On Thu Apr-11-2013 08:31, TOM WALKER (1:123/140) wrote to ROGER NELSON:

RN> TW> I never did do the the Tourist ride but in my younger years I did
RN> TW> hike down into the Havasupai Indann reservation and ride a Horse
RN> TW> out, The owner wanted soem supplies form the trading post up on the
RN> TW> canyon rim at the head of the trail A frend and I took them up so
RN> TW> they could be loaded and brought back down with the next pack horse
RN> TW> trip.

RN>If I survive my upcoming knee surgery and go west (that sounds
RN>familiar), I just might be able to get on the saddle without help.  
RN>Only then will I know which one of us is right, although I should 
RN>point out I'm not disagreeing with you -- I'm just stubborn when it 
RN>comes to things I've done in the past.

 TW> Ask Roy, I have a bit of stubborness myself. :-)  :-)

I have limited myself to changing spark pluge that I can reach because the
torque required for them is well within my capability (so far).  Gone are the
days when I'd try that on a V-8 Chevy because on the rear ones, 5, 7, 6, and 8
requires getting under the car to do that.

 TW> And I hear you. I tried to wrok on cars wel past the tiem when a
 TW> reasonable man would have given it up.. My last gasp was Oil
 TW> Changes and I finally had to give that up a little less then two
 TW> years ago. I guess  I should jsut rembember the good tiems as for
 TW> over 50 years I did almsot all of my repairs except Body work and
 TW> Automatic transmissions. And since for many years because of 
 TW> necessity I picked my vehicles from the Consumer Reports "Worst 
 TW> Used Car Buy" list. I even had my own Tow Bar so I could rescue 
 TW> the wife when her car quit. Frotunatly I only had to do that four 
 TW> times. On one occasion I changed the timing belt in the parking 
 TW> lot where she works. Adn twice I had to rescue me secong son. He 
 TW> was a driver that was hard on cars. He had two Mercurt Capri v-6's 
 TW> which had a Composition fiber tweeth of the timing grar. He 
 TW> shucked it twice and I had to change it. It hapened enough that 
 TW> the Mercury Dealer has a special gasket kit for Timing gear 
 TW> replacement. 

 TW> In the last several years the Realities of Old Age have really ghit
 TW> me hard. I had to give up working the San Diego County Sheriffs
 TW> Volunter Patrol after a little over 10 years and also My playing
 TW> "Apprentice Machinist and General Maitenance gofer" at the Campo
 TW> Railroad Museum Facility also after a little over 10 years.

"Good soldiers NEVER volunteer for anything."  (-:


Regards,

Roger 
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