On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:08:01 -0800, the infamous "jloomis"
scrawled the following:

Nope:
I always do my jobs first then give a billing unless they are over the
30,000 + - range.
these people have paid for jobs done in the past.....also.

You're very trusting. I refuse to be taken for more than half a job,
so even my good customers are trained from the start to put a
downpayment. I only get taken about once a decade any more, and most
of my work comes from repeat customers, but when the shysters come out
to play, look out. I'm glad you haven't been had lately, and ditto
what the others said about repeat customers. They're truly the best,
both for the pocketbook and the soul.

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Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight
very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
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