True
   I learned to work on cars by myself, take it apart , put it back
together.
   In the 70's as a teen , my moms daisy clock that hung above the
kitchen door quit working, took it apart , never got it back together.Â
I found a daisy clock on Ebay couple years ago (same as hers) working
and sent it to her for her birthday. Made her day.
Patrick
71 Stag
74 Spitfire
On 5/11/2022 7:11 PM, Bob wrote:
> Jonmac,
>
> Interesting story. I was never taught how to work on cars. I just
> picked it up as a hobby. It is simple really, you take something apart
> and you put it back together in the reverse. 5 Triumphs later and one
> cycle and they all run just fine. And the same with all the rest of
> the folks on this list.
>
> And by the way, took out the 3 today for lunch at the Legion. Purred
> like a kitten.
>
> Bob
>
> On 5/11/22 6:55 PM, John Macartney wrote:
>> Jonmac is in grumpy old git mode today!
>>
>> Took the dog for a shorter walk today because of the rain. This meant
>> me on my mobility scooter with dog alongside, traversing a nearby
>> industrial estate where thereâ??s a car body shop specialising in
>> repainting and lots of difficult sheet metal stuff. I know them all
>> quite well and the dogs always welcome, so Iâ??m allowed inside to see
>> what theyâ??re doing and having a chat. Today a trainee was
>> reassembling a cylinder head on a Repainted Herald and I was
>> horrified to see the lack of washers under the head nuts. I didnâ??t
>> say anything but it annoyed me. For a start, it flew fully in the
>> face of my training years ago. When fitting hardware, you always
>> always always fitted a washer under the bolt head and another washer
>> under the nut. These days when I watch TV of some bloke fitting
>> something to something else, the use of washers is minimal to non
>> existent. Why? I made that mistake of not using a washer once a long
>> time ago at Jaguar when I was doing my Service Dept training and my
>> omission was noted by the Senior Foreman who was a stickler for doing
>> things right every time, all the time. My punishment? A missed lunch
>> break because it was spent on all fours pushing a one inch diameter
>> plain washer round the lube bay floor with my nose - twice! The first
>> lap was because of what I didnâ??t do and the second was so Iâ??d never
>> forget. Thatâ??s how it was in the U.K. in those days and there was
>> nothing illegal in humiliating someone at work and if Iâ??d refused,
>> there would have been a disciplinary. I think that if the trainee I
>> saw not doing his job today was told to do what I did sixty years
>> ago, heâ??d have his employer in court for damages and unreasonable
>> workplace treatment! Itâ??s these know-all jerks on TV like the Top
>> Gear mob, Clarkson, Hammond, Mike Brewer and a few others doing it
>> wrong, that is teaching youngsters that sloppy work is perfectly
>> acceptable.
>> Now going back to my hole in the ground where there are fresh leaves,
>> clean moss and an interesting Single Malt awaiting my enjoyment.
>>
>> JM
>>
>> Lady Astor: â??Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your
>> coffee.â??
>> Churchill: â?? Madam, if I was your husband,, Iâ??d drink it!â??
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