greg334
Veteran Expediter
So today I went on my errands, first to Radio Shack, which was a trip in it’s self (asked for a ‘part’, a 5 volt regulator in a to-220 case and got a wall adapter – not the brightest star in the galaxy there at Radio Shack) and than to Wal-Mart, the dirtiest one I have yet seen actual dead cockroaches in the aisles and to get an oil change. Isn’t being a tourist fun, even in your city?
The place I go get my oil changed is down the street and was managed by a group of young men from Detroit. They always did a great job and if they found a leak or a seep, they would have me look at it. Filled everything up, even the empty washer bottle I have in my door well. Good service for the rest of the country - great service for the Detroit area.
I arrived at the oil change place and no one I reconginize is working there. I pull up and this rather big dude guides me into the bay and comes up to the van and say ‘yous here for an oil change?’ in a Jersey accent (sorry can't write an accent). He sounded really familiar and then I figured it out, you could close your eyes and it sounded just like James Gandolfini playing Tony Soprano. So I watch this guy direct the oil change and he either is doing a great imitation of Tony Soprano or he is really like this - think the latter.
His crew also spoke with jersey accents and their mannerisms were not the hip hop sloppy Marshal Mathers Detroit mannerisms but the confident east coast 'family' type, so I think that they are from out of town, maybe? But the striking thing was this guy looked a lot like James Gandolfini, not exactly but really close. I did meet the real one in SF international on a trip back to NY two years ago and talked with him for 30 minutes. I got to say it is close match.
The service was also as good as the entertainment, they did offer some free work, air filter change and such but I declined.
OH got HBO to watch the Sopranos and got to say it is really bad this year, time to put it to rest.
The place I go get my oil changed is down the street and was managed by a group of young men from Detroit. They always did a great job and if they found a leak or a seep, they would have me look at it. Filled everything up, even the empty washer bottle I have in my door well. Good service for the rest of the country - great service for the Detroit area.
I arrived at the oil change place and no one I reconginize is working there. I pull up and this rather big dude guides me into the bay and comes up to the van and say ‘yous here for an oil change?’ in a Jersey accent (sorry can't write an accent). He sounded really familiar and then I figured it out, you could close your eyes and it sounded just like James Gandolfini playing Tony Soprano. So I watch this guy direct the oil change and he either is doing a great imitation of Tony Soprano or he is really like this - think the latter.
His crew also spoke with jersey accents and their mannerisms were not the hip hop sloppy Marshal Mathers Detroit mannerisms but the confident east coast 'family' type, so I think that they are from out of town, maybe? But the striking thing was this guy looked a lot like James Gandolfini, not exactly but really close. I did meet the real one in SF international on a trip back to NY two years ago and talked with him for 30 minutes. I got to say it is close match.
The service was also as good as the entertainment, they did offer some free work, air filter change and such but I declined.
OH got HBO to watch the Sopranos and got to say it is really bad this year, time to put it to rest.
