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- From: gooley@netcom.com (Mark. Gooley)
- Subject: short, shameful confession
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.143108.24446@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:31:08 GMT
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- I had the oil changed in my car. "There's a leak near the coolant pump,"
- said the mechanic. "It's really small, but you should get it fixed some
- time. Meanwhile, watch the coolant level."
-
- Next day a warning light glows on the instrument panel: a little cryptic
- glyph involving some liquid. I'm near my usual mechanic's garage -- not
- where I got the oil changed, though. He has a look, helps me put more
- Prestone-clone into the system.
-
- The light stays on. A warning chime goes off whenever I start the car.
- Ominous. Finally I check my shop manuals.
-
- The tank of windshield-washer fluid is low.
-
- Mark., great German engineering
- gooley@netcom.com
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