Excuses excuses. The best one is the sun is in my eyes!
...Art :) btw you know what excuses are like don't you?
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Bill Eastman wrote:
> >>> Carol <car@texas.net> 09/11/97 01:50pm >> wrote:
> <snip> Bill. Driving with the top up is embarrassing, no "nears" or "sort
> of's." And I don't know about Minnesota, but 40 is NOT cold! We thank God
> for 40-degree weather here! <snip>
> What's a Facet pump? If you had the hood down like you're
> supposed to the hot air would flow out naturally and you wouldn't have to
> pump it out... or is that a different pump? <snip>
>
> You are right, of course. I am ashamed that I have been driving around
> this week with the top up. Worse yet, I have left the passenger's side
> screen in all week, too. My only defense is that the weather man said that
> it was sopposed to rain this week and I put the top up as a precaution. I
> live straight East of where I work so I am always driving into the sun,
> too. The top acts as a sun visor. I also cable tied parts of the top down
> so it wouldn't flap in the wind- it doesn't fit as well as it used to.
> Venus is aligned with Jupiter. The dog ate my homework.
>
> I promise that I will say three "hail Cecils" tonight and drop the top for
> the ride home. On the other hand, I kind of like the way it looks with the
> top up. Come to think of it, I can't drop the to because I have no way to
> cut the cable ties :-(
>
> A Facet pump is one of those cheap square electronic fuel pumps. Reliable
> as rock but makes a Hell of a racket. At the one autocross I made this
> year, a person came over after my run and said, "boy it sounded like you
> have real problems in the engine when it was at the starting line." I told
> him that I had a Facet pump and he said, "OK, well that explains it." Not
> so bad moving with the top down which explains why it never bother me until
> this week. When the time comes, I will probably go for one of those "pump
> in a cans" that Barney and Bob find so appealing.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Eastman
> 61 MGA in an unnatural state- top up under sunshine
>
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