Speaking of warm, I think Sue turned the heater off when she got out 'cause it's not hot in the hot tub out here anymore. I probably should go in, too. I hope she didn't forget and lock that door again.
Hey, it's starting to snow some more. Nice big flakes, too. Don't forget the HMRNP Christmas Party on the 20th and the Knolls Country Club and Friday Fish at Nehawka, NE on the 26th. Where the heck is that spare door key? Also, we sure need your stories for the newsletter. I thought she said she hung it back up. Anyway, I look forward to seeing all of you at the events and I hope you have a happy new year.
Note To Mechanic
An auto mechanic received a repair order that read: "Check for clunking sound when going around corners."
Taking the car out for a test drive, he made a right turn, and a moment later he heard a 'clunk.'
He then made a left turn and again heard a 'clunk.'
Back at the shop he opened the car's trunk, and soon discovered the problem.
Promptly he returned the repair order to the service manager with the notation, "Removed bowling ball from trunk".
THE SEMI MYSTERY OF BRITISH CARS
by Ben Anderson
This is the question: If the Ford Motor Company had hung a bunch of bent chrome-plated pipes on the radiator of a Model A and continued to make that car and no other would they still be in business today? My guess is "No" which shows that I cannot explain the Morgan Motor Works. On the other hand I've seen the pictures of the new Morgan and I think they had better go back to the bent pipes.
I have less trouble with the rest of the British automobile industry. Its existence is simple to explain. It was all because of electricity.
When rural electrification came to the United States it created a large surplus of Maytag gasoline engines from all of those old Maytag washing machines. Surplus gasoline engines are like fertilizer, causing all sorts of things to grow. Absolutely every machine shop in the United States started bending pipes and hanging wheels and a seat on that Maytag engine. Then Cushman hung on some sheet metal. Something was born.
The British are forever building gasoline powered generators, apparently as a substitute for electrical power lines. Well, it takes more power to generate electricity than to wash clothes so those engines were usually small four cylinder concoctions. Americans also built some of those four cylinder engined generators. I had one in my basement for years and years, but never could figure out what to do with a tiny valve in head four cylinder engine with a cast iron valve cover the size of a small bread pan, so I gave it away following the lead of the previous owner.
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