On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 06:18:38 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On 04 Sep 2004 09:13:01 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
calmly ranted:

Phisherman repeats:

Oh yeah - it looks like Lee Valley is making straightedges now. A
four or six footer would sure be nice for the jointer... Dad's a
Canuck so I guess I can feel ok buying (and buying, and buying...)
from them!!

JP

OK! I knew they were working on the straightedge. I'll have to see if my boss
will free up a check in the next few days. That price is right on the steel
model. Aluminum, too, but I'm clumsy enough to screw that up, so will go with
steel.

Now watch. UPS will show up with a 2' long U-shaped package
marked "Carefully folded to avoid damage to contents."


UPS can mess up anything. So I believe your exaggeration could in
fact come true.

I once ordered a bunch of mesquite boards from Texas. Tracked 'em
across the US, they got to my local delivery office and got scheduled
for delivery. Yippee. later that same day, they got marked as
damaged in shipment, return to sender. WTF!!!!

I was ****ed beyond belief, and wondered how they'd gotten broken.
The driver brought them out anyway, of his own initiative. Turns out
someone at UPS spilled a lot of used motor oil on them. How
thoroughly incompetent of them. Since they were mostly wrapped in
cardboard and were rough, what oil did touch them got planed off
anyway.

Thanks to the initiative of their driver, who must know *something*
about woodworking, he saved the day for me. He should have gotten an
attaboy for that, but probably received discipline for violating the
company line.