Y'know Bruce this is the most fun I've had on this list since I got
on. I find myself looking forward to your further adventures and
mishaps during this repair. In all honesty, I think we've all had
similar things happen while working on projects, but when they do,
I've kind of looked over my shoulder to see if anyone was watching and
if they were then I'd just say "Yeah, well I was expecting that to
happen" . I think you've provided a valuable service to newbies in
the hobby or a reminder to the rest of that have "been there, done
that". Shit Happens and when it does, you clean it up and move
forward.
Regards, Mark Fawcett
----- Original Message -----
From: <Eganb@aol.com>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>;
<tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 6:08 AM
Subject: TR7 BFH#29
> Well, I beginning to think that maybe my particularly TR7, and
anyone who
> holds the pink slip, is cursed. I already told you about messing up
the
> backing plate, and then the snow coming to finish off the chance of
getting
> any other work done. Now, as Paul Harvey would say, here's the rest
of the
> story.
>
> It's snowing, so I decide to build a fire and read through the TR7
manual. I
> reach into the fireplace to push open the flue vent, and the whole
assembly
> comes apart. After getting covered with soot fixing the vent, I
start a
> fire, and then stand up too close to the fireplace, smacking my head
against
> the mantle, leaving a few scratches while I try to remember some
eloquent
> Navy oaths.
>
> Then, just to make it interesting, the furnace, only two years old,
decides
> to quit as the temperatures start to approach freezing outside. I
head over
> to my mom's house to grap a couple of space heaters. As I step up
to the
> front door, a BAT, hanging out above the door to get out of the
weather,
> comes flying down into my hair, scrambling to get the heck out of
the way. I
> feel something scratch my head, wings, claws, vampire teeth, who
knows!!!!
> My mom examines my head (no puns, please...) Are those scratches
from the
> mantel, or from the bat?...
>
> So I call my doctor who says chances of rabies are infinitessimally
small,
> but I better go over to the emergency room and get RABIES SHOTS!!!
Great...
>
> I show up at the ER at 9:00pm. Since I'm not dying on the spot,
they treat
> more urgent problems first. I try to talk to the nurse about using
ATF fluid
> in the TR7 transmission, but she is strangely uninterested. I
finally escape
> at 1:00am, with one shot in the arm, three in the butt, and the
prospect of
> four more over the next twenty days.... Also I have this strange
urging to
> wander through the cemetery, and I'm really thirsty....
>
> So, maybe my TR7 was formerly owned by Bela Lugosi who still holds
power over
> it. I can't think of any other good reason for what's been going on
lately!
>
> Bruce
> 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 5-speed convertible
> Chapel Hill, NC
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