Funny, made me think of goth chicks. Hold on, I got my flame suit around
here somewheres....

A couple of years ago, I made the off-hand comment during a conversation
that 'you're not really working on something 'til you're bleeding...' and
immediately got jumped on by an old friend of my mother's for indulging
myself in a 'macho/Neanderthal comment' if she'd 'ever heard one'. (Maybe I
should copy her this email.)
Anyways, when I said it, my brother and step-dad both immediately nodded in
agreement, and I told the old family friend that I may have said it jokingly
but as far as I was concerned it wasn't anything macho, it was just a simple
statement of fact. My brother and step-dad agreed. She accused us of
indulging in some male-bonding chauvinism thing and 'dismissed' us in a
huff. Guess she figgered she knew my mind better than I did, I dunno.

Now I'm not particularly clumsy or accident prone (tho I'll admit I too
often apply more force than is necessary or perhaps 'safe' at times) but in
my experience, if I'm not showing at least a little blood from some scratch,
gouge or divot somewhere after, say, a half-hour of working on something, I
just haven't really been busy.

So now I know that it's not just me, or my family... and now you do too. : )

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "jimt" <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: tails from the underground.

On 12/31/04 11:47 AM, "Joseph Fortino" <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> please forgive my tails, I meant tales..
>
> still learning how to type.. ;)
>
> peace,
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@EARTHLINK.NET>
> Sent: Dec 31, 2004 10:33 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: tails from the underground.
>
> what a PITA to replace my old speedo cable, upper cable, seems i could not
> get
> the head on the
> speedo itself well my old one was all wore up and broke a section off at
> the
> head.
>
> took a drive the the instrument shell off and i got it to work. my fingers
> are
> still all with me. LOL
> had to wait for like a month to order this since $$ was tight like always,
> but
> I'm happy again
> was driving with tach ;)
>
> how come i always get a boo boo when working on my van.?
>
> Joe
>
> HAPPT NEW YEAR ALL. be safe and enjoy
>
>

If I don�t have a cut or two or a bruised knuckle or a new lump on the head,
I get worried.

........................................
jimt
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