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27 February 2011

Buy One Get One Free

"Miss Jane" is a big Michael Jackson fan.  So when a national library conference was being held in Chicago she wrangled an invitation to go along even though she wasn't actually attending the conference.  She just wanted to visit the vendors and take a vacation to visit her relatives that lived in the Chicago area.  After taking the A.D.'s spot in the van (which meant he couldn't go to the conference at all) she changed her mind at the last minute and decided to drive herself so she could stop in Gary, Indiana and visit Michael Jackson's boyhood home.

When she arrived at M.J.'s house there wasn't any place to park nearby because of all the memorial tribute traffic in the neighborhood so "Miss Jane" had to park a few streets away.  A couple of local gentlemen were sitting on the front porch of a nearby house and offered to let her park in their driveway for a mere $10.  Since she didn't have change for a $20 she went ahead and gave them an extra $10 to which they replied "You can park here for free next time".  She thought that was a great deal.