Date:         Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:31:58 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Broke it better
Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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At 07:08 PM 7/26/2008 -0700, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>but I am going to fix this sumbitch and put it back on, by God, and
>the van WILL run with it.

I know just how you feel.  Happened to me when I got a new trench
coat and my brother said "Watch out you don't catch the bottom hem in
your turn signal and rip it off."  How I chuckled!

Two weeks later I caught the hem in my turn signal (Toyota Tercel)
and ripped it off.  How I laughed!  The 25-cent piece of broken
plastic came from Toyota as part of the $72 switch assembly.  I swore
a mighty oath like unto the above and set about figuring out what
would stick to structural polypropylene (not much).  Six hours later
it was fixed with epoxy.  Six months later it came apart.  Six more
hours later it was fixed with little bits of serrated tin-can and
liquid steel.  Six months after that I went and paid the $72.

Cheers,
David


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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"