On 22 Feb 2011, at 08:18, Norman Dunbar wrote: >> >> BETTER, one of the kids wet tongue! :-) >> (Psst, they still remember that little lesson in life) > > My dad was always messing around with old single cylinder petrol > engines, trying to make them work. I used to help him. > > My main task was to hold onto the bare plug lead wire while he cranked > the engine over - to see if it was generating power! > > I remember that lesson very well - I only did it once! > > It - the lesson - came in very handy when I was a Honda Motorcycle > mechanic (and also as a Yamaha Outboard Motor Mechanic - they weren't > called engineers back then!) as I knew to avoid the business end of a > plug lead! > > I think today's kids are far too molly-coddled! No spark in them. (Ha > ha!) ;-) >
You also have to remember to place the thumb on the same side as the (other?) digits when operating a crank handle. They don't seem to supply these any more. Crank handles, not thumbs. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
