Thank you, George.

George,

The old man lived by a very simple Studebakerism, "Give more then you
promise".  All my life, be it on the farm/ranch, in the Military, or working
on Studebakers, this has been drilled into me.  I do not apologize for
trying my damnest to live up to his standard.  He was a great old man, very
wise and very keen.  He had to be, to still be selling parts and servicing
Studebaker's well into his twilight years and until the day he passed in
1987.

I do not apologize for speaking the obvious and demonstrating, in fact, what
is another's point of view. It just burns me up when someone tries to sell a
bill of goods as the true and only Gospel.  Yours is not the only way,
price, etc.  Yours is not the only point of view.

In the first place, I never called, nor insinuated that, you were a crook,
or a thief. I stated a simple fact, how much a brake job cost to do.  Backed
up this statement with figures derived from my ability to buy and sell parts
and provide good service at an apparently cheaper rate then you can.  I DO
NOT appologize for that!  It is in fact a true picture, based on what I can
do.

I do apologize for losing my temper and making some wise a.s cracks towards
you, after your determined effort to side track the issue by trying to rile
JP and myself up over something that has passed between two old friends and
is done and over with, and your odd outburst concerning my being a baffoon
with some kind of substance abuse trouble who sucks people in with promises
of low bills.  I made no such remarks towards you and JP and I have agreed
that the whole incident between us was an unfortunate mistake and that
neither one of us should have done, or said the things we said to and about
each other.  Life is much to short to hate one another, much less to hate
one another because of a car.

I've never met you, but you seem to be determined that yours is the only
point of view, only method, only price out there.  Your attitude, that
everyone else doesn't know what the hell they're doing and should follow
along with you, without question, bothers me. I do not apologize for
questioning you, sir!  Nor, should anyone else.  Sir, I march to the beat of
my own drum. It may be out of sync with most everyone else, I don't know?
But, I do a good job and I work very hard at doing so at a very fair and
reasonable price.  I sell parts at a very fair and reasonable price (when I
can).  I've never claimed to be the smartest person out there, the best
mechanic, or that the cars I build are show cars.  But, I've all ways done
my best for a customer and have stood behind work that I, myself have done,
and some that others have screwed up.  I've taken the hits over the years
for this and believe me, it has cost me dearly at times.  However, If I can
save someone a few dollars and make a decent living doing it, I will.  If I
were continuing in the wrench end of the business for the public, I'd still
do business the way the old man did, or I'd die trying.  And, I make no
apologies for this, either!

So, you've apologized to me and now I've apologized to you, and we've tried
to explain to each other, our different points of view.  Great!  Perhaps,
we'll have a better understanding and appreciation for each other. Now that
that's done, let's move on.

Bo