[Healeys] 100 water pump

John Vrugtman javrugtman at htcnet.org
Sat Mar 5 18:28:21 MST 2016


I think this qualifies as humor :-D

JAV

On 3/5/2016 7:22 PM, i erbs wrote:
>
> Thomas Jefferson never trusted M Webster because he only had one way 
> to spell a word.
>
> Mr. Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
>
> On Mar 5, 2016 2:35 PM, "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com 
> <mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On the subject of spelling I have read that in previous
>     times--perhaps even into the 19th century--it was considered a
>     mark of erudition for one to use more than one spelling of the
>     same word in a writing.  I am not talking about words that have
>     actual alternative spellings--such as inquire/enquire--I mean
>     spellings that today would be considered completely incorrect.
>
>     Whether this was a function of ignorance or style I don't know but
>     I have seen it in letters, etc. from the period written by people
>     who were obviously literate but perhaps more permissive in their
>     spelling.
>
>     Best--Michael Oritt
>
>     On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net
>     <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>         Don't forget spelling!  It's 'grammar.'
>
>         bs
>
>
>         On 3/4/2016 6:22 PM, richard mayor wrote:
>>         Ah, the two erudite Michaels: grammarians in our midst (or
>>         should I say list). Methinks I should now mind my punctuation
>>         forthwith and henceforth. But, talk about grammer, oddly
>>         enough, I miss  the posts from Ed, even though I did not
>>         understand 90% of whatever he was talking about.
>>
>>         So, was this thread about water pumps? Never mind!
>>
>>         On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Michael Oritt
>>         <michael.oritt at gmail.com <mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>             Hi Michael--
>>
>>             You said:
>>
>>             /"And the cost of having the parts custom made is
>>             prohibitively expensive. /
>>             /(Never begin a sentence with a conjunction)"/
>>
>>             Indeed, that is a grammatical error up with which I
>>             cannot put!
>>
>>             Belated Happy Birthday--Michael Oritt
>>
>>
>>             On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Michael
>>             <michael.salter at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:michael.salter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                 Hi Randy,
>>                 I have been trying to find sources for the parts in
>>                 the 100 pumps for some time but as yet have had only
>>                 marginal success as they are completely different
>>                 from anything produced today. And the cost of having
>>                 the parts custom made is prohibitively expensive.
>>                 (Never begin a sentence with a conjunction)
>>                 I have purchased and disassembled one of the
>>                 currently available reproduction pumps and they are a
>>                 mishmash of parts, none of which are similar to the
>>                 originals.
>>                 The problem with trying to use the one that I
>>                 purchased was that the thread used for the heater
>>                 outlet spigot was different from what was required
>>                 for the original brass valve used on the 100 and it
>>                 was impossible to modify the pump to accept the
>>                 original valve.
>>                 Hopefully someone else has better news for you.
>>                 Michael S
>>                 BN1 #174
>>                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>                 From: Randy Hicks <mailto:healey100m at me.com>
>>                 Sent: ‎3/‎03/‎2016 1:40 a.m.
>>                 To: Healey List <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
>>                 Subject: [Healeys] 100 water pump
>>
>>                 Who sells a good replacement for a 100 water pump?
>>
>>                 Thanks
>>
>>                 Randy
>>
>
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