On the other hand, let's not forget our successes in keeping these cars
going:
"I managed to get the brakes sorted"
"That Midget is in good nick!"
Doug Ingram
Victoria BC (That's B for BRITISH Columbia)
1958 Frogeye
AN5L/636
-----Original Message-----
From: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com <Herb_Goede@amsinc.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:54 AM
Subject: kaput!
>
>
>List,
>
>Although BMW has purchased the Rover Group I do not believe that the term
>Kaput is appropriate for use in reference to an LBC - especially when it is
>a Lucas item such as turn signals. As owners of LBCs we must endevour to
>use the correct terminology in our discussions. This is not limited to
>such common terms as hood, bonnet and spanner.
>
>In the future I believe that we should all endevour to use more appropriate
>descriptions such as "my bloody turn signals are cocked up" or "the splines
>on my wires are buggered" . (To our friends in the UK, please correct me
>if I am incorrect in my British phraseology. You can also help out by
>supplying more common phrases so we don't get redundant.)
>
>Those of you using Japanese transmissions, alternators, etc. will have a
>little more difficult time. You will first need to determine the country
>of origin for the failing part before uttering the appropriate expletive.
>
>Herb
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