[AT] Chainsaw - OT

[charlie hill]

Yeah Paul, and I bet those good folks in TN cried when you left too.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Waugh" <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>
To: "Tractor" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:54 PM
Subject: [AT] Chainsaw - OT


> While we have been on this thread, I kept thinking there was something 
> about Sthil, today it hit me.
>
> I move to Tenn. in 1977 (Elvis died the week we moved there, quite an 
> ordeal). I was going to be heating with wood, so started looking for a 
> chainsaw.  I went to the local True Value which was a large one. I had 
> bought a woodburning stove and other items there. I asked the floor clerk 
> if they handled Sthil chainsaws.  His reply, "You want to steal a 
> chainsaw?". No, do you have Sthil chainsaws.  "I am not going to let you 
> steal a chainsaw.  I explained, it is a brand.  "You wait right there, if 
> you think you are stealing a chainsaw, I am getting the manager!"  Well, 
> at the least the manger was from Mich and knew what a Sthil saw was, but 
> no they did not carry them. I came back to IN and bought a McCoulgh (sp). 
> I did buy my Echo weed whacker from that store in TN.  The first time I 
> read the joke about the 3 wise men wearing firemen's hats, it really hit 
> home.  The 3 wisemen wore firemen's hat because they came from afar.
>
> Paul - Back in IN
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