my story

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

OMG!!! A Cathy story that didn't come from here. (It was great BTW, I can
SO sympathize) Of course, I have my weekend story too, but it'll take a
while to get it together. And from the sounds of it George (Scourge) has
one too. Darn Sciroccos!

Cathy


> oh, i forgot to mention, earlier in the day, speaking
> of pets, i slammed my kittie's tail in the window, she
> screamed, so did i.  i was closing it, and i guess the
> tip was hanging in there or something, poor thing.
> that wasn't the end of my day though, oh no.  2 hours
> ago, a large candle i have sprung a leak, and ran onto
> the table, then onto the rug, and the carpet, and, in
> the process, onto, and into, my beautiful black adidas
> sneakers.
> --- Tonee Northam <pb3vr6@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I gave my 4 month old puppy, Flaps, a kiss goodnite.
>>
>> Lars Bruchmann <pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:do things
>> like this happen to other people as well???
>> my alternator belt squeels whenever i drive over
>> some
>> water, so i decided to fabricate a cover that, well,
>> covers the bottom of it. took half a day doing that,
>> looks great. considering it's not visible.
>> alternator still squeels. friend suggests tightening
>> the belt. wow, you could have knocked me over with a
>> feather, how simple.
>> so, realising it is really quite loose, i start
>> trying
>> to figure out how to raise it up, since there is no
>> way to pry-bar it up. i use a small 'c' clamp to
>> lift
>> it. i then proceed to tighten the bolt.
>> it breaks. so now i have nothing holding the
>> alternator from moving around. after 30 minutes of
>> searching, i finally find a bolt that fits.
>> alternator no squeeky anymore.
>> the next night the car barely starts, which could be
>> a
>> problem, since i deliver chinese food with it. it
>> finally fires, runs for 10 secs, then dies. won't
>> turn over anymore. we try to push start it, no go.
>> so i ask my friend do drive me home, before that, i
>> must lock the car though. i crank up the windows.
>> the driver's side handle breaks, clean in half.
>> broke
>> right through the metal. must be left over 'titanic'
>> metal, or something.
>> car jumps fine, then runs well, i drive it home.
>> next day, won't start. i remove the terminals, and
>> wire brush them. i tighten the 10mm bolts on the
>> connectors, and the little nuts on the bottom gouge
>> into the terminal bottoms, and rotate, rendering
>> them
>> useless.
>> i drive up to deliver some food, and my turnsignals
>> die, they don't light up at all. at the chinese
>> place, with about $40 worth in food waiting, i
>> frantically try to figure out why they would just
>> die
>> like that. i tap the fuse, and they work again.
>> so friends, that was my last 24 hours. how as
>> yours??
>>
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Cathy
1987 2L 16V Scirocco - the Silver Headache
1979 1.8L 10:1 8V - Klaus- sounds like 0.33 of a Chevelle
"The light at the end of the tunnel is probably an oncoming train"

Cathy
1987 2L 16V Scirocco - the Silver Headache
1979 1.8L 10:1 8V - Klaus- sounds like 0.33 of a Chevelle
"The light at the end of the tunnel is probably an oncoming train"