Assorted mixed nuts

I was in Canadian Tire (for you poor, poor souls outside 'Canader' who don't have Canadian Tire, it is like if Home Depot and Wal-Mart got together and had a kid who turned out to be a Boy Scout) poking around for Christmas pressies for Husband. I was having a great time with a clerk who had super communication skills. He was awfully keen to sell me CanTire's latest Gadget Just In Time For The Holiday Season, something called the Mastercraft Crank Speed Ratchet.

"Mmm - I dunno," I said dubiously. "He doesn't really have to deal with a lot of nuts..." In an instant, my mind flashed to both his work and our social life. "Wait," I said. "Let me rephrase that.."

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