Posted by Mike (WA) on September 27, 2011 at 16:35:15 from (69.10.196.29):
In Reply to: good deal for me ! posted by larry@stinescorner on September 27, 2011 at 15:02:50:
Back in the late '70's, in the hayday of the commercial fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest, I worked for Production Credit Assn. and had a number of commercial fishing clients. Some good, some not so good.
Went to call on one of the good ones. We were under instruction to take the good customers to lunch, spare no expense. His wife was gone, so just him and me. Asked him where he wanted to go to lunch, and he said, "Actually, I've got some real nice venison backstrap- how about I just make us lunch?"
So I'm watching this multi-millionaire making us lunch, obviously enjoying himself immensely. Frying the venison, making us a salad, etc. Me a kid in my 20's, who aspired to riches, and this guy is obviously enjoying the simple things in life.
Never forgot that. Its the simple things that make life worth living.
Years later, I was commuting to work near Seattle, and found a car pool. The guy shows up the first day, in a distinctly colored Lincoln Continental Mk 5 that was just like the one that belonged to Mr. Crab Fisherman's wife. As I got in, I told the driver, who I had never met before- "What's it worth to you for me not to call Frances R., and tell her where her car is?" Turns out he was married to their daughter. Small world.
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