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Date:         Tue, 3 Oct 1995 11:44:47 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         tfab@netcom.com (thom fitzpatrick)
Subject:      Bad Day (tm)

Bad Day (tm) Today

Driving along 80 to this AM, thinking what a wonderful heater I have (did some fixing last night - lotsa heat now!) when the bus sputtered and died. Out of gas. Went to reach for the magic fuel lever, but suddenly I realized I played that ace last night, and forgot to get more gas! D'oh!

Call from one of those wonderful yellow phones that have sprouted up along the highways (be patient, it takes forever for them to answer) and they called my SO who showed up with a gas can, and we went and got gas, and she drops me off back at the bus.

Put gas in. While I'm doing this I see a black scrape where some &^*%@ scraped it in a parking lot or something :(

Gas is done, go to start it, and "gee, the gas pedal doesn't have much resistance" thing starts happening. So I Mc Gyver the throttle cable (broken at the front) with a brake return spring I found in the tool bag, which worked, but only gave me about 10% throttle.

Limped back home, put in the new cable I bought last week(!) and finally set out to work.

When I get to work, several people come up to me a various times and cheerfully say "Hey! I saw your bus on the side of the freeway this morning!"

(^%$&^%

Thom -- > Sex isn't the best nor the worst thing in the world. Thom Fitzpatrick tfab@netcom.com ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/home.html '56 VW Sunroof Kombi '72 Porsche 911T Targa (For Sale? Make offer!) Desperately seeking '51-'55 Barndoor Deluxe Project


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