> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/05/26 Thu AM 08:08:04 GMT > To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future > > On 25/5/05, E.R.N. Reed, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >ERNR > >*former* amateur mechanic > > Why Eleanour, there are indeed a few more strings to your bow than meets > the eye. > > I used to have a lovely little cartoon that I cut out of a British > magazine years and years ago (early 80s) and it hung above my desk for > years after that - it's long since disappeared. It was a very simple line > drawing of a bloke sat on the ground next to a jacked up vehicle (it was > a Haflinger I think) and the wheel and tyre are off, laying on the ground > next to him. He's sat slumped, holding a spanner (wrench) staring at the > hub assembly, with a simple line underneath: > > 'Look here: I am a talented and resourceful mechanic, and you are simply > a hub nut. Now are you going to come off, or am I going to have to take > the lump hammer to you?' > > > LOL > > Sums up home auto repair beautifully ;-)
8-) The most useful too I ever bought was an oxyacetylene portapak. I never have problems getting things apart these days. Getting things together I have always had difficulties with...... > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information

