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Subject:Re: Friday tech question quiz
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Fri, 12 Jul 2013 23:10:43 -0700

Bomb?

Karl Wolz
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On Jul 12, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> 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.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>