5.51 Millimeters in the Coffee Shop

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5.51 Millimeters in the Coffee Shop

The old guys with the loudest voice sat near to my chair. His right side was not far from my left side.

We were in one the Tim Horton’s Coffee Shop for a treat last evening.

Across for me was my mom and beside me – to my left was my wife. She was sitting closer to the old guy with the loud voice.

So he says, “I took it down 5.51 millimeters. Even at that it was still tight. I had to hammer it in. The bearings came from New Jersey and the rod came from Michigan.” Then he laughed long and hard. The other three sitting with him chirped in some comment or other that made even less sense to those sitting nearby – but because of the volume – everyone could hear.

All of them in a world of their.

My guess these are old car guys… that have antique cars and spend most of their time and money on getting the parts that are needed to build their beauties up… or keep them running.

These old guys wanted me to ask them something about their latest dealings with their cars. Their wives wouldn’t listen but maybe some one in the coffee shop would.

I admire the old fellow… 5.51 millimeters is something else to accomplish. I doubt that I could be that accurate with my machinery. But then not knowing what the heck he was talking about kind of left me out of the conversation.

At another table the old folk were talking about the Southern Gospel Concert that they were heading off to soon. The bus trip, the clothing they needed, and how exciting the groups that would attend would be… almost as weird as the 5.51 millimeters.

There was another guy not long ago in another coffee shop I entered. He was adamant that his listener know that he must be “saved”… and come to church with him the next Sunday. At least that is what I thought was being discussed. Not a lot of Tact but a whole lot of zeal!

Whoa! What a mixture in my life at the coffee shop.

Being retired now I spend more time sitting and listening and talking. And I guess I can be loud too… when I get excited about my “5.51 millimeters” that I do with my art work. I can get a little worked up about the special events that I attend – the National Gallery of Canada.

Gotta get ready for another coffee shop adventure today.

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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