RICHARD.JACKSON@NENE.AC.UK wrote:
>
> >> Has anybody else notice the two holes for spare fuses in the fuse
> >> block on the early Spitfires?
> >>
> >> Just curious
> >>
> >> Brad
> >> 1964 Spitfire
>
> >Brad,
> >Not only did I notice them, but I put two spare fuses in the holes.
> >(They were the 35/17@#5($@*&^*?#)@# type fuses that I have been
> hearing
> >so much about lately)
>
> Yep, I noticed 'em too, they were filled with 10 amp fuses, the
> friggin NIGHT
> my rear lights fuse went and I needed a 35amp one, so a quick bit of
> fiddling
> with the brake light switch, connect the wires together, permanent
> brake
> lights, dazzled drivers behind, but atleast I got home without a rear
> end
> shunt. :-)
>
> On the subject of idiot awards, here my contribution.
>
> I was lying under my A40 farina using a blow lamp to soften the
> underseal so
> that I could scrape it off. Basically underseal softened, I scraped it
> away,
> USUALLY. On this occasion, underseal(READ Napalm) caught fire,
> dripped all
> down the back of my arm, still burning, me screaming, scrambled out
> from under
> car, still burning(me not the car), THEN, this is the REALLY stupid
> bit, I went
> to wipe the bloody stuff off my arm with my HAND, now I have a black
> arm on
> fire, and a black hand on fire, can't remember how but I managed to
> put the
> bloody stuff out eventually, BUT the pain weren't over yet, as anyone
> who has
> witness a women having her legs waxed knows, it looks painfull, well I
> had my
> arm and hand 'underseal-waxed' and it f***in hurt, peelin' off bits of
> underseal my hairs attached.
>
> This incident was preceded by me removing the outer sills with an
> angle
> grinder a few month before, there I was sitting cross legged on the
> floor,
> grinder in hand, car in front of me, buzz buzz, zip zip, sills coming
> off, the
> grinding wheel then decides to catch, throws the damn thing down into
> my lap
> and gouges me in the leg, that hurt too!!!
>
> Then there was the time when............Naah sod it, I ain't telling
> you know
> more coz you'll think I'm stupid. :-)
>
> Rich
Hey Rich,
Could you make me benificary on a life insurance policy? :-)
Or could I intrest you in some casualty insurance.
Larry Zink
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