On Sat, 29 May 2021 05:37:25 -0700 (PDT), GM
> wrote:

>On Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 6:34:08 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> On 5/28/2021 10:38 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> > On 5/28/2021 9:56 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >> On 5/28/2021 9:49 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> I took my car to the shop yesterday. The button under the brake
>> >>> pedal broke. When I got home from work on Wednesday the brake lights
>> >>> wouldn't go out and I knew immediately what the problem was. I
>> >>> disconnected the negative battery cable, re-connected it the next
>> >>> morning and drove it to the shop before going to work. The man fixed
>> >>> it in under 10 minutes. He didn't charge me anything.
>> >>>
>> >>> Jill
>> >>
>> >> I'm impressed. Few people would know to do that. Even fewer would
>> >> know how to do it.
>> >
>> > Thank you, sir! The nut on the battery cable was too tight for me to
>> > loosen so I called a friend and he came right over. (Drove up in his
>> > snazzy 1955 MG. This guy is a car enthusiast.) The nut on the cable
>> > was *almost* too tight for him to turn. I was about to get the WD-40
>> > when he managed to loosen it enough to remove. I hooked it back up in
>> > the morning and drove it to the shop. One thing I noticed is people
>> > don't tend to tail-gait when your brake lights never go off. LOL
>> >
>> > I basically haven't had to pay much for any repairs. The AC in the car
>> > started failing last year. Not a problem in the Fall/Winter but would
>> > be brutal in the Summer. Before it started getting hot this year I went
>> > to an auto parts store and bought a can of coolant (used to be freon). I
>> > didn't know where the valves are for adding it to this car, although I'd
>> > done it myself with a Toyota I owned decades ago. So I took it to the
>> > tire store where I once did clerical work. My former employer, Ana, had
>> > one of her mechanics add the coolant and he showed me where the valves
>> > are. No charge for the service. I'm thinking John just doesn't know
>> > the right people.
>> >
>> > Jill
>> I watched a cool documentary about a *nice* princess during WW2.
>> She was never snooty or mean to anyone. In 1953, she became the Queen of
>> England.
>>
>> Just imagine what you could achieve if you became a "nice" princess.
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>
>Heehee, Gary...
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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