I agree explicitly!
And I might add that when a fellow Lister inquires about a remedy for a new
problem, rather then ending our response with the standard "Good Luck" I
suggest the encouraging phrase... "Keep your Pecker up", which means "Keep
your chin up".
Andrew Griffith
-----Original Message-----
From: Herb_Goede@amsinc.com [SMTP:Herb_Goede@amsinc.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:43 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: kaput!
List,
Although BMW has purchased the Rover Group I do not believe that the
term
Kaput is appropriate for use in reference to an LBC - especially
when it is
a Lucas item such as turn signals. As owners of LBCs we must
endevour to
use the correct terminology in our discussions. This is not limited
to
such common terms as hood, bonnet and spanner.
In the future I believe that we should all endevour to use more
appropriate
descriptions such as "my bloody turn signals are cocked up" or "the
splines
on my wires are buggered" . (To our friends in the UK, please
correct me
if I am incorrect in my British phraseology. You can also help out
by
supplying more common phrases so we don't get redundant.)
Those of you using Japanese transmissions, alternators, etc. will
have a
little more difficult time. You will first need to determine the
country
of origin for the failing part before uttering the appropriate
expletive.
Herb
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