I got to digging through my little book of maintenance for my El Camino. It was due a transmission fluid change and new filter. That is a pain to get done at home with a scissor lift and no way to really clean the pan. I just take it to the shop that built it. It is a total family affair there. The dad started the shop and now his son works there. His wife was the front counter and office help, and now the daughter helps in the office. The kids have brought the shop into the 21st century with computers and QuickBooks.
It was rather surreal to be chatting with the wife and daughter about my 2004R transmission. Most women just get a glazed look in their eyes when words Turbo 350 or 2004R are used. They even asked what my rear end ratio is. Most women never say "rear end" to a man they don't know.
The ladies were both pleasant, feminine and in dresses, and the men were the mechanics. But I bet the dinner conversation has been about transmissions quite often.
I just waited for it to get done.
The coolest part, it is almost certain my dad and the mom's dad worked together in Korea in 1967. My dad and her dad were both Air Force pilots and stationed in South Korea in 1967. I wish dad were alive to ask him about it.