What are friends for?.......

Mace

Mace

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I have a friend, he is a knifemaker(sometimes). I wont use his real name to save him any embarasment he might endure from this thread. I will call him Spike Mangler and he doesn't live in MASS.!
So I'm talkin to "Spike Mangler" on the phone one day and he tells me about this place he goes to to get used resturant equipment..."the place is on a mill pond and it's an old factory" ...he says... An old nail and tack factory.
He says it looks like they just stoped working one day and left all the stuff behind. AND he has permision to rummage and take what he wants!
Such the good friend Spike is he asks me to come along....so I do.
I drive 2 hours to "Spike Manglers" house then another hour out to this place to look at a couple of old rusty nail machines for about 6 minutes before some guy came out and told us he didn't want us there!:eek:
What a good buddy..huh?
The problem is I had to go....what if what he said was true.;)
A least I got to spend the day with my pal "Spike Mangler".....bastid.:D
Mace
 
Tell Spike he should always have the phone number of the guy who gave him permission handy in his cellphone....It sure does help in situations like that... ;)

-d
 
wow can't believe what 'friends' do for friends. You know he sounds french and I bet he'd make a good salesman:eek:
Paul
 
Mace, could this be the same Spike Mangler who runs the notorious noassatall gang that terrorizes the ashokan woods every fall??:D
 
Gez Mace,

Is that Spike Mangler from Fairhaven Massachusetts?

It's about 150 to Spikes house from your place isn't it? So you're taking roughly 300 mile round trip, just to have some old man rag on ya, bummer.

I hear Spike's got another load of maple burl, did you check any of it out?
 
...and I'm pretty sure that Spike's piad membership has run out here, so the poor young man can't even defend himself...

...not that he has a leg to stand on, here!

Oh, well - you weren't doing anything important anyway, right Mace?
 
oh he's paid up alright I should know can't keep him off my cpu
oh and I did get that comment Mr P.
 
I take great comfort in the fact that you all know someone like this and I didn't have to reveal my friends name.:thumbup:

I am reminded of another misguided adventure with my friend "Spike".:D

A while back there was "Blacksmith yard sale" at this place where an old smith had passed. It was a great sale...over 150 anvils and a lifetime of collected stuff. About a week or so after the sale Spike Mangler says he talked to the guy and we can go through the pile of stuff out back and take what we want. I get out there and there is almost nothing left! As we are poking around the sad little bit thats there some guy comes along in a truck and asks who the F we are and thats HIS pile of nothing! Get out!:eek:

The problem is what do I do the next time he calls. I'm a sucker for cool free sh*t.:D

Spike is a good guy...don't get me wrong. Any one I can get to toilet paper Burt Fosters car is a true pal.:thumbup:;)
Mace
 
Mace,
Maybe you could reciprocate. Sounds like a great opportunity to tell a " big one" and return the favor. Of course you have to be a bit devious and a little petty, but, it sounds like " Spike" needs a dose of realism.

Fred
 
You know, you two better lay off one another or someone's gonna start crying. Mace, if you and Mike --ummm, I mean Spike, can't learn to play nice then you won't be allowed to play together at all.

I'd never say anything mean about you, Paulie! That bad man Spike must have been telling tales again...:D:D:D
 
hey hey hey i upped my membership, and i have to stand and defend my buddy spike. he happens to live close by and i know him very well
:foot:
the first trip i hear was a crap shoot because he spoke with the owner of the tools, the owner didn't know that his sister had already aranged to have everything left scrapped already.

and as far as the more recent account he just screwed up. he's just a product of his environment though you can't blame the poor bastard look at the type of people he spends his spare time with? vaccuum cleaner salesmen, washed up porn stars, and that knitting circle and its just a losing battle for sanity.

:jerkit::D:foot:

alright this was edited by my brother in law... damn me for leaving myself signed in on his computer... man this thread is going to hell in a hand basket.... and i know you're not washed up matt... just a little out of practice, you could bounce back
 
Michael J. Spangler said:
alright this was edited by my brother in law... damn me for leaving myself signed in on his computer... man this thread is going to hell in a hand basket.... and i know you're not washed up matt... just a little out of practice, you could bounce back
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Sure he did, Mike...


...seems like someone else is always to blame for your mishaps. I'm starting to think you saw me naked on purpose, not that everyone doesn't jump at the chance!
 
alright i admit it... mace told me you were in there... i did stare into the window and waited for just the right time to head around to the door
 
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