E.R.N. Reed wrote:
Cotty wrote:
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 ;-)
My favourite cartoon -- and it also is British -- and I now find it
applies really well to computer glitches --
Car on the side of the road, bonnet/hood raised. Tools spread out on the
ground. Two women standing by the car looking into the works.
And the line is:
"Let's start by giving the whole thing a jolly good dust.."
Sounds like you would both like Bill Thacker.
I can only find a site selling t-shirts with them on but there are also
quite a few on sale on Ebay.
http://www.davequinnmotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/webc/Thacker_Tees.html?sid=3gS8mU1En2ZR4Xy-18105619986.a1
