Showing posts with label mark martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mark martin. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

It happened again...

When I wrote this post a few months ago, I never would have imagined I'd be revisiting it. Being wrong can sometimes be funny.

I had a sugar craving yesterday morning, so the donut shop seemed the best place for me to stop for breakfast. As I was paying for my items, the woman behind the counter said "Is that your dad?"  I burst into a laughter that caught the attention of the three people sitting inside eating, and a few strange looks. I think I made the lady behind the counter a little nervous with my laughing, but I just couldn't help it. The woman tried to defend herself by saying, "Some companies let you put your own pictures on the card, so that's what I thought it was." I still continued to laugh, because I never thought anyone would ask me that, let alone TWICE!

Ha-ha

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Who will earn their Darlington Stripe?

Getting ready for the green flag, I sit here in anticipation as I wonder if Mark Martin’s 5th place start in the GoDaddy.com Chevy, is really any better than Kyle Busch’s 39th place start in the Doublemint Toyota.

mark martin     kyle busch

In 500 miles, how fast can Kyle get to the front? What kind of pit strategy can him and Dave Rogers come up with before the race ends? Will Mark be able to stay in the front and hold off any drivers that are more than eager to get to the front (i.e. Johnson, Gordon, Keselowski, Jr., etc.)

Stay tuned…there’s always an interesting turn of events.  :-)

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UPDATE: KYLE BUSCH FINISH 7th AND MARK MARTIN FINISHED 16th. PROVING ONCE MORE - STARTING POSITION REALLY DOESN’T MATTER FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN POINTS & A NUMBER OF CARS NOW SPORT A PIECE OF THE WALL ON THEIR RIGHT SIDE. CONGRATS TO DENNY HAMLIN FOR WINNING BOTH RACES THIS WEEKEND – HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO HIS MOMMY.  :-)

Saturday, April 17, 2010

It’ll Be Here Next Week…

…is all I kept hearing.mm flag 2010 I owned this flag for 2 ½ months. I never had it in my physical possession, but I owned it. Paid for it. Walked away with a receipt and the assurance that it would be mailed to me as soon as they arrived. (NASCAR season hadn’t quite started yet, so when she told me they hadn’t come in yet, we weren’t too terribly shocked.

At the same time I ordered this, I bought 3 other flag, all of which arrived, one-at-a-time. *sigh

An entire month goes by, so I decide to respond to one of the spam email newsletters this place puts out. I made mention of a few things she was sure to remember so I was certain she knew who I was as she read my email. I politely mentioned that I hadn’t received the MM flag (pictured above), although I had received the others, thankyouverymuch.   No response.

About another three or four weeks later, I sent another email, again, in response to her mass mailing newsletter. This time I figured I wasn’t going to try to make friends anymore, so my email was short and to the point.   No response.

Two more weeks go by, and I finally said to JK, “At this point, I just want my money back so I can go somewhere else to get it. The season is ½ over.” He said, “Okay. I’ll call her and see what she says.”

**side note: thank you JK for calling. knowing how upset i was about it, i would have said something to the woman i shouldn’t have. don’t want to do something i’m going to regret, so thank you. thank you.

Moving on…  JK finally calls and she tells him the driver won’t authorize the release of the design on the flag (*cough – bullshit – cough*), but he accepts it and hangs up.

Today, I’d had enough. I told him I had now become beyond upset and just wanted my full refund. No further questions from me, your honor, and no more lame ass excuses or lies from her please. He called, got her to refund it and hung up. Thank you, again JK. (insert X’s and O’s here for you).

So it doesn’t seem I’ll be getting my 2010 NASCAR flag this year, but that’s okay. Some other things are just more important. :-)

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