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Larry Miller
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From <HealeyRic2 at aol.com>
To: <michael.graziano@csfb.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
<mgs@autox.team.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: Archives (Long)
> In a message dated 2/13/01 12:53:55 PM, michael.graziano@csfb.com writes:
>
> <<All,
>
> I can't seem to access the archives past September 2000, as in for Oct00
> through present. Any ideas what's going on? Or is it me?
>
> Mike>>
>
> I dunno , Mike, I didn't have any trouble retrieving this 8/99 classic
from
> Frank:
>
> You people have GOT to read this message.
> It was forwarded to my son's VW list.
> This also proves once again that our list and our listers are the Worlds
> Best!
>
> Caution, there is a bit of foul language in the following message from
> the Volvo list. The ending gets real good.
>
>
> > > > To: "Turbobricks Mailing List" <>
> > > >
> > > > On 01/07/99, ""kris" <>" wrote:
> > > > > You might have to shorten the length of the westgate rod
> > > >
> > Mr. Kris: The word you are looking for is WASTEgate, not westgate.
> > That's not just a spelling error, Kris--that's laziness. Laziness
> > builds bad
> > cars.
> > > >
> > > > > with mine.You also might already have a leak in your
> > intercooler
> > hoses,which
> > > > > is bleeding off boost-i would look very closely into this
> > before
> > cranking up
> > > > > the boost chances are you have a bad leak in one of the hoses.
> > > >
> > Wellnow. Aren't we suddenly the expert on leaks! Don't you think
> > two
> > weeks is an awfulgoshdarn short time in which to become so
> > experienced in
> > fixing leaks you were complaining about not being able to fix?
> > > >
> > > > > I purchased an '84 242 ti a little over a year ago and am just
> > now
> > > > > REALLY tinkering with it.
> > > >
> > You don't need to remind us of that! We *remember* your
> > "tinkering"...with
> > old pistons in a new motor...with several inexplicably-broken oil
> > pumps...with nonworking door latches...
> > > >
> > > > > Anyway, I put a VDO boost pressure
> > > > > gauge in and found much to my suprise I found that I was
> > putting
> > > > > out only 4 PSI.
> > > >
> > Gee whiz! What a surprise! Do you think those worn-out pistons in
> > those
> > worn-out (or freshly-bored) cylinders could be letting all your boost
> > into
> > the crankcase, causing all the oil leaks and smoking you've been
> > bitching
> > about lately?
> > ...naaaaaaaaaah.
> > > >
> > > > > My guess is that the prior owner had but an
> > > > > intercooler in it but never adjusted the wastegate.
> > > >
> > That, Kris, was not a sentence, although this time you spelled
> > "wastegate" correctly. So what is it with you? Do you have
> > intermittent
> > incompetence that kicks in and out like a faulty overdrive? Or are
> > you maybe
> > just
> > having a big joke on us all by pretending to be an imbecile and
> > watching
> > those of us who are charitable towards people with problems waste our
> > time with you?
> > > >
> > > > > Well.. here I come along and find that I am WAY below a
> > normal
> > > >
> > We know that already!
> > > >
> > > > > WAY below a normal boost pressure
> > > >
> > Oh...not the self-realization it seemed to be...
> > > >
> > > > > I put a good number of turns on the linkage and boost went up
> > about
> > > > > 3 PSI. About 2 weeks later, I decide to really crank on the
> > pressure
> > > > > and I adjusted it in even more. Much to my suprise the max
> > boost
> > > > > did not get any higher adjusted the linkage all the way down.
> > That
> > netted me
> > > > > about 1 psi.
> > > >
> > So you're saying that several wrong settings gave you several wrong
> > boost pressures. And your point would be...?
> > > >
> > > > > Anyone have any idea why I would be limited to 8 PSI
> > > > > with the boost linkage basically cranked all the way down to
> > max
> > > > > pressure?
> > > >
> > BECAUSE THE PISTONS ARE WORN DOWN TO BLOODY STUMPS, YOU THUNDERING
> > MORON!
> > > >
> > > > > Seems to me that I should be blowing the hoses off.
> > > >
> > Yes, you should be blowing off hoses. I imagine you'd do very well
> > at
> > blowing off hoses, considering all the blowing-off practice you
> > obviously
> > got during what was supposed to be your education.
> > > >
> > > > > Can someone send a clue my way?
> > > >
> > No, Kris, we cannot--As we say here in Texas, I'll bet you couldn't
> > pour piss
> > out of a boot with
> > instructions on the heel. And do you know why that is so? It's
> > because
> > you're
> > clueless, son! Completely clueless! You wouldn't have a clue if
> > somebody
> > *faxed* it to you!
> > And what is more, you couldn't *get* a clue if you stripped naked and
> > soaked your pallid hide in clue musk, then did the clue mating dance
> > in
> > a field full of horny clues during the height of clue mating season!
> > I will never get over the embarrassment of belonging to the
> > same species as
> > you. Your life is a monument to stupidity. Try to edit your
> > responses of
> > unnecessary material before attempting to impress us with your
> > insight.
> > The evidence that you are a nincompoop will still be available to
> > readers,
> > but they will be able to access it more rapidly. And what meaning do
> > you
> > expect
> > your delusionally self-important statements of unknowing,
> > inexperienced
> > opinion
> > to have with us? What fantasy do you hold that you would believe
> > that your
> > tiny-fisted
> > tantrums would have more weight than that of a leprous desert rat,
> > spinning
> > rabidly in a
> > circle, waiting for the bite of the snake? On a good day you're a
> > half-wit.
> > You remind
> > me of dogshit. You are deficient in all that lends character. You
> > have the
> > personality of
> > wallpaper. You are a fiend and a coward, and you have bad breath. You
> > are
> > degenerate,
> > noxious and depraved. I feel debased just for knowing you exist. I
> > despise
> > everything
> > about you, and I wish you would go away. I cannot believe how
> > incredibly
> > stupid you are.
> > I mean rock-hard stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard stupid. Stupid so
> > stupid that
> > it goes way
> > beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid.
> > You are
> > trans-stupid
> > stupid. Meta-stupid. Stupid collapsed on itself so far that even
> > the
> > neutrons have collapsed.
> > Stupid gotten so dense that no intellect can escape. Singularity
> > stupid.
> > Blazing hot mid-day
> > sun on Mercury stupid. You emit more stupid in one second than our
> > entire
> > galaxy emits
> > in a year. Quasar stupid. Your writing has to be a troll. Nothing
> > in our
> > universe can really
> > be this stupid. Perhaps this is some primordial fragment from the
> > original
> > big bang of stupid.
> > Some pure essence of a stupid so uncontaminated by anything else as
> > to be
> > beyond
> > the laws of physics that we know. I'm sorry. I can't go on. This
> > is an
> > epiphany of stupid for
> > me. After this, you may not hear from me again for a while. I don't
> > have
> > enough strength left
> > to deride your ignorant questions and half-baked comments about
> > unimportant
> > trivia, or any of
> > the rest of this drivel. The only thing worse than your logic is
> > your
> > manners. I have snipped
> > away most of your of what you wrote, because, well... it didn't
> > really say
> > anything. Your attempt
> > at creativity was pitiful. Maybe later in life, after you have
> > learned to
> > read, write, spell, and count,
> > you will have more success. True, these are rudimentary skills that
> > many of
> > us normal
> > people take for granted that everyone has an easy time of mastering.
> > But we
> > sometimes
> > forget that there are "challenged" persons in this world who find
> > these things
> > more difficult. If
> > I had known that this was your casethen I would have never read your
> > post. It
> > just wouldn't have
> > been "right". Sort of like parking in a handicap space. I wish you
> > the best
> > of luck in the emotional
> > and social struggles that seem to be placing such a demand on you.
> >
> > NOW PISS OFF!!!
> >
> > Paddy O'Phuerntshur
> > Las Trevlas, TX
> > '81 242GT B230ET "specially modified"
> > '81 245GT B230ET "Did it come from the factory like that?"
> > '82 242GT waiting for special modifications...snicker...
>
>
> Rick
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