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Andy Mace writes:
> Dad loved Triumphs but was the most unmechanical person who ever lived.
I may have to differ with you on this. An article by David L.
Chandler of the Boston Globe appeared Monday in our local paper:
"He may be the most brilliant scientist in the world today when it
comes to quantum mechanics.
"But change the subject to auto mechanics, and Murray Gell-Mann is
out of his depth.
"Gell-Mann is the inventor of... the theory of quarks...
"On a camping trip in Mexico years ago, ... Gell-Mann decided to
check his car's oil; he asked to borrow a dipstick. Told his car had
its own dipstick, Gell-Mann went off to have a look. He decided to
add some oil. Moments later, [his companions] discovered that
Gell-Mann had removed the car's air filter and was about to pour a
quart of oil straight into the carburetor -- something most drivers
know would ruin the engine. He was stopped in the nick of time."
Even I've never tried this trick!
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