Re: the list

[Dan Brideau <dan@hobbyetc.com>]

I have noticed this too.


"What size is the allen on my drain plug?"


Then you get 6 replies that all say 17mm. As if there were a better way to 
say "17mm".

or maybe this is not what you were talking about...


Dan Brideau
http://www.hobbyetc.com/scirocco/


At 10:26 PM 4/25/00 -0400, you wrote:
>   i think it's been a year or so since i became part of the list. in
>that time i've seen certain people posting scores of responses to the
>same questions over and over again with no thought to their own sanity.
>for instance, there's chris delong who replys when he comes of his
>drunken stupor (that's what you get for working for an AIR-cooled vw
>shop). and of course, no one can forget ojsan (opps, i mean jonas). and
>of course the scads of other people who've, in the time i've been on the
>list, found me parts, gave me helpful advice and information, dealt
>deals, informed me that the little plug by the clutch isn't a
>tranmission fluid fill hole and, no, it wouldn't be wise to pour some
>down there, and just being around. without this list, i'm sure there'd
>be a number of us relying on the mis-information of "reliable" mechanics
>and taking hours to do a job that someone else found a way to do in ten
>minutes. without y'all i'm not sure that i'd still own my ride or take
>as much pride in pleasure in it even though it doesn't look the
>greatest. so, in conclusion, to everyone on the list, i just want to
>raise my beer (root-beer; that's what i get for not drinking alcohol)
>and say thank you for everything that you've done for me and what you'll
>do for me in the future.
>
>   on a lighter note, i've a new definition for you:
>
>white trash (n) - the yuppie in the 19ft suv, talking on the cell-phone,
>while almost side-swiping you, and not even bothering to use a signal.
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