On Sat, 29 May 2021 07:33:56 -0400, 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.
>
>
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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The other Dave Smith