REAL women at that. They know the difference between an open end and a box end wench (er, I mean wrench)
This gal has photographic memory. This yard is the biggest around and they move at least 30 cars in and out per day. Rail siding to Asia right at the back. When I ask her if there's a Mustang or Ford Fox-body, she gives me the year, colour and how far back. Sharp gal, and has her stuff together. Not your average junkyard counter person. We got soaked today, in less than 40 minutes, snagged the forward harnesses and the rear window washer nozzle and GONE! 4 inches of rain since last night and possibly 3 more tonight.
Cute too! She doesn't take anything from anyone either, we saw her kick a couple of guys out the other day. Man we sure had a lot of rain. Apparently there are cars stuck in all the flooded out underpasses around the city. Hondas with CAIs mostly...
Sounds like she's a great counter person for a yard like that. You ever go in there with some Tim's donuts for the folks at the counter? They get suspicious of what you must be doing out in the yard then?
We owe them some. I asked the Loader operator and he said a coffee was fine. She is one smart cookie. I'm sure they pay her well.
This junkyard is in 4 major western Canadian cities, with ours being head office. Open 7 days a week and holidays! http://www.bucksautoparts.com/default.aspx So we realized that we left a few parts (wiring harness stuff and the 4-headlight setup (Futura's came with 4 halogens). Got yakkin' with our gal again, and found out that somebody had heard about her photographic memory. I only mentioned it here. And drove out to meet her! She thinks he was American. Whoever it it is, 'fess up! Anyway, she was telling us that she wears the grubbies at work, changes before she leaves, because she's something of a local 'rockstar' in the malls! She was at one mall with a TV station doing live promos with a big name morning show guy, and she had more people around her than he did! All the guys from the yard would introduce their wives and kids. Go figure! Rev, sounds like she has your fleet beat. over 30 cars at home, Mopars and Asian. She's a wrench-twisting wench! We gave the old beast our thanks and wished her well in our eulogy (the wagon, of course!)
Okay guys, you know women can work on cars too. I changed the oil, replaced the spark plugs, put new donuts on the exhaust, ran down bad fuel lines, took the carb off , put it back on, twice, removed the gas tank, and I am now doing the body work. I have a great husband, who gives me instructions and then lets me do it myself. I already know alot of it, he's my best friend, and I have been helping him for years on his projects. Nothing makes makes me madder than guys who think that ALL females don't have a clue about cars. Some moron parts counter guy once told me "Women should'nt send a guy to the grocery store, and guys should'nt send a woman to the parts house." :banghead3: Needless to say, I refuse to shop in that store anymore. BTW it looks like yall had alot of fun, and hopefully that donor went on to a better place.:2_thumbs_up_-_anima
You tell them, girl!!! Actually, we've had quite a few wagon gals here with 'car wagonitis' and they've proved to be quite resourceful! A couple of gals in England even made their own body rotisserie to do a complete resto on their big American wagons. Here's the link! http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3001&highlight=Rotisserie So we're dam glad to see women get into the hobby.
