

| Subject: | Re: Fear, Despair, and Agony on me ... Home Auto Repair 101 |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Aug 1994 20:39:16 -0600 (CDT) |
]From vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu Fri Jun 24 09:24:07 1994
]Date: Fri, 24 Jun 94 09:21:27 CDT
]From: Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
]
]Ralf spoke of the Fear of F**kup, in maintaining your car. William wisely
]advised the use of an extra pair of eyes/hands/ears/etc. Brent sagely
]mentioned that, with Experience and Time, the Dark side of the Force can
]be banished and replaced with Limited Confidence and Reckless Abandon.
]
]my solution? always have a second car ... that runs. :) this way, you can
]still go for a replacement part to the one that just rolled into the sewer
]drain or ran off in the dog's mouth.
Or, better yet, at least one motorcycle. Insurance is $40.50 per year
and it gets 48 mpg, plus it only cost me $1000 seven years ago when it
had but 4000 miles on it. No spare car can beat those numbers, and no
non-exotic spare car can stay with a Suzuki GS650. I go for my spare
parts REAL QUICK!
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Tandem Computers, Inc. dunham@mpd.tandem.com
Integrity Systems Division dunham_jerry@tandem.com
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