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To: backhoe

You are in Hurricane Alley!!!!!!!!!!!!! Prayers with you and our fellow Americans in the Southern realms and STAY SAFE.........................and, as the wife of an auto mechanic, who has been in the biz for 37 years......"old mechanics never die, they love to stick around to shock, tire and brake you!!"


147 posted on 09/11/2004 5:33:58 PM PDT by soozla ("I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not too sure............"-John Kerry)
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To: soozla; Fiddlstix
"old mechanics never die, they love to stick around to shock, tire and brake you!!"

Thanks for the laugh... I started out 35+ years ago as a helper/apprentice machinist at Island Auto Parts, then moved next door to Newman's Auto Repair, where, due mainly to outlasting everyone else except Willie Newman, ended up as Chief Mechanic of the joint.

Hard work, but fond memories, and you never forget the smell of Petisol 404 degreaser in kerosene.

148 posted on 09/12/2004 3:33:14 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
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