Subj : The Zone was: Today in H
To   : Mike Powell
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Aug 12 2023 04:49 am

-=> Mike Powell wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 >  > Me, I sell car parts at AutoZone amd cuss the kiddies at the home office
 >  > who constantly futz with the OS (in Linux) the we use on the terminals
 >  > at the counter. I really hate it when I try to access something that
 >  > used to was easy to get to and has been buried under layers of menus
 >  > and steps. Or hidden entirely and must be accessed by opening another
 >  > program - like the catalogs for lawnmowers/garden tractors aor ATVs
 >  > and motorcycles/scooters or the Heavy Truck stuff.

 >  MP> If AutoZone sells any of those "fart pipe" tailpipes, I hope you are
 >  MP> not selling them to the kiddies who decide it is cool to put one on a
 >  MP> Mustang.

 > What are you calling a "fart pipe"? I'm not familiar with that usage.

 MP> Tailpipes that restrict the flow of exhaust (opposite of a glass pack)
 MP> and cause the car to sound like a motorcycle with a very shrill exhaust
 MP> note.

Fair enuff. AFAIK we don't sell those. Never seen nor (I think) heard one.

 > We sell glass packs and headers and some "speed shop" stuff. The "speed"
 > equipment doesn't move very well. And most of the glass packs are sold as
 > replacements for resonators or mufflers that are *expensaive* in direct
 > replacement configurations. And catalytic converters? Fuggitaboudit

 MP> People just steal those anyway. :)

It's all gonna become moot as we transition to 'leck-trick vehicles. 
One of my local stupormarkups is installing charging stations along
one edge of their parking lot using the same marketing philosophy that
I have pitched to my regional manager. Whule they are waiting for their
charge to complete they can come inside and shop. It's a win/win.

.... Veni Vidi Visa - I came, I saw, I bought it.
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