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Subject:Re: Doesn't Anyone Read The Messages They Respond To?
From:John Meeks
Date:Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:46:00 -0400

Heh... How 'bout this one Loren:

question:
While driving Saturday my 91 Carat  (192,000 miles)...snip
Is my transmission Toast?

answer:
You could be looking at Toast all right.
First thing - how many miles on it ???

On 9/25/07, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just returning from a three week trip and catching up on the email.. I just
> ran into the third thread where it was obvious that people started writing
> an answer before reading the whole original message.  Please people, read
> and understand the question before cluttering the list with answers that
> don't make any sense based on the information provided in the original
> message.  Example:  "I pumped the brakes several times but the pedal still
> went all the way to the floor"  and the response was "Did you try pumping
> the brakes?"  And as for watching a thread get completely off the original
> topic enough has been said about that in the past.
> Okay, off my soap box and donning Nomex....
>

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John Meeks

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