Eagle66
01-15-2014, 05:04 AM
Today while out & about doing stuff, I stopped at several places to ask about WW’s. I ran into some interesting, some funny, and some really cool stuff. BTW, when I ask about WW’s, I always say they are for making fishing weights.[smilie=1:
First stop was AA+. He gave me a most of a waste basket full that he had, 46#. Free. :bigsmyl2:No, that’s not a typo. Free. Every store of this brand has always given me some free. No, I won’t tell you who they are, unless you tell me where your magic spot is where the deer all pose for your shot.
Next place was the stock lie about they gave them to some guy that came by last week. Nothing new there. My sister, who was along for the ride, found that interesting.
Next was another store of the same brand as the first. He said that he’d see what he could find and came back after a bit with a little bag full(6#). I thanked him and went back out to the car where my sister was waiting. When she saw the bag, she started snickering. [smilie=l: When I asked her what was so funny, she told me that she saw the guy come out into the garage, scoop up a couple of handfuls, and then just stand there chewing the fat with the boys in the garage for several minutes before I came out.
The next place, the fellow at the desk said that “the guy” got all he had yesterday, and that they didn’t give them away anyway. I asked him how much he sold them for and he said, “$10/lb.” I barely made it back to the car before I started laughing. :roll: When my sister asked what’s up, I told her and she started laughing too.
The next place said that they give them to a guy that melts them down into boolits. That caught me short and all I could say was, “Wow, that’s interesting”. :shock: He said that if I came back in a couple of weeks, maybe he could get the guy to split them with me. He took my number, & I left. When I told my sister about that one she started laughing again. So much for the fishing weight line.:|
Last place of the day, the guy said that he didn’t know, he had about 20 buckets of them in the back, but I would have to ask the boss, who was at the other end of the counter with a customer. I started to get my hopes up.( [smilie=w: ) The boss said that they had so many because his guys had been too busy to go thru them and pick out the ones good enough to reuse. They cost too damn much to toss good ones. He said that a shooter friend of his told him that COWW’s make the best boolits. We chatted about that for a bit, then he said that I should get back to him in a 3-4 weeks. He took my name & number and gave me his card with his number. When I told my sister, she said, hmm, that’s interesting. I put that place on my list for a few doughnut runs.
As I dropped my sister off, she said, “I suppose you want me to go pick them up when he calls while you’re out of town?” Then she said OK as long as they didn’t expect her to lift them into the back of her truck. Then I started laughing.
Pretty good day. 52# of free mixed WW’s and more fun than I’ve had in a long time pursuing the elusive WW’s.:grin:
First stop was AA+. He gave me a most of a waste basket full that he had, 46#. Free. :bigsmyl2:No, that’s not a typo. Free. Every store of this brand has always given me some free. No, I won’t tell you who they are, unless you tell me where your magic spot is where the deer all pose for your shot.
Next place was the stock lie about they gave them to some guy that came by last week. Nothing new there. My sister, who was along for the ride, found that interesting.
Next was another store of the same brand as the first. He said that he’d see what he could find and came back after a bit with a little bag full(6#). I thanked him and went back out to the car where my sister was waiting. When she saw the bag, she started snickering. [smilie=l: When I asked her what was so funny, she told me that she saw the guy come out into the garage, scoop up a couple of handfuls, and then just stand there chewing the fat with the boys in the garage for several minutes before I came out.
The next place, the fellow at the desk said that “the guy” got all he had yesterday, and that they didn’t give them away anyway. I asked him how much he sold them for and he said, “$10/lb.” I barely made it back to the car before I started laughing. :roll: When my sister asked what’s up, I told her and she started laughing too.
The next place said that they give them to a guy that melts them down into boolits. That caught me short and all I could say was, “Wow, that’s interesting”. :shock: He said that if I came back in a couple of weeks, maybe he could get the guy to split them with me. He took my number, & I left. When I told my sister about that one she started laughing again. So much for the fishing weight line.:|
Last place of the day, the guy said that he didn’t know, he had about 20 buckets of them in the back, but I would have to ask the boss, who was at the other end of the counter with a customer. I started to get my hopes up.( [smilie=w: ) The boss said that they had so many because his guys had been too busy to go thru them and pick out the ones good enough to reuse. They cost too damn much to toss good ones. He said that a shooter friend of his told him that COWW’s make the best boolits. We chatted about that for a bit, then he said that I should get back to him in a 3-4 weeks. He took my name & number and gave me his card with his number. When I told my sister, she said, hmm, that’s interesting. I put that place on my list for a few doughnut runs.
As I dropped my sister off, she said, “I suppose you want me to go pick them up when he calls while you’re out of town?” Then she said OK as long as they didn’t expect her to lift them into the back of her truck. Then I started laughing.
Pretty good day. 52# of free mixed WW’s and more fun than I’ve had in a long time pursuing the elusive WW’s.:grin: