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   Snag to Gerry   
   Re: Hello??   
   23 Sep 25 13:04:01   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 9/22/2025 10:50 PM, Gerry wrote:   
   > On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:48:11 -0400, Leon Fisk    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:23:59 -0400   
   >> "Jim Wilkins"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>> Crawling under the dash to remove it reminds me I'm getting old. My feet   
   and   
   >>> legs were upright in the cab rear window, I wonder what passers-by thought.   
   >>> Foam sheet snow sleds are nice pads to lie on under trucks and are cheap in   
   >>> spring. They even make gravel tolerable.   
   >>   
   >> Classy "creeper", I usually settle for corrugated card board??   
   >>   
   >> I've been know to repair modules like that too. A lot of times it's   
   >> just something loose, especially with that ones age. I'm sure your   
   >> roads are nice and smooth too (cough, cough)??   
   > Several years ago when second son had mid-back length ponytail, he was   
   > wishing he had used cardboard instead of my yard sale creeper to go   
   > under his one ton when no one else was home and his hair got caught in   
   > the casters. Since then, every time I trim my beard, I put the 1/4"   
   > comb on the clipper and give him a once over.   
   >   
      
      I've lost a few beard hairs to a drill motor ... and got it shortened   
   one day when I got too close to my forge . It only goes down 1/3 instead   
     of halfway to my waist now . My creeper doesn't work well on gravel ...   
   --   
   Snag   
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