My condolences.  Many years ago I was in the Air Force
with a fellow named Mike.  A big, rangy guy, Mike was
an enthusiastic mechanic who occasionally was known to
make a bad situation worse.

I was watching him rotate the tires on his old
'50s-vintage Jeep station wagon and he was snugging
down the last of the lug nuts with a 4-way wrench and
snapped one of them off.  Naturally, he sought to vent
and slammed the driver's door, which happened to have
the window rolled down.  That, of course, shattered
the door glass.  "Pulling a Mike" was the phrase that
grew out of that episode, and I have been known to
display that behavior myself.

It's never productive, but almost always makes for a
good story later if you can bring yourself to tell it.

Stephen

--- Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> After much consternation and diagnostic fury,
> there's not much more to say
> that this picture doesn't explain:
>
http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Volkswagen/Van_temp%20wire.JPG
>
> Upon discovery, I embarked upon a boisterous,
> scholarly and somewhat salty
> discourse with the inanimate objects residing in my
> shop.  After which, I
> started the van and heard a most peculiar noise.
> Here's the happy surprise
> that awaited my return to the engine compartment:
>
http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Volkswagen/Van_d%20ohhhh.JPG
>
> I think I'll start drinking early today...
> --
> Casey
> Olympia, WA
> Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative
> state"
> '87 300TD intercooler/propane injection #22 (219k)
> '84 300D (218k)
> Gashuffer:
> '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
> http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
>

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