Keith, List,
My Dad told me a tale when I was a little boy about where lost things go
that's always stuck with me. His theory was that wherever we go there's an
invisible wall, and curious strangers on the opposite side. When we drop an
auto part, set down our wallet, keys, whatever, it'll sometimes end up on
the opposite side of this wall. Worst part is that the more important the
item is to us at that moment the longer those curious strangers on the other
side of the wall will want to study it before putting it back on our side.
Remembering the story always makes me stop searching for lost things and
just take a little break. This always seems to help the part reappear on my
side of "the wall", right where I left it.
Remember, you'll always find whatever you're looking for in the very last
place you look! What I have to find now is some coolant, since Betsy
decided to blow a heater hose on the way home. It's 20 degrees outside, so
it made one HUGE cloud of steam when I finally stopped.
Chuck Rothfuss
Freezing my tail in
Pole Cat Hollow, NC
At 06:36 PM 12/20/2000 -0600, Keith wrote:
>Okay now I gotta know I am not the only fool to do this...
>
>I was up in the attic building the unit and it took several different tools
>and parts... one of which was a Z'ed piece of sheet metal... Naturally as I
>was preparing for the trip up there I set this piece down somewhere... ( key
>word somewhere )
>
>I spent 3 hrs the first night looking for it... and another two hours
>yesterday morning looking... Okay now we have a total of five hours
>searching for what we know is right in front of our nose.... A friend
>dropped by and asked why I didn't Just Make a New one.... hmmm okay good
>question... two cents worth of design intent... 5 min worth of bending and
>whalla... instant new piece... ten minutes later it's installed and
>perfect.... Still haven't seen the other piece...
>
>So my question is.... WHERE IN THE HELL DID YOU FOLKS HIDE IT?... (
>personally I think Brad snuck in and took it just to see me go crazy )
>
>Keith ( enjoying life and going to a Dinner party hmmm you reckon there will
>be any gear heads there.... AHHH NOPE )
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