Old customers, old friends

A fella came into the old barn yesterday and asked, "Are you Marty?" 

Seeing as I am, I answered yes. He needed a cable repaired, explaining that I had fixed it for him before. As proof, he showed me the invoice from the previous repair, dated 4/23/1996. It was signed: Paid, Cash, Marty Cosgriff.

That was literally the day after my 36th birthday. As I'm scarcely a month from 61, that makes it nearly 25 years since that last job.

I fixed the cable, and the man and I had a pleasant talk. He joked whether the warranty had expired. I joked back that unfortunately it had, and that 1996 prices had expired too. We laughed, and actually had a good visit.

It's nice seeing old friends. And I like days like yesterday.