Date:         Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:38:43 -0400
Reply-To:     David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David Milo <dellaone@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Temp gauge problem resolved
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I once came upon a fellow mechanic who had inserted a slide hammer with
screw device into the trunk lock of his fairly nice 1972 Mecury Montego. He
had pulled the guts out of the lock so that he could open the trunk lid, in
the mistaken belief that he had locked his keys in the trunk.

He got it open all right.

He eventually discovered to his horror, that his keys were laying on the
rear bumper.

Dave


On 10/14/06, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My condolences.  Many years ago I was in the Air Force
> with a fellow named Mike.  A big, rangy guy, Mike was
> an enthusiastic mechanic who occasionally was known to
> make a bad situation worse.
>
> I was watching him rotate the tires on his old
> '50s-vintage Jeep station wagon and he was snugging
> down the last of the lug nuts with a 4-way wrench and
> snapped one of them off.  Naturally, he sought to vent
> and slammed the driver's door, which happened to have
> the window rolled down.  That, of course, shattered
> the door glass.  "Pulling a Mike" was the phrase that
> grew out of that episode, and I have been known to
> display that behavior myself.
>
> It's never productive, but almost always makes for a
> good story later if you can bring yourself to tell it.
>
> Stephen
>
> --- Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > After much consternation and diagnostic fury,
> > there's not much more to say
> > that this picture doesn't explain:
> >
> http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Volkswagen/Van_temp%20wire.JPG
> >
> > Upon discovery, I embarked upon a boisterous,
> > scholarly and somewhat salty
> > discourse with the inanimate objects residing in my
> > shop.  After which, I
> > started the van and heard a most peculiar noise.
> > Here's the happy surprise
> > that awaited my return to the engine compartment:
> >
> http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Volkswagen/Van_d%20ohhhh.JPG
> >
> > I think I'll start drinking early today...
> > --
> > Casey
> > Olympia, WA
> > Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative
> > state"
> > '87 300TD intercooler/propane injection #22 (219k)
> > '84 300D (218k)
> > Gashuffer:
> > '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
> > http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
> >
>
>
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