In a message dated 3/10/00 5:08:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< Rent the movie "TIN MEN". >>

In the movie, cast in Balto.,  somebody fills up a car with concrete.  This
actually happened, and is part of the oral history of ready mix concrete.  I
used to work for the old Harry T. Campbell & Sons Company, who produced ready
mixed concrete in Balto.  I was told this story about 10 years before "Tin
Men" was produced.  One of the drivers was suspicious of his wife, who he
thought was carrying on with a salesman.  One day, he drove down his block as
a side trip on the way to make a delivery, and saw the salesman's convertible
parked near his house.  So he stopped and filled it up with concrete.  As I
understand it, he had to be fired, but nobody had the disrespect to charge
him for the concrete.

Steve Stokowski
Stone Products Consultants
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