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plarson

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Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 42

And the smugness award goes to...

This guy off craigslist:

Bike repair in town for two nights only - $20 (Near airport)
Reply to: sale-695295862@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-05-26, 7:50AM CDT

30+ years experience as a bike mechanic

I will be town on other business Wednesday and Thursday evenings this week.

I will not be available any other times.

I have some space for a couple tune ups or repairs. I can come to you or email me and you can bring your bike to me.

Tune ups are $30.00

Other repairs are very reasonable -and can be discussed completely with solid estimates before I begin.

Don't hesitate or you will miss out.

e-mail me for details and I can get your bike ready to ride again.

Cris

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Oh dear! only 2 nights! I'd better call quickly before he travels back to his kingdom!

*grin*

Adriel

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Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 91

Re: And the smugness award goes to...

Maybe he is cycle touring and this is how he pays for food :)

MichaelBluejay

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2008-05-26

Posts: 1,493

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Re: And the smugness award goes to...

I don't see what's so smug about his post.  He's offering bike repair and just makes it clear that he's not going to be here for very long.  What, he's smug because he didn't plan a longer trip?

Adriel

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Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 91

Re: And the smugness award goes to...

The one thing this shows me is if I ever want to tour the country I can use craigslist to get jobs on the way :)  One thing I had not considered before.

plarson

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Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 42

Re: And the smugness award goes to...

I didn't think about it that way; I suppose he might be touring! I was picturing this bike mechanic in town for a gig or something, and thought we didn't have upteen billion other mechanics in town. So I apologize for being so uppidy.:-)