it's good to have friends; it's better to have rich friends

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My barber is well off.  He bought himself this little flivver a few months ago.  But he loves cutting hair, so he comes in four days a week bright and early (and on three of those days, he stays very late).  He's been cutting hair for some guys for decades.  We bring him wine, especially near the end of the year.  I brought him a modest zinfandel from Magito that i picked up on my last trip to Sonoma; i left it on his counter today, right next to the Beaulieu Vineyard 1985 cabernet sauvignon that another client dropped off yesterday.

I'm a little envious.