$175 alternator belt (long)

[Eric_R_Kissell at whirlpool.com]

Kent wrote:
[snip]
>I said, "OK." She said, "That'll be $110." "Can you at
>least lube it before you shove it up my arse," I thought.
>I paid the lady, and off we went to the garage.
[snip]
>Before he put it on the lift, he was telling me that he
>had to look at it, as it may be something else. "Oh, oh,"
>I thought, "another reaming with no lube."  But he saw
>the missing belt (is that possible?), and agreed that's
>what the problem was.
[snip]
>I'll tell you about being stopped by a NC State
>Trooper on a deserted back road in the middle
>of nowhere at 1:00am some other time. :-)

Does anyone else see a pattern developing here?

Eric