Tom,
Been there do that!! Also be sure to wear short sleeve shirts and pants when
welding to get a nice sun burn. Then there's the part about bending over to
pick something up and coming up and hitting your head on a nice sharp (but
clean - just sandblasted) piece of body work, immediately followed by a trip
to the hospital to have the stitches put in to stop all this red stuff from
getting in you eyes.
Ralph Jannelli
Matthews, NC
'65 Spitfire MKII
'72 Spitfire MKIV
'80 TR8 DHC
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Di Iulio <diiulio@ix.netcom.com>
To: Triumphs Mailing List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 7:57 PM
Subject: A Painful Day....
>
> in my continuing efforts to re-assemble "Satan's Machine", i learned
> some valuable lessons today and thought i'd share them with the group.
>
> 1. i would like the home address of whoever designed the application that
> required accelerator
> pedal bushings on my "6". it is my intention to bloody his nose at
the
> very least. while boiling
> these parts in water to make it "easier" (yeah, right!), i would've
> liked the opportunity to hold
> this gentlemen's hand in that same pot and ask him if he thought it
was
> hot enough. i'm pretty
> sure it was the salt from my tears that finally got the bushings in.
> 2. while wire-brushing some parts today with my drill, i learned that long
> sleeves on a sweatshirt
> are a magnet to the rotating brush. after having the drill crawl up my
> arm a couple of times, i
> figured i'd remove the long sleeves. to my dismay, i found out that my
> bare skin attracts the
> spinning "devil wheel" even more. well, at least my arm is ready for
> primer!
> 3. when things aren't going well, it's a mistake for a neighbor to walk up
> after you just stripped off a
> nice hunk of skin and ask " isn't that car finished yet?". does this
> neanderthal have a clue how
> long it takes to re-assemble a freakin' car?
>
> just needed to blow off some steam tonite folks.....actually did make
> some progress today but boy did every victory come tough!
>
> Tom Di Iulio
> 1976 TR6 (no, it's not finished, you got a problem with that?)
> Denver, Co
>
>
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