Low Tech Difficulties
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Low Tech Difficulties
I have to confess I got tickled at my Boy Scouts the other day. After they loaded the gear into my truck at the end of the campout, they couldn't figure out how to shut the tailgate with them ol' fashioned hooks and chains. 
Oh, and one boy didn't understand why that 239 was painted yellow. He said "Some people paint their engines some pretty wild colors." Of coourse, last night I had two of the guys beg for a ride in Grover, so I obliged, even though it was only the length of the parking lot. One of the boys is a Dodge fan, but I'm going to teach him what a real truck is.
Oh, and one boy didn't understand why that 239 was painted yellow. He said "Some people paint their engines some pretty wild colors." Of coourse, last night I had two of the guys beg for a ride in Grover, so I obliged, even though it was only the length of the parking lot. One of the boys is a Dodge fan, but I'm going to teach him what a real truck is.
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Don, you could have really confused them if you had 3 on the tree. And then add in an overdrive. The key on the dash and push button start is mystery enough for most of them. You're a good man to do the scouting thing with them.
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Originally Posted by husker
Don, you could have really confused them if you had 3 on the tree. And then add in an overdrive. The key on the dash and push button start is mystery enough for most of them. You're a good man to do the scouting thing with them.
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Some years ago I drove a battered old VW Squareback. One day after church, I was putting something in the trunk when one of the little boys (who is now much bigger than I and a high school graduate) wandered over to my car and asked me where the engine was. I told him "It's in the back" and went around to the back of the car, opened the tailgate, rolled back the floor mat, and then removed the access panel from the floor. You should have seen the look on his face!
I probably shouldn't mess with their minds like that.
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Originally Posted by theGman
Don, hope you bring Grover to the Supernats one of these years.
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I'm losing oil someplace, though. I have a nasty feeling I'm still having trouble with the rear main seal.
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Originally Posted by StevenK
Ya, the old technology is a brain burner for some of the younger generation - you should see the looks I get when I let them make a call on my "dial" phone in the garage!!!!!!
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Don, that would be cool. Would the garage phone have a different ring from the house phone? I grew up in a rural area and the first phones we had were that type on a party line. Each home had a different ring, for example, a long ring and then two short rings. Not much privacy either because anyone on the line could pick up their phone and listen in, "rubber neck". Man, I'm really dating myself.
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Originally Posted by husker
Don, that would be cool. Would the garage phone have a different ring from the house phone? I grew up in a rural area and the first phones we had were that type on a party line. Each home had a different ring, for example, a long ring and then two short rings. Not much privacy either because anyone on the line could pick up their phone and listen in, "rubber neck". Man, I'm really dating myself.
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