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Lee Styron = One Class Act
Since publicly embarrassing our buddy Lee Styron is a competitive sport around here, I thought I'd join in the fun:
A week ago today, I emailed Lee and told him I wanted to order a Shark Splitter for my BT. I inquired whether custom colors were available, and at what additional cost. Lee and I batted a few emails back and forth, mainly to settle on the color, which I described as some shade of bright yellow ... I used the current Ford Mustang color as one example, and the yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets from the Lance Armstrong Foundation as another. I had sent Lee one of these bracelets after he made a contribution to the LAF on my behalf, last fall. But I told him the exact shade didn't matter, as long as the color wasn't too dark, like a school bus.
My Shark Splitter arrived yesterday, only six days after I expressed my interest and five after I actually placed the order.
At the time I placed that order, Lee told me there'd be no extra charge for the custom color.
When it arrived, the thing was packaged like ... well, let's just say that I wore out two X-Acto blades before I finally coaxed the thing out into the daylight.
But the coolest thing of all?
I was surprised and delighted to see that Lee had stamped the words LIVE STRONG into the splitter, just above the mounting slots.
Thank you, Lee. Your thoughtfulness really made this cancer survivor's day, and then some!
A week ago today, I emailed Lee and told him I wanted to order a Shark Splitter for my BT. I inquired whether custom colors were available, and at what additional cost. Lee and I batted a few emails back and forth, mainly to settle on the color, which I described as some shade of bright yellow ... I used the current Ford Mustang color as one example, and the yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets from the Lance Armstrong Foundation as another. I had sent Lee one of these bracelets after he made a contribution to the LAF on my behalf, last fall. But I told him the exact shade didn't matter, as long as the color wasn't too dark, like a school bus.
My Shark Splitter arrived yesterday, only six days after I expressed my interest and five after I actually placed the order.
At the time I placed that order, Lee told me there'd be no extra charge for the custom color.
When it arrived, the thing was packaged like ... well, let's just say that I wore out two X-Acto blades before I finally coaxed the thing out into the daylight.
But the coolest thing of all?
I was surprised and delighted to see that Lee had stamped the words LIVE STRONG into the splitter, just above the mounting slots.
Thank you, Lee. Your thoughtfulness really made this cancer survivor's day, and then some!
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