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 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
