On 22 Feb 2011, at 11:37, Tony Firshman wrote:

> gdgqler wrote, on 22/Feb/11 10:15 | Feb22:
>> 
>> 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.
> Where can I buy a new thumb then?
> 

At the local thop maybe?

Geirge
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