Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:39:03 -0600
Reply-To: Joel Walker <jwalker@URONRAMP.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joel Walker <jwalker@URONRAMP.NET>
Subject: Re: CV joint repair?
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>grease for a few bucks at your FLAPS. Some would say "while you
have those
>half axles off you ought to thoroughly clean the joints and
replace the
>boots". Poppycock.
well, Mr. Know-it-all, it may be 'poppycock' to YOU, but to those
of us who LIKE to get greasy at regular intervals, it's damned
near 'religion' to us!!! proper and regular cleaning and greasing
of cv joints and inspecting and replacing of rubber boots is what
makes this country of our great!! do you see such maintenance in
the third world countries?? no!! and that should tell you
something right there!! it's the same as fast food restaurants:
if you ain't got them, you ain't civilized! so get out there and
clean/grease them cv joints so your neighbors will quit talking
about you in their secret meetings!
>Reiterating what I have said before, "taint worth the time". If
you are
>going to go through all that trouble, just BUY NEW 1/2 axles.
You can get a
>couple for around $300 though a FILV (Furry, Independent, List
Vender)
'furry'?? am i to assume that Ron or Ken has a 'body hair'
problem? even if it is Friday, there are limits to the amount of
ridicule we can accept on this list!! i mean, some people might
be somewhat sensitive about their personal appearance, you know
... after all, how would YOU like it, having to go through
elementary school being called "monkey boy" or "wolfman" or
"hairy ape"???? not much, i'll bet. and try getting dates in high
school when you have to shave your whole body once a week!!! why,
i'll bet you never had to shave more than your face, armpits, and
legs in your whole life!!!! show some compassion for those
folliclely-afflicted people in this world ... they have feelings,
too, you know!
and is ANY of us truely 'independent'?? i think not ... we are
all bound together in this web of humanity, dependent on one
another and each other and all of us!!! to suggest otherwise is
to raise philosophical hopes that the common man cannot and
should not aspire to ... why, thoughts like that have been known
to cause insurrection and rebellion in the past! be careful what
you suggest to those whose minds are not so hardened against
salacious thoughts of the flesh ... they might rise up in your
very own neighborhood! or, at the very least, the Powers That Be
might decide YOU need to be investigated! such talk borders on
treason, and in these troubled times, who knows what extremes
might be justified by the governments of our land to protect
those of us who follow the rules and don't upset the apple
cart??walking the thin line isn't easy, but sometimes it's the
only way across the chasm of time and space.
i suggest you reflect upon what i've said before you hastily dash
off some other rebellion-inspiring and personally-degrading email
in the future!!
joel
:)
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