Wow, cats muffle the noise of failing throwout bearings? I knew the part
about wheel chocks, but I'll tell ya - they don't last long. I've tried
all the other uses recommended on this list. Never thought the neighbors
would miss the little leaches, but boy, you should see all the missing cat
signs. Well, the Midget has never run better. Just wish these scratches
would heal.
Mike L.
'59 BN7
'79 Midget
'87 911
At 02:01 PM 10/15/97 +0000, Richard D. Arnold wrote:
>In re: 'For Sale' items, non-LBC content, etc...
>
>I agree that it is important to keep the bandwidth clear of extremely
>extraneous material, as well as blatant commercial advertising. However,
>I think it is equally important that we keep channels open for people to
>acquire spare parts for their pride and joy, outside of lists devoted to
>parts for sale (sometimes its a pain in the tuckus to wade through ten
>zillion messages about parts you have no interest in to find one you are
>interested in). For example, I don't think it wrong for a user to say
>"Hey, I've got some extra parts, anyone wanna buy 'em?" and take the
>haggling to private e-mail, or for a person to post a 'part-wanted'
>request. I even like the idea of commercial providers offering advice
>and alternatives purchasing points for parts (as in the
>gentleman/business owner who offered me advice about a windscreen and
>carburetor -- I didn't buy from him, but I now know of an additional
>place to get stuff, and will probably take him up on one of his offers).
>
>As for non-lbc posts (ie, the dreaded cat threads), a little off-topic
>digression is good for the soul. Trust me, as a LBC owner, I have to
>have a sense of humor, if only as a survival mechanism.... No one is
>harmed by it, so, what the heck? We all have a delete key.
>
>May I suggest that the best all around compromise is to use the subject
>line to denote the contents of the post?
>
>For example:
>
>SUBJECT: Non-LBC -- Cats as Wheel Chocks
> (used for completely off-topic remarks)
>
>SUBJECT: For Sale -- Midget Parts
> (private seller clearing out his/her garage)
>
>SUBJECT: TD Clutch Problems and Cats
> (on-topic with off-topic inclusion, ie "Here's how I fixed it but you
>might try stuffing a cat around the input shaft to muffle the noise of
>the failing throwout bearing")
>
>SUBJECT: TD Clutch problems
> (on-topic seeking or offering advice)
>
>Indeed, I think this has been suggested before, and, as it is a good
>idea, I think I'll try to hold myself to it. All each lister would have
>to do is scan the subjects and delete those s/he isn't interested in.
>This is not much different from what most of us do anyway, that is, scan
>the first paragraph and decide if it's worth continuing. Since common
>courtesy would seem to require that we all try to work together so that
>all of our needs are met, this is a reasonable compromise -- everybody
>gets a chance to get what they need or like.
>
>And if some people are still offended by it, well, mayhaps they should
>spend less time on the list and more on their LBC...
>
>Just my Buck-Two-Ninety-Eight ($0.02 adjusted for Clintonesque
>inflation).
>
>Rich
>
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