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  1. 3rd July 2007, 04:12 PM #1
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    how to answer the inevitable question.

    we all get them, the kind of question that you just dont want to answer but your mouth works faster than your brain.....

    It happend to me... and the aftermath of this incident is going into a rant in the rants section....

    There I was, under a landrover doing a steering box preload adjustment on my back on a creeper tools around me, measuring gear out and the EMEIs' open for the settings....

    Heres what I hear.


    "scuse me mate? are you a mechanic?"

    If you EVER get asked a question like that say no.... Any conversation that starts like that IS not going to end in any way you like.....

    this is the rest of that fatefull conversation
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  2. 3rd July 2007, 04:20 PM #2
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    Thankfully I dont have customers......
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    must have worked for Nasa.
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    If someone blows something up, and abuse/neglect is determined to be the cause, the whole section pays for the repair...last one was $7400 for a Rodeo engine - no oily, no cooly, big bang..oh dear you fat head!

    ...and they think it's unfair! It's a wonder they reach adulthood without Darwinism kicking in...
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  5. 3rd July 2007, 05:36 PM #5
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    Aw man best I ever saw was an old painter (I wont say his ethnic background) he bought one of the very first hiluxs came out after the scout. The manual said drain oil at 5000km - so he did, pulled over to the side of the road and drained the oil then kept driving. Toyota had to give him another engine becuase it didnt actually say put more oil back in.
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  6. 4th July 2007, 09:26 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcrover View Post
    Thankfully I dont have customers......
    Thankfully i don't work on vehicles
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  7. 4th July 2007, 03:28 PM #7
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    Hey blknight,

    find the Jeff Foxworthy comedy track called 'here's your sign'.

    In Jeffs world, your answer may be; 'no, I was looking for my dog.....'

    Cheers, GQ
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  8. 4th July 2007, 03:46 PM #8
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    Q: Are you a mechanic?
    A: No I train circus monkeys.

    Anyone have any others?
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    Yes but it's nap time, you'll have to come back at 1500
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    Musos get them too..........................

    During my many years as a session guitarist I was often asked, whilst travelling alone with a guitar case; 'Are you a group?'
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