LOL, that is pretty funny. I have begun to rely on that trick as well, I get as much bike related purchases as possible shipped to my office. Then it is real easy to just dump it in the spare parts cabinet and remove it when you need to and it appears that I have had it all along.
On a recent purchase my co-worker almost had me convinced to purchase "the almost on topic bike which does have chrome lugs" then bring it into the office and tear it all apart. Once I did this I was to dump it all in a box like a pile of junk and take it home and reassemble it. By doing this it would have been completely believable to have had the bike given to me by a co-worker that no longer wanted it. In the end I decided to do the right thing and even took her with me when I purchased the bike.
Between paypal, internet, and shipping to work there is a lot of stuff that can come in under the radar.
John Dalldorf
San Diego, CA.
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>
> familiar scene # 1 - a garage, basement or den in anytown, usa
>
> [spouse walks in on cr list member working on a bike. the bike was
> delivered by ups to the list member's workplace. the cr list member
> brought it home and unpacked it while the spouse was out of the house,
> and just finished stashing the box in another part of the house]
>
> spouse: is that a new bike?
>
> cr list member: nah, it was here.
>
> spouse: really? i don't remember it. when did you get it?
>
> cr list member: i dunno, we've had it, just haven't ridden it in a
> while...so your sister's coming to town, huh? when is that? haven't
> seen her in a while, huh?
>
>
> familiar scene #2 - conversation at a restaurant between a cr list
> member and spouse, and the sister from out of town
>
> sister: so, how many bikes do you have now?
>
> cr list member: i dunno, 10 or 12
>
> spouse: i thought you had more than that.
>
> cr list member: maybe for 14, i'm not sure
>
> spouse: you have more than that
>
> cr list member: around that, yeah, i have to count them again...so
> when was the last time you were here?
>
>
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>
> no poll needs to be taken. i'm sure that all of us with more than 10
> bikes have gone through situations like the ones above.
>
> hope you enjoyed it.
>
> ray dobbins
> miami, florida
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>
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