Friday was a full day at the shop! Trevor, pictured above working on the TF, worked during the morning after performing some necessary shop maintenance. He left at noon to go to his job at the Cannonsburg Ski Lodge. Ken worked on the TF nearly all day. About noon, the owner, her husband, and the owner's brother came by the shop to go over the estimate. When we were done discussing the work, the costs, etc, he turned to her and said, "Merry Christmas, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary." She queried, "For the rest of my life?" We all had a good time with the car, talking about it's history (she drove it home on Route 66), and their time with it.
Casey was working right along on the 1964 MGB, but his girlfriend called late in the morning complaining of a swollen neck and face -- so he took her to the med center. We all thought she might have mumps, but the docs figured it was a combination of this and that, and perhaps some sort of allergic reaction. She's in her third or fourth week working for the local Humane Society. Casey was back in the afternoon and made progress on the project.
Lisa left at noon to drive out to the body shop to take some pictures of the 1973 MGB -- although it looked very much the same as it had the day before.
Caroline spent the day preparing statements to send out to our customers. We've adoped a weekly billing practice which we were first introduced to by Carl Heideman of Eclectic Motorworks. Money is the blood of our business. Without it flowing through our checkbook our ability to command parts and services is impaired. Winter is always a difficult time for us as we lose our daily, in and out, business and must rely on regular, swift payments from the owners of the projects in the shop.
Andrew came in later in the afternoon and assisted, too, with two checkouts and some with the TF.
My day started early -- at 5:15! By 6:30 my son James and I were at the Panera Bread store to have coffee with a couple of other guys from the Boy Scout Troop. I worked through the morning to add to and to correct the estimate for the MG TF -- then later in the afternoon I assisted on a couple of projects. I know several people called during tech hour, but that was over 24 hours ago so I've forgotten where they were calling from or what the questions were. My hard drive is very nearly full and trying to recall information continues to get more difficult!
We are all getting eager for our Christmas party, planned for Friday. We'll bring in a television set and watch "Scrooged." At least that's the plan now. 
If you've made it this far, you'll want to know about the MG banner. That hung in the original University Motors in London, probably at the Piccadilly address. This, too, was saved from the damp storage shed. I've never seen another like it.
