Maybe your hairy palms cushion the shift knob, too, Larry?
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Dickstein <bugide@tfs.net>
To: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Cc: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: Shiftless Females
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>Robert Allen wrote:
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>Gears are not properly selected by taking a diagonal slice at the lever,
>fore and aft. This causes undue wear on the mechanism. Men understand this
>and, through adolescent self-indulgence, have mastered the movement of the
>up and out, down and back movement with some degree of finesse. It is not
>uncommon for males to have acutely developed muscle groups particularly
>suited to this task by the time they become of driving age.
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>You know,Bob, that you are right about the mechanical aspects of your
>hypothesis. My first LBC was a box Sprite which I acquired at age 16 (in
>1964) so I have more than a little experience in manual transmissions. As
a
>matter of fact, I have never missed a gear even when driving in a spirited
>manner--I always attributed it to my very thick glasses. Damn near blind,
>you know.
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>--
>Larry Dickstein
>Lone Jack, MO
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