On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:29 AM, gdgqler <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
Hi name was Geirge, He was a scourge, He'd steal your thumbs, And leave them numbs. His name was Geirge, To your thumbs, a dirge, Scot, not Welsh, Your thumb went squelch. Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week. Dave _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
