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radiator shops that have been long and
proud supporters of NARSA, and they
want to see this association that has been
so great to their grandfathers and fathers
and their family businesses continue to
succeed and thrive.
Since Bloomington, I have attended
nearly every NARSA event. The two I
missed were the HD Conference in Houma
at Radiator Service and the Ed Tech at
Rocky Mount Radiator in Rocky Mount,
North Carolina. So, when my sister-in-law
announced to us last year that her
husband had taken a job in Charlotte,
North Carolina, and that they were
moving at the end of the summer, one
of the first things I did was pull up to see
how far Rocky Mount was from Charlotte.
It turns out it is a short and easy 3-hour
drive. So, when we surprised our
daughters on Christmas morning with
plane tickets to fly to Charlotte and see
their cousins, I had already tentatively
planned a trip to Rocky Mount to see
Bryan and Chuck Braswell. I could not be
that close and not stop by and see
a top-of-the-line facility that I had
missed previously.
Now my sister-in-law's house was
like the house in National Lampoon's
Christmas Vacation. Michael, Sara,
and their twins were hosting Michael's
parents, his aunt, Sara's mom, Lisa and
me, and our two daughters. Sara's oldest
daughter was home from college as well.
I think on December 26 we had the same
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