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Rodder's Car Show

It looked like rain this morning, but some cars were out anyway. I walked around, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at them, and passed out some cards. There's another show later today, but it poured on the way home, so I don't think there will be too many cars there, I'm going to try it again next Sunday, it's a weekly car show in Milford.

I put some lines down on a Chevy, but the channel wasn't perfect to begin with (it's an old car, hello! LOL), and the guy wanted it to be perfect, so I wiped it off and walked away, making a note to never do any work for him in the future - there's no pleasing some people, and all they do is complain, it's not worth it. That, and he put his head literally right next to mine while I was working. It's a pet peeve of mine, I like my personal space, being crowded throws me off my game. That's just how I roll.

I didn't do any other striping besides that today, but maybe I'll get some future call backs, some days that's just how it is.

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