Thanks Unca Joel!
I love Robert W Service-Advisor.  One of the great Canadian poets.

In my racing days the aphorism was " Anything for which you have a spare
will not break"

Not really so poetic.   :)

On 6/22/07, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > I've noticed something similar: if you have tool in the Bus, nothing
> > you
> > can fix with that tool will break.  But the day you accidentally
> > leave
> > all your 13 mm wrenches/sockets/nutdrivers at home, every 13 mm bolt
> > on
> > the car will work loose.
>
> and here's why ... ;)
>
>     Tales of the Workshop
>     by Robert W. Service-Advisor   :)
>
>             The Rules
>
>   When they step up inside, as you go for a ride,
>   And the first thing they see are the tools,
>   Then they'll ask with a smirk if you do your own work,
>   Cause they have no idea of The Rules.
>
>   For it's Tried and it's True: What you carry with you
>   Will help you get back; and it's certain
>   What you leave back at home, as the country you roam,
>   Will not help on the road when you're hurtin'.
>
>   As you go through the years, you will learn from your tears
>   All the tools you will need on the road,
>   And you increase the weight, in attempts to cheat fate,
>   Adding more and more tools to your load.
>
>   Now, it's sad, but in trucks, fuel economy sucks,
>   And gets worse with all that piled aboard,
>   But the point we make here is that gas ain't so dear;
>   Don't let tools and spare parts be ignored.
>
>   So the bus weighs a lot. Even more when you've got
>   All the spare parts your money can buy
>   Hidden under the seat, stacked so careful and neat,
>   In the hope Murphy's Law won't apply.
>
>   But since Murphy still lives, and he seldom forgives,
>   No matter how much you have pleaded,
>   The Rules make it plain, but we'll state it again:
>   Carry with you whatever is needed.
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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