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Re: borrowed "tools"

To: <tr3a@att.net>, "fot" <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: borrowed "tools"
From: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:35:18 -0800
What's this, no one caught using the family washing machine to clean dirty 
oil rags from the garage after you've already gotten the worst part off with 
a gasoline bath. My, my, but it does leave a noticeable ring on the tub.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tr3a@att.net>
To: "fot" <fot@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: RE: borrowed "tools"


> Yeah,  mine was a tad upset to discover the Norton motorcycle jugs 
> (cylinders) baking in the oven to cure the paint.  The dishwasher, as fine 
> a parts cleaner as it is, is not available for automotive components 
> either.
>
> Jack B.
> ps - Scott, I may have married your wife's 110 pound sister.
>
> -------------- Original message from "Barr, Scott" 
> <sbarr@mccarty-law.com>: -------------- 
>
>
>> Oven...to dry a wheel I had just sanded down and washed, preparing it for 
>> paint.
>> I was feeling a little impatient with the drying process and thought I'd 
>> just
>> pop it in the oven on 150 deg. Went back out to the garage to start on 
>> the next
>> wheel. Spouse came home a few minutes later (lovely woman, but like 
>> certain
>> mountain lions of recent discussion, basically 80 pounds of muscle, claws 
>> and
>> fury if you mess with her kitchen...yes, I try to do these things while 
>> she's
>> elsewhere). Polite inquiry ensued concerning the source of the smoke 
>> pouring
>> from the stove.
>>
>> Scott B.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
>> Behalf Of Jack W. Drews
>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:41 AM
>> To: fot@autox.team.net
>> Subject: borrowed "tools"
>>
>>
>> A previous email from VanVlack about using cleaning fluids in the wife's
>> wash tub got me thinking about how long-suffering my sweetie is. Over the
>> past couple of years, I have 'borrowed" from her -- 
>>
>> deep freeze to cool lifter sleeves and tupperware of ice cubes during
>> installation
>> kitchen stove to heat hubs for bearing press-in
>> turkey baster to fill graduated cylinder for cc-ing heads
>> kitchen thermometer for checking various things
>> favorite pan for heating water with a temp gauge bulb in it
>>
>> Of course I clean things scrupulously but I must sheepishly admit that I
>> try to do these things when she's not at home
>>
>> uncle jack

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