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- From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
- Subject: Re: Kikustaatu-Do: The Wa
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.181613.26945@i88.isc.com>
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- Organization: Lachman Technology, Incorporated, Naperville, IL
- References: <581.97.uupcb@compdyn.questor.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:16:13 GMT
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- In article <581.97.uupcb@compdyn.questor.org> ryan.cousineau@compdyn.questor.org (Ryan Cousineau) writes:
- >I am, by gender, excluded from any PMS-related competitions. I do
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- Doesn't protect you from any side effects, though.
-
- >however have a strong contender for rattiest of the ratbikes.
- >
- >At age 19, I have a second-generation rat. In fact, this 1958 AJS 500
- >C/S was a piece of crap in the early 60s when my dad bought it. It still
- >is. it has needed a paint job since the early sixties, right after my
- >dad finished painting it. It has a battery cover made out of plywood, a
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- Your dad must've got painting lessons from my dad...
-
- >seat brace made out of wood, no working gauges, although there is a
- >nonfunctional voltmeter in the headlight case. The transmission has
- >always been a dry-clutch, despite what the designers specified, thanks
- >to leakage.
-
- [remainder of description of a fine piece of machinery deleted]
-
- >So, any challengers?
-
- Sir, I stand awed in your presence.
- --
- Jonathan E. Quist Lachman Technology, Incorporated
- jeq@i88.isc.com '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094 Naperville, IL
- __ There's nothing quite like the pitter-patter of little feet,
- \/ followed by the words "Daddy! Yay!"
-