Fels not phels and I have some if you'd really like it. Highly recommended
for removing poison oak, ivy and sumac oil from the body and clothes.

Probably work on Vans as well [rvc]

Mike

On 7/22/05 11:13 PM, "Chris Radcliffe" <chrisr_vanagon@MINDSPRING.COM>
wrote:

> Wow!  I just stumbled onto this thread.  Yep, I've heli-coiled my drain
> plug, poor bastard that I am (actually, it was Fred's Garage that did it).
>
> But what caught my eye was the notion of having one's mouth washed out by
> Mom. I don't know from Oxydol, but in the 1950's the thing to use was some
> kitchen bar soap called Phels Naptha.  Insanely bad stuff...years later
> *she* apologized to *me*.
>
> And, lo and behold, I googled it and came up with this scary page:
> http://www.femmedomme.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=25;t=000129
>
> Yikes!
> ChrisR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> George Goff
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:59 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Heli-Coil an Engine Oil Drain?
>
> In a message dated 7/21/05 9:34:01 AM, felder@knology.net writes:
>
> << Come on. Do we really need to be referring to a listmember with a
> legitimate problem in such a way? In third person at all? Or using words
> that Joy Hecht isn't allowed to use? >>
>
> Come on.  It's just a term of endearment.  I would consider anyone who has a
> bitched oil drain plug hole in a Vanagon and who, apparently, is not used to
> dealing with such calamities, a poor bastard.  I also have enough compassion
> for him not to send him down a path to nowhere.
>
> I've had my mouth washed out by the best of them, with Oxydol no less
> (thanks, Mom), and I still believe in free speech, so, please don't saddle
> me with the limitations placed on Joy's lexicon.
>
> Enough of this sidebar -- how do you repair the hole?
>
> George
>
>