BAH! I was going to guess "fire". :(

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:

> you got it ...
> LOOK .....pretend that is in size 30 font.
>
> lots of people don't 'just look' as a first step.
> near as I can tell anyway.
>
> was talking to a guy today ..owner of a very exotic vanagon .
> said his father taught him how things work ..
> but never to actually touch them and work on them.
>
> Smart guy too ...great good smart guy ..
> but to take a screw driver to anything , even something pretty simple
> ......evidently is foreign to him.
>
> He has skills I don't most likely too ..
> not like I expect everyone to be able to fix things..
> and I am also suprised at what some people believe they can't do.
>
> Like it never occurs to some people..
> vanagon owners here and theretoo, to tighten a loose screw. Can someone
> explain that? ?
> lol!
>
>
>
>
> On 7/12/2013 7:30 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> Look, Look, Scott. See Scott Look.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>*
>> *wrote:
>>
>>  I'm with you..
>>> you are thinking to hard.
>>> I'm after awareness of a very, very basic action that ..appears to me ..
>>> people don't even do or think of sometimes..
>>> theyimmediately start thinking about 'what part' or rush to online
>>> groups.
>>>
>>> what is that one action  that is a natural and basic first step  ? ..so
>>> simple ..its' too obvious even, and some people don't think to do it
>>> even, apparently tome.
>>> or maybe on one is noticing what I notice in postssometimes..
>>> ones like this ..
>>> my ( year and version not stated half the time of course )Vanagon does
>>> X, what could be causing that ?
>>>
>>> what basic action does it sound like they didn't do ?
>>> one word, 4 letters.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/12/2013 6:13 PM, J Stewart wrote:
>>>
>>>  I can't think of one word, but I do know this after 34 years as a
>>>> telecommunications tech and shade tree mechanic: Check the simple stuff
>>>> first, don't over complicate things, when troubleshooting something for
>>>> a
>>>> long time and frustrated, walk away for a while, and even if someone
>>>> else
>>>> said they already checked something-check it again anyway! Jeff Stewart
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>
>>>>  What is the First Step in diagnosing something ..?
>>>>> something not working right.
>>>>> the first step, one word, 4 letters.
>>>>> It' flat amazing, seems to me anyway..how many times people don't do
>>>>> this one basic action as their first step to solving a vanagon issue
>>>>> problem.
>>>>> one word, 4 letters.
>>>>>
>>>>>