> 
> (Continued)
>Hastily, in the 
> darkness and rain, I convinced myself that the oil level on the dip-
> stick was low, -- too low.
> 
	Certainly understandable logic with little people on-board
	and Hell-like-weather........

> Now, I KNEW that no mere mortal can read a water-cooled Vanagon oil
> dipstick accurately unless he has let the vehicle sit overnight or 
> has divine insight.

	Huh? Why's that?

  And, I KNEW that it was especially hard to read
> in the darkness and rain that evening.  And I also KNEW that lots
> things can cause the oil pressure light to come on besides low oil.
> But, at the time and place, circumstances and fate would have it
> that these things didn't matter.  I decided the van needed oil.
> And not one quart, after checking the dipstick again -- but two.
> 

	Your sin.......clean oil.

 
> I could not tell where the smoke was coming from; my wife helpfully
> observed that it came from "everywhere in the back, and smelled like
> a refinery".
		
		Thank you dear.......

> We ate hot-pockets and fudge bars at the Circle-K while waiting for
> the tow truck to come. 

	Mmmmmmmmm yummy....

> Everything was A-OK.  
> Not once did the oil pressure light come on.  So, the following
> morning we gave the cat another tranquilizer and started out again.

	Were you tempted to pop a couple, yerself?

	Good story.

	scr