Actually I was being a wee bit facetious.
In all my years of engine work and driving I have never broken a bolt or had
a breakdown on the road, so it works for me.
In fact it seemed like these responses were an affirmation of the gung-ho
testosterone saturated style that REAL men use thereby requiring the torque
wrench.

Entity developtrust spoke thus:

> I love your quote, below. It is a keeper for  me.
>
> This is what good teachers do all the time. They know how, but allow failure
> in order to allow learning to evolve from within the student.
>
> Thanks for that beautiful gem.
>
> William
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gnarlodious" <Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Torque Wench
>
>
>> Entity Sudhir Desai spoke thus:
>>
>>> um... i would like to have a couple stern words with
>>> whomever feels it is unnecessary to use a torque
>>> wrench
>>
>> To which Gnarlodious responds:
>>
>> "The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to
>> watch someone else do it wrong without comment." -- Theodore H. White