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Re: FW: 2022

To: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: FW: 2022
From: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 09:58:24 -0500
W. R. Gibbons wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Jay Quinn wrote:
> 
> > That always starts them dreaming.  Then I'll ask them to
> > hand me a tool and they have no clue as to what a 10mm
> > box end hand wrench is, so I do a little explaining.
> 
> Well, not to bust your chops, but I think you are misreading the kid's
> reactions when you ask them for the 10 mm wrench.  They may know perfectly
> well what a 10 mm box end wrench is, but they are probably giving you a
> blank stare because there are no 10 mm nuts to turn on a 62 Sprite.  Give
> them a little credit.

Hell, Jay's in Dallas. It's probably to bolt in some new electronics!
Cell phone, kajillion watt stereo, Jap Alternator, CB radio, or maybe
the rifle rack.

-- 
Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
"It is better to live rich than die rich" -- Samuel Johnson

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