In a message dated 2/4/2005 4:33:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Unfortunately, he picked it up before I could shout that the box bottom had come unglued. So naturally the record fell out and shattered on the wood floor. He checks boxes before picking them up now. ---------------------- At the CAPS show a few years back Tim Fabrizio gingerly held a cylinder box out to me and proceeded to tell me he had just found this, it was one of the rarest records he'd ever even heard about, and he was thrilled to have found it for only $200. I took the box to check out the cylinder but -- there was no bottom on the box and the record instantly slipped down and shattered on the floor into a million pieces. I was absolutely mortified but when he convulsed in laughter I realized it was a set-up. The record was a moldy, cracked throwaway and he deliberately slipped it into a bottomless box in order to yank my chain. He succeeded royally. So now I've learned to check boxes before picking them up, and also to keep Tim at arm's length. (Good advice for everyone else out there!) And yes, Tim, I *will* get you back for that someday! Best regards, Rene Rondeau
