{"id":1277,"date":"2008-12-31T15:23:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T22:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2014-02-16T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T18:15:10","slug":"big-johns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2008\/12\/big-johns\/","title":{"rendered":"Big John&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never say never or last or always&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I wrote in the previous post, not that long ago, that it was my &#8220;last post for 2008&#8221;.  But shortly after I hit &#8220;publish&#8221;, I received a call from Big John&#8217;s.  Big John&#8217;s is the shop that had my snowblower for tuneup\/repair.  I decided on Sunday that the snowblower needed a tuneup at the very least.  Big John&#8217;s is closed on Mondays.  I phoned on Tuesday, gave all of my info and was told that their pickup\/delivery person would call me &#8220;sometime&#8221; about picking up the snowblower.<\/p>\n<p>That afternoon, when I was in Kalispell on my pre-storm supply run, I received the call.  Dave was about 1\/2 an hour from my house.  I was 2 hours from my house.  I gave instructions to get into the garage and when I returned the snowblower was gone.  I put a note on my calendar to call Big John&#8217;s on Tuesday next week and see if they had any guess as to when I might get the blower back.  I calculated that given the extreme cold and heavy snow, there might be a LOT of snow blowers needing service and snow machines and 4 wheelers, etc. &#8211; all the purvey of Big John&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBArrival500333.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBArrival500333.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave phoned me early this afternoon and said they would deliver the blower back to me in an hour if that was ok.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBArrivalB500333.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBArrivalB500333.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yippy, Skippy and A-OK with me.  I was beyond happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBBoys500333.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBBoys500333.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave and his assistant played with Karl whilst I got a check for the whopping sum of &#8230;..drum roll please: $61.50 &#8211; which included the pickup and delivery.  I had expected $150 plus.<\/p>\n<p>Karl was disappointed when they left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBLeftKarl500333.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec08\/SBLeftKarl500333.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am now the president of Big John&#8217;s fan club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never say never or last or always&#8230; I wrote in the previous post, not that long ago, that it was my &#8220;last post for 2008&#8221;. But shortly after I hit &#8220;publish&#8221;, I received a call from Big John&#8217;s. Big John&#8217;s is the shop that had my snowblower for tuneup\/repair. 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