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Posted by Paul Cook [76.0.111.193] on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 18:22:45 :

In Reply to: It's not a matter of my standards. Your link was never there. posted by Eric B. [99.100.188.129] on Friday, October 24, 2014 at 23:06:53 :

I did not intend to be overly pushy on this subject. I had been standing in the sun all day at an antique military vehicle show. It is I who must apologize for seeming to be offensive. I should learn to never deal with controversial subjects when I am not firing on all cylinders.

Still, I am strong in my belief that we do help the new folks by pointing them down the path where they will learn by doing. When they ask what size bolt is required, they are better served if we guide them to the appropriate sources that provide those answers. Or, we could elbow our way in, identify the bolt, washers or lock washers, get the wrench, and tighten the bolt to the correct torque. Then, we repeat that process the next time they ask the same question.

Forty years ago I found myself taking a tool out of my son’s hand when he was learning to maintain his motorcycle. I realized that was wrong then, and I believe it is wrong now. I was rewarded through the years by having that son share many things that we enjoy. By the way, it was my son who introduced me to Power Wagons. We were restoring a 1941 Dodge WC pickup and, because he had a copy of the factory service manual, he was able to identify a newly acquired parts truck as a WDX.

I have stated that I was sorry my posts upon which most of my rants were based did not appear as I expected. I have just used the search function on my computer and learned that the URL for the link to my web site should start with “http:// “. For a long time, I have entered the URL starting with “www. " and it worked. It would be lame to blame my recent switch to Windows 8 so I’ll accept that blame.

I will test this new information on this post.




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