tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post2883424131305058423..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: The Retrogrouch Past: InfluencesBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-74762886411333444282020-12-18T21:15:00.084-05:002020-12-18T21:15:00.084-05:00That’s an awesome story - I can absolutely picture...That’s an awesome story - I can absolutely picture Al doing that. I miss that place sometimes.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-41021352113007141972020-12-18T19:14:21.619-05:002020-12-18T19:14:21.619-05:00Al's Bike Shop on Lee Road! I used to work th...Al's Bike Shop on Lee Road! I used to work there!! I'd go to work after school let out at Cleveland Heights High School...just down the street. It was back in 1975-1976. Al was quite the character! Wow do I have some stories...ROFL. Ok, here's the funniest one...<br /><br />A young kid like me walks into the shop one day. I had just brought up a kid's coaster brake bike I had assembled in the basement where he had his lawnmower repair shop. <br /><br />Anyway, this kid walks in and is looking through the tringular-shaped boxes of Robergel spokes. Al goes over and asks, "Can I help you son?". The kid replies, "Yeah, I'm looking for a few 11 5/8" spokes". Al finds the right box and hands the kid the number of spokes he needs. The kid asks, "How much are these spokes?". Al replies, ".25 cents a piece". The kid says, "Geez mister, that's 5 cents more than the shop down the street sells them for". Al replies, "Then why didn't you buy them there?". The kid replies, "He's out of this size". Al takes the spokes out of the kids hands and says, "We're out of them too". Then Al walks back behind the counter. Man, you had to be there. That kid looked at me like, what the....? I looked back at him and just gave him the "no idea dude" look.ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446258643037964664noreply@blogger.com