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Re: What is joy

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: What is joy
From: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 07:01:38 -0700
At 02:30 PM 7/7/99 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Hi there fellow pilots
>What do you think is the real joy of spitfire ownership, is it the sun
>and wind on your face, the looks of envy from the drivers of other tin
>cans, or the growl from the exhaust as you put the pedal to metal?
>I can tell you that it's none of these, the greatest joy to date for me
>was I finally (after 3 days sweating) managed to get the broken bloody
>bolt out of my thermostat housing :) Four days to change a thermostat,
>must be some sort of record.


        Joy is spending those four days working on changing a thermostat, 
knowing
it should have only taken one hour, and that the entire trial was a
horrible waste of time- but worth it completely because it's your Spitfire
and time spent with your car cannot be quantified in such meager terms as
hours and days.  It is a lifelong relationship.
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