Thank you Ampahunter, well said.
I may have overstated my friendship with the owner. I consider him a friend, but only based on my visits to the shop, it isn't like we are meeting outside the shop for a few brews. I do like the man, and yes, I do realize he doesn't have near the overhead of a big timer, but 100 beans is a 100 beans...and that is a low estimate of the differences if I hunted around pretty hard. I guess I just struggle virtually handing the owner an extra 100 bucks when he rolls up in a 40K truck vs. my 10K'r....know what I mean? I'm just saying, a 100 bones is a lot of money to me and I'm not sure I am wanting to spend it out of goodwill alone.
DAMNIT....my wife was just reading this over my shoulder and told me I was buying everything at the shop for the same reasons ya'll just wrote.....ahhumm..........you were right and I was wrong. <img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_shy.gif border=0 align=middle> Maybe I'm just a cheap bastard. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Thanks guys, I really do appreciate all of your input. I tell ya, I am SOOOOO glad I found this site, it has helped me immensely with a plethura of issues. I just wish some people wouldn't get so darned angry, obviously we are not all going to agree on everything, but that is the beauty of a forum like this, it give us a place to get OPINIONS!
Chad
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
--Albert Einstein
Edited by - oregonhunter on 11/16/2002 22:18:38