Posted by ian field on December 14, 2008, 3:44 pm
Fix dodgy starter motor before it snows - its a right pig to bump start on
an icy road!
Posted by A.Clews on December 15, 2008, 6:08 am
Thus spake ian field (gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com) unto the assembled
multitudes:
> Fix dodgy starter motor before it snows - its a right pig to bump start on
> an icy road!
<looks out at snow and ice>
<looks at bike, with or without dodgy starter motor>
<looks at car>
<looks back at bike>
<jumps into car>
Sorted! :-)
--
Andy Clews
University of Sussex
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Posted by ian field on December 15, 2008, 11:20 am
> Thus spake ian field (gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com) unto the assembled
> multitudes:
>> Fix dodgy starter motor before it snows - its a right pig to bump start
>> on
>> an icy road!
> <looks out at snow and ice>
> <looks at bike, with or without dodgy starter motor>
> <looks at car>
> <looks back at bike>
> <jumps into car>
> Sorted! :-)
When I worked at an out of town company and travelled along country roads to
get there, I looked at all the cars on their sides in ditches and thanked my
lucky stars I didn't have one.
Posted by . on December 15, 2008, 12:12 pm
wrote:
> When I worked at an out of town company and travelled along country roads to
> get there, I looked at all the cars on their sides in ditches and thanked my
> lucky stars I didn't have one.
I've ridden a motorcycle into a ditch and I've driven a car into a
ditch.
The latter experience was far less painful.
Posted by frijoli on December 15, 2008, 9:50 pm
ian field wrote:
>> Thus spake ian field (gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com) unto the assembled
>> multitudes:
>>> Fix dodgy starter motor before it snows - its a right pig to bump start
>>> on
>>> an icy road!
>> <looks out at snow and ice>
>> <looks at bike, with or without dodgy starter motor>
>> <looks at car>
>> <looks back at bike>
>> <jumps into car>
>>
>> Sorted! :-)
>>
>
> When I worked at an out of town company and travelled along country roads to
> get there, I looked at all the cars on their sides in ditches and thanked my
> lucky stars I didn't have one.
>
>
Just because some people can't drive doesn't mean all of us can't.
> an icy road!