Well this morning I got the urge to call Raider Bill. I had not talk with him in a long time, so dialled his number I did.
Me : Hello? Good morning Sir , I have here some unassembled Snowmen that we could sell you for a real good price....
Bill: WHAT????
Me: Unasembled snowmen for sale.. cheap.....
Line goes dead....... The man hung up on me.. :o That Floridian sun is not good for him, someone needs go fetch the boy and bring him north some. :) :)
I called back,(I don't give up easy), well he put that call to his answering service. ::)
:snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
We did manage to talk after he got it that it was me calling, Moral here is not to try to sell anything to that cheap curmudgeon He'll have nutin' to do with it, now I still do have a pile of unassembled snowmen if any are interested. Cheap, real cheap.
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LOL
Now that's funny ;D :snowball:
Thanks, Marcel. That is some funny. :D :D :D :D
Very nice Marcel. Surely it was just the thought of SNOW. :D
Raider will surly find a way to cook a snowman. :)
:D :D :D dem southern boys jist don't know a good deal when they see it. ;D
Marcel, if ya do find a buyer for dem snowmen parts let me know. I got a hole yard full.
He must of thought you had the wrong phone number. :D
Marcel's Snowmen Direct. :D
If by chance there is a paper bag on fire on your porch later, don't use your boots to put it out. ;) It just mean Raider Bill took a road trip! :D :D
Hey mon ami, sure hope the deal with raider goes well; your inventory of unassembled snowmen has backed up all the way to the back door. :D Joyeux Noel
This reminds me of the Friday evening before the pig roast over ten years ago, when DanG was getting close to arriving, and called for final directions, and we handed the phone to Marcel. :D
Now that would have been funny. :D Thanks for the laughs, Marcel you have a wicked sense of humour.
Quote from: Jeff on December 22, 2013, 12:28:38 PM
This reminds me of the Friday evening before the pig roast over ten years ago, when DanG was getting close to arriving, and called for final directions, and we handed the phone to Marcel. :D
You guys showed no mercy to a poor southern sawyer who had just spent 15 hours in a pickup truck with Tnlogger and a dispecptic Woodbowl just to come see you! :snowball:
Marcel, double the price on them snowmen and offer a tufer. They'll go like hotcakes. ;D
DanG, How many do you need sent... ???
Still to this day he ( Dan ) don't quite know what it was I told him that famous evenin' in Michigan. Actualy not too many if any, know what was going on... :D :D Pat about fell over, when he realized I was speaking French to the Floridian on the phone. But all in all must of said something right, as they pull in not long after. I figured that Dan had earned a Bleu. ;D
Wuve ya old man, can't wait till we get together again. :-*
ill have to ask him how many he is ordering when i see him next
Is this for the complete kit ( eyes, nose, mouth and stove pipe hat ) or just the snow? I might be interested if the price is right.
btw i think it topped of at 84F today in Raider Bill and my neck of the woods (or concrete)
i almost broke a sweat in the shop
That's what the snowman kit it for. It keeps me nice and cool. 25°,see it's working. ;D
I'll take a semi load ifn the price is right
How much is the shipping ???.
So I'm driving along minding my own business and the phone rings. Didn't look at the caller ID just answered.
Got some foreigner trying to sell me 2 for something. I'm not sure what but he said something about snow. Luckily I didn't go into my "lose my number, don't ever call me, I'll come hunt you down and kill you" telemarketer speech. It is not very christen.
I hang up.
Phone rings again so I look at the caller ID 819 hmmm that's not from around here must be that pesky telemarketer again so I push the ignore button.
Get driving some more and got to thinking where is area code 819? I have just come back from a week in Cancun Monday and maybe my number got put on some Caribbean scam list. I'm also thinking that accent and voice sounds familiar.... Doesn't have the "island" accent.
Put 819 in google comes up Quebecistan.
That's when the led's came on in my brain. It';s got to be my buddy Marcel!!!
Called him back and had a great conversation about snow plows. :D :D
Merry Christmas Marcel!!
:D :D :D
Good story Bill. :D
Quote from: bill m on December 22, 2013, 07:56:51 PM
Is this for the complete kit ( eyes, nose, mouth and stove pipe hat ) or just the snow? I might be interested if the price is right.
Make sure he includes the instructions! Because I ordered 1 off ebay for my son and the instructions wasnt in the box. :D
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/34622/312388_10152423930860447_1430383078_n.jpg)
:D AWESOME!
my luck they'd be in french :D
I've seen it all now! Very good!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
This thread reminds me of one of the regulars (since deceased) on another forum I sometimes frequent; he sold many thousands of feet of used post holes, cut to length and delivered.
We can only supply snow as the Border/customs/home security will not let any vegetable matter back into the country even though it came from there, it gets cheaper by the truck load, you must send truck to pick-up as ours are all on call for grit spreading. Instructions will be available in slang French, AKA ''Québecois'' With all the accents on the letters.
Note to self , ( put top and bottom on pages so they don't do what Miller-Thinner2 did ) ::) ::) Them Southerners sure need some schoolin' on making snowman.
WildBill.... I also broke out a sweat, then realised I had the heater on full blast. That truck sure has a good stove in it. :D
Hey Bill, I just called Dan in Floridia and he did not hang up on me. ;D He does not , like NOTwant to have anything to do with coming up for some snowman building and some ice fishin', said something to the fact that he was a wearin' some kind of short sleeved shirt and that that (TOM) was all he needed and was fine where he was at.
Wimpy , thats what I think. ;D :snowball: :snowball:
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If he is Wimpy, offer hamburgers.
:D :D :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfF_2FjsFDE
and he'll gladly pay you Tuesday
:D :D :D :D Great story guys.
So he's Wimpy, boy did google misse that one ::)
Nothing but a roasting pig on a fire is gonna make that man come north, and it best be no wheres near snow time. ;)
I have mature white oak trees for sale. Just plant acorn and wait. :D
Will they eat Grits?
Didn't the Indians grind acorns when they didn't have grits?
It must be the cold. Brains start to freeze up and short circuit. ;D
Same thing happens out here in the summer. :o 8) 8) 8)
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on December 23, 2013, 10:22:31 PM
It must be the cold. Brains start to freeze up and short circuit. ;D
Same thing happens out here in the summer. :o 8) 8) 8)
They fry and short circuit. I've seen eggs being fried on the sidewalk in summertime. Scares me. :D :D
We come up with the funniest lines just before we collapse. :( ;D :( :o
Quote from: isawlogs on December 23, 2013, 02:08:11 PM
Hey Bill, I just called Dan in Floridia and he did not hang up on me. ;D He does not , like NOTwant to have anything to do with coming up for some snowman building and some ice fishin', said something to the fact that he was a wearin' some kind of short sleeved shirt and that that (TOM) was all he needed and was fine where he was at.
Wimpy , thats what I think. ;D :snowball: :snowball:
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If DanG goes I'll go.... Just kidding :D
No worries Bill, I ain't going. Go ahead and call me Wimpy though. I'll take that hamburger, and some fries too if ya don't mind. ;D
You will have to give me "two on Tuesday". There is a price to pay for instant gratification :).