I knew those meatballs were big, but I didn't realize three beasts were
sacrificed to produce the six meatballs I ate and guess my sense of
humor isn't quite as good as one might expect.
Whatever,
LM
Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>
> Daniel & Amy,
>
> We at Team Thicko have also enjoyed the presence of Les at various race
>events. We originally thought he had driven out, (both from Nebraska and
>Michigan) to offer moral support, an occasional bit of technical
> advice. Not so. We have now determined that Les can consume 3 times his body
>weight at one sitting for dinner. At IRP, we had to slaughter 3 additional
>herds in order to satisfy "the eating machine".
>
> The technical advice is good... but like everything... has it's price.
>
> WST
> Team Thicko Flounder
> <http://www.thicko.com>
>
> Daniel Thompson wrote:
>
> > Does Les do this as a public service? If he does, he can fly out here
>anytime and work on completing my restoration. I'll keep him locked in the
>garage and throw in some beer and pizza every couple of days.
> >
> > Seriously, kudos to you Les.
> >
> > Daniel Thompson
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amy Soich [SMTP:casoich@sgi.net]
> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 9:42 AM
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: HOORAY!!
> >
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > Les came out this weekend and actually got my sprite started for the first
> > time in at least 15 years! The good news is the engine seems in good shape,
> > the bad news was the carbs. The jets are stuck tight and after tearing apart
> > the carbs to unsucessfully try to unstick them, my carbs are now leaking gas
> > like sieves. So I'm going to take off my gas tank this week and get it
>cleaned
> > out and then i need to rebuild the carbs or something. After that, she
>should
> > run. In fact, now she really wants to run :) Les just bumped the key and she
> > started up scaring us both. She wasn't even hooked up to any gas.
> >
> > Next prob will probably be the master cylinders. Anyone have advice for
>that?
> >
> > I'd like to take a moment here to thank Les for flying out to Pittsburgh to
> > stay with me for the weekend and piss around with my car. You're one hell
>of a
> > guy Les, thanks!
> >
> > Amy
> > 67 MkIV
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