[Clive]

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[TexasCowboy]

I'll let all you young ladies take advantage of some wisdom from one of the Ancients:

Always carry a sack of Beechnut and a package of Juicy Fruit when traveling on country roads.

If you spring a leak in your radiator, chew about half a bag of Beechnut and spit it directly into your radiator.
Do this before all the water runs out.

If a rock knocks a hole in your gas tank, chew the whole package of Juicy Fruit until all the sweet is gone and stick the whole wad over the hole.
Do this before all the gas runs out.

NOW! Don't you feel smarter?

[auggy]

A few years back, my daughter was married to a guy that didn't have a short term memory, or I guess any memory.
She called me at home, telling me her car had broke down. I had it towed to my home. It was smoking terribly. I checked the oil. Yep, it was full, all the way to the top of the dipstick.
I drain 3 gallons of oil out of her car. It was 3 gallons, because I measured it, before discarding it.
I replaced 4.3 quarts, because that was the capacity. The car was fine after that.
I don't really know how, but it was.