Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 23:10:43 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday tech question quiz
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Bomb?
Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus
On Jul 12, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> BAH! I was going to guess "fire". :(
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:
>
>> you got it ...
>> LOOK .....pretend that is in size 30 font.
>>
>> lots of people don't 'just look' as a first step.
>> near as I can tell anyway.
>>
>> was talking to a guy today ..owner of a very exotic vanagon .
>> said his father taught him how things work ..
>> but never to actually touch them and work on them.
>>
>> Smart guy too ...great good smart guy ..
>> but to take a screw driver to anything , even something pretty simple
>> ......evidently is foreign to him.
>>
>> He has skills I don't most likely too ..
>> not like I expect everyone to be able to fix things..
>> and I am also suprised at what some people believe they can't do.
>>
>> Like it never occurs to some people..
>> vanagon owners here and theretoo, to tighten a loose screw. Can someone
>> explain that? ?
>> lol!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/12/2013 7:30 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>>
>>> Look, Look, Scott. See Scott Look.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>*
>>> *wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm with you..
>>>> you are thinking to hard.
>>>> I'm after awareness of a very, very basic action that ..appears to me ..
>>>> people don't even do or think of sometimes..
>>>> theyimmediately start thinking about 'what part' or rush to online
>>>> groups.
>>>>
>>>> what is that one action that is a natural and basic first step ? ..so
>>>> simple ..its' too obvious even, and some people don't think to do it
>>>> even, apparently tome.
>>>> or maybe on one is noticing what I notice in postssometimes..
>>>> ones like this ..
>>>> my ( year and version not stated half the time of course )Vanagon does
>>>> X, what could be causing that ?
>>>>
>>>> what basic action does it sound like they didn't do ?
>>>> one word, 4 letters.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/12/2013 6:13 PM, J Stewart wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I can't think of one word, but I do know this after 34 years as a
>>>>> telecommunications tech and shade tree mechanic: Check the simple stuff
>>>>> first, don't over complicate things, when troubleshooting something for
>>>>> a
>>>>> long time and frustrated, walk away for a while, and even if someone
>>>>> else
>>>>> said they already checked something-check it again anyway! Jeff Stewart
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the First Step in diagnosing something ..?
>>>>>> something not working right.
>>>>>> the first step, one word, 4 letters.
>>>>>> It' flat amazing, seems to me anyway..how many times people don't do
>>>>>> this one basic action as their first step to solving a vanagon issue
>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>> one word, 4 letters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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