Re: Silver cars (was Re: Metal prep started -- reassurance?)

[Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>]

At 02:54 PM 8/23/00 +0100, you wrote:

>Really?  How do you check the brake lights with only one mechanic?

I always looked for a reflection from the wall behind the car.


>Especially given how little money these junior guys probably earn.

That, of course, is the real explanation.  It seems that these days in the US,
garages tend not to hire kids as apprentices or gofers or whatever.
Maybe the kids have all found better or cleaner jobs...

When I was a kid in High School, such a job would have been considered
a good find!

Doug Braun