Re: Opinions ? lee osker

[Ron/datadigr <rdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi:

Maybe this should be an off-list reply but something about stikes me
as being way too funny not to share...

Bust the music store for a violation of PIPEDA (the Privacy Act, your
purchase history is _yours_, not your wife's), saying the violation
harmed your relationship and you'll maybe have enough for a whack of
harps :-)

Ron/datadigr

Tuesday, May 04, 2004, 12:28:48 PM, you wrote:


phcn> JIM SHORT <jimshort@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
phcn> That being said, overpriced is relative. Things are a
phcn> little tight right now and I had to beg my wife to
phcn> allow me to get a Lee Oskar diatonic for $26.

phcn> As a newbie I've been trying out different harps -- Special 20, Lee Oskar, Hering...

phcn> Friday my wife asks out of nowhere, "So just how many harmonicas _DO_ you have?" I fessed up to the baker's half-dozen I have (so far). Struck me as curious she had asked since I do most of my
phcn> harp practice in the car during a one-hour commute. 

phcn> Saturday was my birthday and she got me some guitar accessories (please withhold hisses and boos) including strings -- my favorite brand and guage. "How did you know what strings to get?" I
phcn> asked. Turns out she went to my favorite music emporium, and when she confessed to not knowing a thing about guitars, the "helpful" clerk pulled up my purchase history, and recited: "a
phcn> harmonica, some picks, another harmonica, a guitar stand, ANOTHER harmonica...."

phcn> :-)
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