Pam Writes: (on
Karl's behalf)
!!! He did manage
to get the hole in the radiator repaired at a =
shop in
Minot (after
temporarily patching it with a piece of dried =
banana!)
I too have used many ingenious repairs =
keep a
machine going in many different ways and at many different =
times.
I cannot right now thing of a better =
time
or situation for a person to summon all of one's =
ingenuity
than to be stranded in SD with winter breathing down your =
neck.
I am happy that Karl is now on his way =
safely home.
But I have to wonder.....
Was it bannana peel? The stem maybe or =
a part of
the skin? Or was it dried banana chips? What is his secret with bananas? =
Do
bananas have properties the I never really took the time to
consider?
I have tried to ponder the =
different ways he
might have effected a cooling system repair with bananas:
A skin could be wrapped around the hose =
as a
sealer/insulation and then secured with duck tape.
A 1cm spouting hole in the radiator =
tank could
possibly be somewhat staunched with a banana stem wedged in and bent =
over and
secured with fine bailing wire through the fins and around the
tank.
Maybe a crevice could be packed with =
dried chips in
the hope that they would swell with the absorption of coolant and make a =
plug?
I can barely wait to hear Mr. =
Mullendore's detailed
explanation. I want him on MY team for the next Junkyard =
Challenge.
I think now I will have to =
consider carrying
more bananas. (We only took pumpkins camping this weekend, boy do I =
feel
dumb.)