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Danny Dyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 17 May 2008 20:37:57 -0400
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Thanks For That One, It Was Great, Danny.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:20 AM
Subject: Fw: best buy at Dayton


> From my friend Andy w9njy.
>
>
> The coolest thing at Dayton is coffee.  My friend John K8WDN wanted to =
> look at High Sierra mobile antennas.  We walk up to their space and one =
> side of it has a coffee pot and a bunch of half cups laid out.  John =
> started to ask the guy about a part he was looking at on the display =
> table.  The man said, "Well, what are you talking about?"  It took my =
> friend several minutes to figure out the guy behind the table was blind. =
> John handed him the part and then got a description of what it was.  =
> The blind guy was also the one offering and selling coffee.  I had a cup =
> and it was perfect French roast.  I bought a bag of ground.  He roasts =
> coffee for a living!  His coffee company is called "the unseen bean."  =
> There is a sketch of his dog on the label of the coffee.  His dog has a =
> mask drawn over his eyes.  He isn't seeing either.  The back of the =
> label gives the history of this guy.  He spent the first 25 years of his =
> blind working life as an auto mechanic.  He has a web site if you want =
> to see his coffee for sale.  Dolly and I always travel with a coffee =
> pot.  So we've already had his French Roast in our cheap motel room.  =
> It's great and I'm going to buy some more today. =20
>
> 73,
>
> Andy
>
>
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