It being a dull day, I decide to respond to what Gerald Miller
foisted Sun, 11 Jul 2004 18:49:17 GMT on
rec.crafts.metalworking , viz:


I once "repaired" a tape recorder by replacing.....no...sorry..
......._installing_ the batteries. Serious.
The backup power unit on this computer was repaired by pressing the
reset button.

LOL.

I was rebuilding the carb, sitting on at the table in the side yard.
Friend comes home, takes one look and gives me the "Wow, I'd never be able
to do that.." and I look at her and say "What? it's not complicated, I've
got the exploded drawing, the original assembly, and I put newspaper down
to keep track of the parts. Its a fine day and Jeff's got beer." Life is
good.

Now, try repairing a VW bus's engine in a carport in Egypt, that's a
hassle.

tschus
pyotr

--
pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."