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The dumbest thing I did this week...
I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but
let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
On Sun, 20 May 2007 15:11:38 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote: I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff I would of left it. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message . .. I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight. what is SWMBO? |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message . .. I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- I doubt it would have hurt anything at all - there's a few gallons of antifreeze in there, a pint of wiper fluid won't hurt it. Still, don't you hate doing that crap? I changed my truck's oil, and instead of opening the oilpan plug, I removed the transmission plug - that sucked. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
In article , "gorehound" wrote:
what is SWMBO? She Who Must Be Obeyed = wife or girlfriend -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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In article , "Eigenvector" wrote:
I doubt it would have hurt anything at all - there's a few gallons of antifreeze in there, a pint of wiper fluid won't hurt it. Disagree completely. Wiper fluid sometimes contains ammonia, which isn't going to do the cooling system one bit of good. And virtually all wiper fluids contain some sort of detergent -- you sure as heck don't need that foaming up inside the cooling jacket. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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What's worse is when you dump antifreeze in the washer bottle. Had a guy do
that to one of the trucks at the last place I worked. Makes for a hell of a mess on a buggy windshield. s "Eigenvector" wrote in message . .. "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message . .. I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- I doubt it would have hurt anything at all - there's a few gallons of antifreeze in there, a pint of wiper fluid won't hurt it. Still, don't you hate doing that crap? I changed my truck's oil, and instead of opening the oilpan plug, I removed the transmission plug - that sucked. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
Had a friend who did that to his car in the middle of winter. It sprayed all
over his windshield but was so thick that his wipers couldn't get it all off, he barely made it home without running into something. Had to flush out the bottle with a hose to get rid of it, wasted the price of a whole gallon of engine antifreeze when he should have used a 99 cent bottle of windshield washer antifreeze. "Steve Barker" wrote in message ... What's worse is when you dump antifreeze in the washer bottle. Had a guy do that to one of the trucks at the last place I worked. Makes for a hell of a mess on a buggy windshield. s "Eigenvector" wrote in message . .. "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message . .. I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- I doubt it would have hurt anything at all - there's a few gallons of antifreeze in there, a pint of wiper fluid won't hurt it. Still, don't you hate doing that crap? I changed my truck's oil, and instead of opening the oilpan plug, I removed the transmission plug - that sucked. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
On May 20, 10:06 pm, "EXT" wrote:
Had a friend who did that to his car in the middle of winter. It sprayed all over his windshield but was so thick that his wipers couldn't get it all off, he barely made it home without running into something. Had to flush out the bottle with a hose to get rid of it, wasted the price of a whole gallon of engine antifreeze when he should have used a 99 cent bottle of windshield washer antifreeze. "Steve Barker" wrote in message ... What's worse is when you dump antifreeze in the washer bottle. Had a guy do that to one of the trucks at the last place I worked. Makes for a hell of a mess on a buggy windshield. s "Eigenvector" wrote in message ... "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message m... I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- I doubt it would have hurt anything at all - there's a few gallons of antifreeze in there, a pint of wiper fluid won't hurt it. Still, don't you hate doing that crap? I changed my truck's oil, and instead of opening the oilpan plug, I removed the transmission plug - that sucked.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'd be concerned that methanol, with its low boiling point and high flammability is in my radiator at high pressure. Who knows what pressure you might end up building if you left it in there. And if like me you're gonna leave it in there 10 years, you might want to put in the right stuff! -Dean |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message . .. I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. No, I have never done anything like that before. I mean, confusing power brake fluid with power steering fluid is natural enough, I am sure we have all done that; but I can't imagine being dumb enough to put windshield fluid in the coolant! Amazing. |
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On May 20, 8:29 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , "gorehound" wrote: what is SWMBO? She Who Must Be Obeyed = wife or girlfriend From the novel series "Rumpole of the Bailey" made into TV and seen in US on PBS for context... |
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On May 20, 11:14 pm, "Toller" wrote:
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message . ..I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. No, I have never done anything like that before. I mean, confusing power brake fluid with power steering fluid is natural enough, I am sure we have all done that; but I can't imagine being dumb enough to put windshield fluid in the coolant! Amazing. He didn't confuse the liquids! He got the wrong filler cap. That's very very easy to do. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
On May 20, 12:11 pm, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight. I will step up to the plate. Kinda hard to top this for stupid: Last year I couldn't wake up the log splitter from its winter nap. Lotsa pulling, priming etc. Pulled plug - real bad. Off to town for new plug. Installed. More pulling, priming, cussing. Finally bit the bullet, hooked up and towed it to the town small engine place. While unhooking I looked down and saw the plug wire lieing innocently on the block alongside the plug. Bad part was hooking it up, giving one pull, and looking up to see the mech watching me. Since I had called ahead and told him my problem all I couild do was enjoy the sneer. Harry K |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
On May 20, 11:22 pm, dean wrote:
On May 20, 11:14 pm, "Toller" wrote: "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message ...Idon't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. No, I have never done anything like that before. I mean, confusing power brake fluid with power steering fluid is natural enough, I am sure we have all done that; but I can't imagine being dumb enough to put windshield fluid in the coolant! Amazing. He didn't confuse the liquids! He got the wrong filler cap. That's very very easy to do. And, given the spirit of Jeff's post and some of Haller's, hardly an appropriate response... |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
On May 21, 9:33 am, Harry K wrote:
On May 20, 12:11 pm, Jeff Wisnia wrote: I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight. I will step up to the plate. Kinda hard to top this for stupid: Last year I couldn't wake up the log splitter from its winter nap. Lotsa pulling, priming etc. Pulled plug - real bad. Off to town for new plug. Installed. More pulling, priming, cussing. Finally bit the bullet, hooked up and towed it to the town small engine place. While unhooking I looked down and saw the plug wire lieing innocently on the block alongside the plug. Bad part was hooking it up, giving one pull, and looking up to see the mech watching me. Since I had called ahead and told him my problem all I couild do was enjoy the sneer. Harry K- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I dismantled a tape cassette player once which was not turning the capstan. Once I had it in a hundred parts on the table, I realize the pause button was pressed in! I doubt if anyone could beat that! |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
Harry K wrote:
I will step up to the plate. Kinda hard to top this for stupid: Last year I couldn't wake up the log splitter from its winter nap. Lotsa pulling, priming etc. Pulled plug - real bad. Off to town for new plug. Installed. More pulling, priming, cussing. Finally bit the bullet, hooked up and towed it to the town small engine place. While unhooking I looked down and saw the plug wire lieing innocently on the block alongside the plug. Bad part was hooking it up, giving one pull, and looking up to see the mech watching me. Since I had called ahead and told him my problem all I couild do was enjoy the sneer. Happens all the time. Similar to feeling better while just sitting in the doctor's waiting room. |
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dpb wrote:
On May 20, 8:29 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote: In article , "gorehound" wrote: what is SWMBO? She Who Must Be Obeyed = wife or girlfriend From the novel series "Rumpole of the Bailey" made into TV and seen in US on PBS for context... But the first use of the full wording I recall seeing was in H. Rider Haggard's novel "She": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel) Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
dean wrote:
On May 20, 10:06 pm, "EXT" wrote: Had a friend who did that to his car in the middle of winter. It sprayed all over his windshield but was so thick that his wipers couldn't get it all off, he barely made it home without running into something. Had to flush out the bottle with a hose to get rid of it, wasted the price of a whole gallon of engine antifreeze when he should have used a 99 cent bottle of windshield washer antifreeze. "Steve Barker" wrote in message om... What's worse is when you dump antifreeze in the washer bottle. Had a guy do that to one of the trucks at the last place I worked. Makes for a hell of a mess on a buggy windshield. s "Eigenvector" wrote in message om... "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message news:bZ6dnUn8Bv3vAM3bnZ2dnUVZ_uiknZ2d@comcast. com... I don't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. Mine: SWMBO bought herself a preowned Buick a little while ago and yesterday I treated it to a new set of wiper blades and decided to check the fluids under the hood for her. Every car we've ever owned before had the coolant overflow bottle up front near the radiator, and the windshield washer fluid reservoir near the firewall. Alas, her Buick has those containers in just the the opposite locations, and so I dutifully topped off the coolant overflow bottle with windshield washer fluid. I recognized my brain fart when I next went to check what I thought was the coolant overflow bottle and saw an "squirter" icon on its cap. The bottle I'd just misfilled had no icon on its cap, but it now has the message "COOLANT, DUMMY" written on it in marking pen. G Fortunately the coolant overflow bottle's hose connects to a nipple on its bottom so I was able to pop off that hose and drain my mistake into a couple of coffee cans, then refill the bottle with antifreeze. Jeff -- I doubt it would have hurt anything at all - there's a few gallons of antifreeze in there, a pint of wiper fluid won't hurt it. Still, don't you hate doing that crap? I changed my truck's oil, and instead of opening the oilpan plug, I removed the transmission plug - that sucked.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'd be concerned that methanol, with its low boiling point and high flammability is in my radiator at high pressure. Who knows what pressure you might end up building if you left it in there. And if like me you're gonna leave it in there 10 years, you might want to put in the right stuff! -Dean Well, I suspect the radiator cap pressure release system would take care of any pressure buildup. As for flamability, I'm old enough to remember when the only antifreezes we used were alcohol/water ones. G I still felt that rectifying my stupid error immediately was "the right thing to do". Jeff Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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The dumbest thing I did this week...
"dpb" wrote in message ups.com... On May 20, 11:22 pm, dean wrote: On May 20, 11:14 pm, "Toller" wrote: "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message ...Idon't know if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. No, I have never done anything like that before. I mean, confusing power brake fluid with power steering fluid is natural enough, I am sure we have all done that; but I can't imagine being dumb enough to put windshield fluid in the coolant! Amazing. He didn't confuse the liquids! He got the wrong filler cap. That's very very easy to do. And, given the spirit of Jeff's post and some of Haller's, hardly an appropriate response... Sure it was; it just went over your head. |
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On May 21, 10:28 am, "Toller" wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ups.com... On May 20, 11:22 pm, dean wrote: On May 20, 11:14 pm, "Toller" wrote: "Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message ...Idon'tknow if this thread subject has been tried here before, but let's see how many others are willing to tell the truth on themselves this week. No, I have never done anything like that before. I mean, confusing power brake fluid with power steering fluid is natural enough, I am sure we have all done that; but I can't imagine being dumb enough to put windshield fluid in the coolant! Amazing. He didn't confuse the liquids! He got the wrong filler cap. That's very very easy to do. And, given the spirit of Jeff's post and some of Haller's, hardly an appropriate response... Sure it was; it just went over your head.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is Buick included with Chevy where You have to use the exact type of coolant(red stuff) to keep the long warranty valid? Dunno how old the car in question is or if that warranty goes with a car or is only for orig owner.. I bought My current truck(96 4x4 Silverado ext cab) with 30,000 miles on it but used the called-for coolant anyway,just for "good measure"..It has 165,000 miles now and 0 probs from cooling sys. Dean |
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Redux-The dumbest thing I did this week...
Now, I gotta tell one on SWMBO, whose overall stellar qualities far outweigh her total antipathy about understanding technology one whit beyond what is absolutely essential for daily activities. Last week she returned to our office from a meeting at a small college she consults for, normally about a two hour drive. She arrived about an hour later than expected. She complained that while she was driving at the highway speed limit and even though it was raining, cars were "speeding" right by her all the way. You guessed it guys, she'd somehow pushed the button on her Buick's dashboard which switched the speedometer from english to metric, and despite the little "KM" lit up on the speedo dial, she she kept the needle "at the speed limit" all the way back. G Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Redux-The dumbest thing I did this week...
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote She arrived about an hour later than expected. She complained that while she was driving at the highway speed limit and even though it was raining, cars were "speeding" right by her all the way. You guessed it guys, she'd somehow pushed the button on her Buick's dashboard which switched the speedometer from english to metric, and despite the little "KM" lit up on the speedo dial, she she kept the needle "at the speed limit" all the way back. G What was she going, like 35 mph in a 55 zone, something like that? And she didn't notice she was going really slow. Lucky she didn't cause an accident. I hope she's not required to make important decisions where you work. She doesn't seem to be very intuitive. Heh. nancy |
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Redux-The dumbest thing I did this week...
Nancy Young wrote:
"Jeff Wisnia" wrote She arrived about an hour later than expected. She complained that while she was driving at the highway speed limit and even though it was raining, cars were "speeding" right by her all the way. You guessed it guys, she'd somehow pushed the button on her Buick's dashboard which switched the speedometer from english to metric, and despite the little "KM" lit up on the speedo dial, she she kept the needle "at the speed limit" all the way back. G What was she going, like 35 mph in a 55 zone, something like that? And she didn't notice she was going really slow. Lucky she didn't cause an accident. I hope she's not required to make important decisions where you work. She doesn't seem to be very intuitive. Heh. nancy That's what's so amazing about her Nancy. She has no real understanding or desire to learn about how technological things work, but was gifted with extremely good intuition when it comes to people skills. She started her for-profit business 28 years ago. It currently has over 70 allied medical professionals and teachers working for it, and she's still making all the important daily decisions. Shameless proud hubby plug: http://www.wkrp.org Peace, Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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