Re: Things that cause a "miss"

[ZoboHerald@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/1/2005 2:35:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Bob Danielson" 
<75tr6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org> writes:


>So far I've stayed away from touching the carbs because I seem to recall
>someone saying that carburetor is French for electrical....or something like
>that....

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He may or may not have been the originator, but it was Dick O'Kane, in his 
classic _How to Repair Your Foreign Car_, who noted that "carburetor is a 
French word meaning 'leave it alone.'"

--Andy Mace