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Re: Oil changing humor, women vs. men

To: <Gbouff1@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Oil changing humor, women vs. men
From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 22:25:10 -0000charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "List Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <30.210daf7.25f420c3@aol.com>
Hi All
It occurred to me there were some lines missing from this, lines 41,42 & 43
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From: <Gbouff1@aol.com>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 8:42 PM
Subject: Oil changing humor, women vs. men


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> This was sent to me by my wife.  There is some ring of truth to it.
> Especially the drain plug, had the same problem when I used to have a boat
> and usually forgot to check before launching.
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> Return-path: DeRtist@aol.com
> From: DeRtist@aol.com
> Full-name: DeRtist
> Message-ID: <47.1e23de3.25f414bf@aol.com>
> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 14:51:27 EST
> Subject: FROM YOUR WIFE...CUTE..
> To: Gbouff1@aol.com
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 67
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> > Subject: "Automotive lubrication 101"
> >
> >
> > It is good to follow a well established pattern!!
> > >
> > > Oil Changing Instructions:
> > >
> > > Women:
> > >
> > > 1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 since the last
> > oil
> > change.
> > > 2. Drink a cup of coffee.
> > > 3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly
maintained >
> vehicle.
> >
> > > Men:
> > >
> > > 1. Go to O'Reilly auto parts and write a check for 50 dollars for oil,
>
> > filter, oil lift (AKA kitty litter), hand cleaner and scented tree.
> > > 2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking
back >
> > to O'Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard.
> > > 3. Open a beer and drink it.
> > > 4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
> > > 5. Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
> > > 6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
> > > 7. Place drain pan under engine.
> > > 8. Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
> > > 9. Give up and use crescent wrench.
> > > 10. Unscrew drain plug.
> > > 11. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you in process.
> > > 12. Clean up.
> > > 13. Have another beer while oil is draining.
> > > 14. Look for oil filter wrench.
> > > 15. Give up; poke oil filter with Phillips screwdriver and twist it
off.
> > > 16. Beer.
> > > 17. Buddy shows up; finish case with him. Finish oil change tomorrow.
> > > 18. Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.
> > > 19. Throw oil lift (AKA kitty litter) on oil spilled during step 18.
> > > 20. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
> > > 21. Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
> > > 22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply thin coat of clean oil
> >       to gasket first.
> > > 23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
> > > 24. Remember drain plug from step 11.
> > > 25. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
> > > 26. Hurry to replace drain plug before the whole quart of fresh oil
> >      drains onto floor.
> > > 27. Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame.
> > > 28. Bang head on floor board in reaction.
> > > 29. Begin cussing fit.
> > > 30. Throw wrench.
> > > 31. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss
> >       December(1992) in the left boob.
> > > 32. Clean up; apply Band-Aid to knuckle.
> > > 33. Beer.
> > > 34. Beer.
> > > 35. Dump in additional 4 quarts of oil.
> > > 36. Beer.
> > > 37. Lower car from jack stands
> > > 38. Accidentally crush one of the jack stands
> > > 39. Move car back to apply more oil lift (AKA kitty litter) to fresh
oil
> >       spilled during step 23.
> > > 40. Drive car
          41. Pull over due to bright flashing lights behind you.
          42. Reply Yesth Ocifer I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
          43. Blow in bag / gadget

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