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   Message 1,501 of 2,177   
   Mark Hofmann to Roy Witt   
   Re: Transmission Flush   
   26 Dec 12 13:48:18   
   
   RW> LOL! I do that with my CNC mill programming. The controller is so stupid,   
   RW> that it CRS and I have to continually re-edit it to make it work   
   RW> properly.   
      
   Got to hate when machines have a mind of their own.  :)   
      
   RW> That was a mistake. You know that what you buy isn't going to fit in that   
   RW> car. Kinda like my 3rd gen Camaro; the new roll-away I needed at a job   
   RW> site didn't fit unless I left the lid open. When I quit that job, I had   
   RW> my   
   RW> SIL pick it up and bring it home for me in his pickup.   
      
   I really didn't think they would have any generators left.  I was very lucky,   
   since they rolled about 12 of them on a pallet to the front of the store -   
   just as I walked in the door.  Very lucky, to say the least.  All 12 of them   
   sold in about 20 minutes.  I had to run to get a flat-bed before they were   
   gone.   
      
   RW> That reminds me of the Buick Engine I carried home in the trunk of my 52   
   RW> Chevy. The damned car was so low under the weight of that engine that it   
   RW> scrapped bottom going over a set of RR tracks. That punctured a hole in   
   RW> the gas tank, which I plugged up with a wad of chewing gum.   
      
   Never done a repair with chewing gum, but have used the epoxy compound to stop   
   some leaks in the past. :)    
      
   RW> It's great that you wife has that ability. Most women don't. OTH, I ran   
   RW> into a 40+yo woman here in Texas who had a traffic accident and repaired   
   RW> the damage herself. She R&Rd the whole front end of her car, painted it   
   RW> and with the exception of the still missing bow-tie, it looked as good as   
   RW> before.   
      
   True.  My wife is better on the design aspects that I am.  She is also good at   
   building things.  I'm more on the electrical and painting side of things.  My   
   engineering is more technical vs. design.   
      
   - Mark   
      
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