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Re: Crack Vs. Wood's Natural Properties

Author: JHowell
Date: 2015-05-26 20:10

Yes, toronto_clarinetist, I'm from Pittsburgh. Here's a life lesson that I think applies:

For a time when I was in college, my "transportation" was a beat-up 1972 GMC Jimmy. Funds available for repairing it may be judged by the fact that I was driving it in the first place, but by doing a lot of work myself and by going to a mechanic stuck over on the far side of an industrial park I managed. My mechanic was named Earl; a shade-tree mechanic, the kind with country music going and a sign on the wall that said "We Don't Work on Foreign S***."

At one point, when I was visiting Earl for, I think, a new U-joint, I mentioned that I thought an exhaust valve was going bad. Earl asked what made me think that, and I replied that when I shifted gears I could see a puff of smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe when I looked in the mirror. "Easy fix," said Earl. "Don't look in the mirror."

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