In article <1012773550.3c5db2aecdac2@webmail.MUW.Edu>, tw1@muw.edu
writes
>Quoting Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I seem to be building up quite a selection of worn-out or otherwise
>> unusable parts as I gradually replace them with functional ones. The
>> latest addition to the scrap heap is a speedometer (accurate to within
>> +/-15 mph, odometer drive gears stripped). Given that there are
>> thousands of second-hand speedos out there that do work, there seems
>> little point in getting it refurbished, yet the dial is quite
>> attractive, and it is highly evocative of the car.
>>
>I think you should pour in a little glitter and fill it up with mineral oil.
>Seal all the openings with hot glue and create a snow globe that will be the
>envy of all your friends! (sorry, that's the elementary school teacher in me
>talking)
Now that's the sort of thinking I like to see! I think there will be a
huge market for such things, and that very soon there will be no more
usable second-hand speedos anywhere in the world. :-)
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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