Hey Scott do you recall the time I boiled a carburetor in carb cleaner
when we lived in Jersey Shore? Cleared everyones sinuses and the
apartment building. By the way you get it from me. I thank God every
day for a very understanding wife.
On Jan 20, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Barr, Scott wrote:
> Oven...to dry a wheel I had just sanded down and washed, preparing it
> for paint. I was feeling a little impatient with the drying process
> and thought I'd just pop it in the oven on 150 deg. Went back out to
> the garage to start on the next wheel. Spouse came home a few minutes
> later (lovely woman, but like certain mountain lions of recent
> discussion, basically 80 pounds of muscle, claws and fury if you mess
> with her kitchen...yes, I try to do these things while she's
> elsewhere). Polite inquiry ensued concerning the source of the smoke
> pouring from the stove.
>
> Scott B.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Jack W. Drews
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:41 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: borrowed "tools"
>
>
> A previous email from VanVlack about using cleaning fluids in the
> wife's
> wash tub got me thinking about how long-suffering my sweetie is. Over
> the
> past couple of years, I have 'borrowed" from her --
>
> deep freeze to cool lifter sleeves and tupperware of ice cubes during
> installation
> kitchen stove to heat hubs for bearing press-in
> turkey baster to fill graduated cylinder for cc-ing heads
> kitchen thermometer for checking various things
> favorite pan for heating water with a temp gauge bulb in it
>
> Of course I clean things scrupulously but I must sheepishly admit that
> I
> try to do these things when she's not at home
>
> uncle jack
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