware emporium about 5 minutes away and bought the sandpaper for $1.30 a sheet, got the epoxy syringes for $1.52 each and checked out their galvanized anchor chain at $2.52 per foot. Will I never learn? Two life lessons here: #1. When my wallet starts twitchin' at West Marine.....LEAVE NOW! and
#2. Next time their stock gets around $7.00 or $8.00 I'm gonna buy some. Oh the hypocrisy !!
I am truly ashamed......
Take care my friends.....thanks for reading my blog....seeya
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