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Re: the passing of american mechanics

To: David Littlefield <dmeadow@juno.com>, <kmr@pil.net>
Subject: Re: the passing of american mechanics
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 06:33:03 -0400
Yea he'd rather drive his TR-UGGH

Larry

> From: David Littlefield <dmeadow@juno.com>
> Reply-To: David Littlefield <dmeadow@juno.com>
> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 15:44:00 -0500
> To: kmr@pil.net
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: the passing of american mechanics
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 16:06:37 -0400 "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net> writes:
>> 
>> I completely disagree.  Encouraging teens to purchase LBCs is like
>> giving
>> them a license to be your next DPO.  Do you really think they're
>> going to
>> take the time, or want to, learn how to adjust points, valves, and
>> everything else associated with routine maintenance?  And what about
>> more
>> complicated work.
>> 
>> --
>> Kai M. Radicke -- kmr@pil.net
>> 1966 MGB -- 1974 Triumph TR-6
>> 
> 
> Seems Kai may have a point here.  As I recall he was 16 when he got his
> '66 MGB and little or no work, complicated or otherwise, has been done on
> it since then (some three years ago, I think).  Perhaps he is right...
> teenagers are just too unfocused for such things.  Right, Kai? ;-)
> 
> David Littlefield
> Houston, TX
> '62 MGA MkII
> '51 MGTD
> '88 Jaguar XJ-S
> 
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