---- ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Someone mentioned during the "fell out" thread about wanting to hear about
> improbable fixes- so here goes.
> I once had a fuel filter split on the way home during rush hour.  I used
> the barrel from my clickable federal pen, shaved down the ends  to fit the
> line, tied up tight to the line with the pen spring at both ends.
> ed-91 DoKa- the VanPool motto was, "Many are cold, but few are frozen"

Pretty ingenious.  Many a broken belt has been temporarily replaced by a personal clothing accessory, such as a belt or a tie.  My sister-in-law once used her head scarf.

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David McNeely