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   Message 563 of 2,177   
   Roy Witt to Roger Nelson   
   Motorcycles (was Value tap / cam noise)   
   22 Nov 11 16:31:29   
   
   20 Nov 11 08:11, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> That would be easy enough, but if I had to make a sudden stop, I'd   
    RN>> need one or both legs to stead the bike as it came to rest and with   
    RN>> my knees it wouldn't be practical.   
      
    RW>> OK. I had a friend in high school who walked and rode with a leg   
    RW>> brace. He had polio as a child and it left him with two weak legs,   
    RW>> but only one needed to be braced, I guess.   
      
    RN> I missed that, but my sister-in-law had it when she was younger.   
      
   It was rampant all around me and I happened to survive until Salk came out   
   with his now famous Polio Vaccine, c1953/54.   
      
    RN> She was from London and once the family moved to the states, it was   
    RN> about that time the Salk vaccine was available and she is normal now   
    RN> (from the neck down). As for me, I was very athletic when I was   
    RN> younger, but didn't keep it up and it didn't matter because after one   
    RN> reaches age 40, one's body begins to fall apart.   
      
   Not if you maintain a regimen of excercise. There is also testosterone   
   enhancing drugs these days that help even men our age to regain some of   
   that youthful vigor we had in our 30s and 40s.   
      
    RW>>> How're you going to advertise the Lincoln?   
      
    RN>> Word of mouth, mostly.  I already turned down $2700.   
      
    RW>> Have you checked out craigslist.org? Advertising is free. Post a   
    RW>> few photos and describe the condition of the car and a means to get   
    RW>> in touch with you, email, phone, etc.. Don't post your phone number   
    RW>> in digits, use number words in a few places, or you'll be getting   
    RW>> calls from places that offer to advertise for you for a fee.   
    RW>> example: 830 six two four, 9999...   
      
    RN> Okay, thanks.   
      
   I peruse that list everyday for a Tahoe. Haven't found one decent enough   
   to sink a few thousand into yet.   
      
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