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Offline Joyce (AnnieLee)

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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #60 on: July 13, 2005, 12:23:54 PM »
Niven???

I've MET Niven. Forty Rod, even if you spent the rest of your life practicing 24 hours a day at being grumpy and nasty, you would not begin to scratch the surface of his Grumpiness. Aye, he writes well, but his Ego and personality more than offset it. I somehow managed to insult him by complimenting him on a book he and Pournelle wrote.

I'll take Ray Bradbury. Now there's a man who can write the nastiest, bleakest, most depressing stories, while the person is kind, generous, warm, and a simple joy to meet.

Meanwhile, I remember how women got Asimov's autographs. Did you take letch lessons from him?

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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #61 on: July 13, 2005, 12:27:22 PM »
I'm inny-cent, I only talked about flatulance in a medical context. ;D  Even Merry-weather Lewis mentioned when they ate certain things the men were "full of wind". :P

If we keep this up though, Annie's gonna send us all to summer camp. ;D

BTW, eatin' charcoal is a period remedy fer intestinal wind. ;D
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #62 on: July 13, 2005, 01:12:45 PM »
Ray is a local talent.  I met him years ago at a Marine Corps function in Long Beach.  He was incognito, but a nicer man never lived.  Well, Louis L'Amour came close. So did Red Skelton.
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Re: Butchered Sayings
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #63 on: July 13, 2005, 01:17:53 PM »
Took my car in this morning (getting ready for the trip across The Great Burning Hell in 10 days) for a tube and lune.

Told Bob to check the points, plugs, and condenser, and set the carburators for higher altitude.  Also wanted him to check the spark advance.  One of the customers looked confused and said he knew what plugs were, but the rest was a mystery.  The guy must have been 35 years old.

We spent ten minutes picking on him.

BTW, my '95 Crown Vic has plugs...the rest is a mystery to it, too.
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #64 on: July 13, 2005, 01:28:00 PM »
"Hold me closer tiny dancer,
Count the head lice on the highways...."

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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #65 on: July 13, 2005, 03:21:35 PM »
"Hold me closer tiny dancer,
Count the head lice on the highways...."

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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #66 on: July 13, 2005, 03:25:00 PM »
Took my car in this morning (getting ready for the trip across The Great Burning Hell in 10 days) for a tube and lune.

Told Bob to check the points, plugs, and condenser, and set the carburators for higher altitude.  Also wanted him to check the spark advance.  One of the customers looked confused and said he knew what plugs were, but the rest was a mystery.  The guy must have been 35 years old.

We spent ten minutes picking on him.

BTW, my '95 Crown Vic has plugs...the rest is a mystery to it, too.
I'z 40. I used to change my cars points and plugs, and time it before all this computer stuff was put on cars.

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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #67 on: July 13, 2005, 09:57:02 PM »
I still get to do all that good stuff on my MGB, but forgrt it on the 2 Toyotas. ;D ;D
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #68 on: July 13, 2005, 10:21:10 PM »
Yeah, reformed motorhead here as well. Used to have Mustangs with dual point centrifical advance distributors, timed them by ear when I didn't have a timing light. Still change plugs and do oil changes and air filters on mine now. Got two brake jobs comin' up too.....Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #69 on: July 14, 2005, 05:53:43 AM »
Changed out lthe transmission on my first car ('47 Mercury convertable) back about 1956, and only tools I had were a Crescent wrench, pliars, screwdriver, and a couple of open end wrenches.  Used to do all of my auto repairs, short of engine rebuilds, front end alignments, etc., but don't think you can change wiper blades any more unless you have the proper electronic test equipment.  Just as well, since I've got too much "Arthur" in the joints to be trying to crawl under, over and around these new fangled electronic and computerized everything contraptions.  That shade tree mechanic experience has helped me out of numerous situations that could have been mechanically embarrassing and expensive otherwise.  Tried to impart this hard earned knowledge to my son, but this younger, more affluent generation seems to be more than willing to be totally dependent on the "expert$".

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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #70 on: July 14, 2005, 11:14:52 AM »
Cap'n, that's a definate yes to the symbol for experts all right...$$$$$$$$$$$$..............Buck 8) ::) :o ;)
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #71 on: July 14, 2005, 07:23:35 PM »
Dem side draft SU's on yer MG count as "Low Carbs" :D :D :D :D :D
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #72 on: July 14, 2005, 07:24:59 PM »
Del, the diet mechanic...........Buck 8) ::) ;) ;D
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #73 on: July 14, 2005, 07:29:27 PM »
SU carbs sucked on my '59 MGA and they sucked on my '61 MGA and they sucked on every car they were ever on, including both '68 Datsun 1600 Fairlady roadsters that I won tons of races in.

The three worst things to ever come of of Great Britain are SU carbs, Lucas electrics, and warm beer.

Now, how's THAT for a rant?
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #74 on: July 14, 2005, 07:33:08 PM »
Grumpin'!!!!!!!What were the other brands of side drafts back then, Forty? I know they were a bear( I cleaned it up, Annie) to keep syncronized...........Buck 8) ::) ??? :-\
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #75 on: July 14, 2005, 07:41:43 PM »
Acousin had a Dat-sson My Fair Lady, a 66.  What a fun car to drive.  A friend had a 59 MGA first time he let me drive it he opened up the throttle from the passengers side.  Left hand drive ones were cobbled up to make them sellable in this country.  Carbs on the right side of the engine you know.

Our 1949 Fergusson tractor (not Ford/Ferguson or Massey/Ferguson) is a TE-20.  E meaning assembled in Egland from and American Continental Engine.  The Lucas is long gone and replaced with the Delco Remy of the TA-20.  The original starter was better than the crank when it worked. ;D  Nobody has had to crank it since. :o
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #76 on: July 14, 2005, 08:24:30 PM »
Webers! 8) ::) ;D
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #77 on: July 14, 2005, 08:28:45 PM »
Danged Hotormeads.


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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #78 on: July 14, 2005, 08:54:34 PM »
I'm reformed, Annie................Buck 8) ::) ;D
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Re: Butchered Sayings
« Reply #79 on: July 14, 2005, 10:09:54 PM »
I'm reformed, Annie................Buck 8) ::) ;D

Thought they broke the mold when they made you, Buck. How'd you get broken and what'd they use to re-form you?

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