Date:         11/9/95 6:21 AM
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From:         walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.n
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captain@indy.net writes:
>On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Michael Wagner wrote:
>
>> Any advice on mounting the spare on the nose? Should I paint
>> the insides of the drilled holes with Rustoleum?
>> 
>> 
>>
>
>I certainly would. That'd be a good place to start rusting. You wouldn't 
>notice it for awhile, hopefully. You shouldn't have to use your spare. I 
>might even squirt some silicone rubber stuff on the screws you use to 
>attach the mounting bracket. 
Dammit, Jim, what's this fixation with silicone you have??  It's comments
like this that lead to the eventual downfall of civilization...  oops...
Never Mind.  :-)

Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil

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We should probably pardon  Capt. Kirk (AKA Jim) for his preoccupation with
silicon -- It has long been hypothesized that there are silicon based life
forms "out there" in contrast to the carbon base life forms here on Terra, and
he is probably haveing flashbacks to previous voyages. (Voyages not Voyeurs!!!
 :-)  )
[ Hey - gimme a break - today is one of my every other logical Fridays, my
company works 80 ours over 9 work days to take every other Friday "off")
Harvey