Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] FS Nikonos V
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:06:49 -0700

Funny you should say that. We had a late model car come to the pumps 
with about 35 000 km on it. It sounded just terrible: lifters clanking, 
rattling timing chain, etc. We asked them when they had last changed 
the oil and they said they got the oil changed every time they filled 
up. They had somehow confused topping up the oil with changing the oil. 
What could we do? We smiled, told them not to worry and closed the hood.

John Collier

On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 06:41 PM, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote:

> I worked one summer at a local gas station in the days when you could 
> still find Licensed Mechanic's on the premises. I pumped gas and 
> helped out in the shop. One day a woman came in with a 1963 Plymouth 
> for a oil change. Her "first" oil change. It was July of ....1974.
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> John Collier wrote:
>
>> Nope... dead serious. We were all laughing mind you.
>>
>> If you work in a field long enough you see some amazing things. One 
>> of our family's dear friends also brought her car to the garage where 
>> I worked. One day she got a notion to check the  oil in her Austin 
>> 1800. She removed the oil cap and was shocked to find she could not 
>> see any oil at all! I cannot remember how many litres of oil it took 
>> to fill the engine so that oil level was up to the oil cap but it was 
>> a lot. Strangely the car would not start when she was done...the 
>> starter just clicked!
>>
>> John Collier
>>
>> On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 01:20 PM, bdcolen wrote:
>>
>>> My local store had a Nikonos V returned for warranty* because after 
>>> the
>>> chap changed the film while underwater, it would not work anymore...
>>> * No, he did not get another camera.
>>> John Collier
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a joke, right? :-)
>>
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