90% of people can take something entirely apart.

[Dusty1]

Seems to me...

90% of people can take something completely apart. 10% or less can put it back together.

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[Glenn]

So whats the point of this topic?

BTW... Venus spins backwards: Venus spins in the opposite direction to the other planets in our solar system

AND... Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.
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[Dusty1]

[Dusty1]

As it relates to VWs, it would be great if we knew how much things cost and how much effort is involved from the get- go. Some of us know this 'cuz we're been there. As it relates to VWs, I bought my first two aircooled VWs on the same day many decades ago. I bought a Bug and a Ghia. I figured body and paint would cost $300. After all, I always repaired farm machinery on the super cheap. Read that as "no budget". The parents especially my old may though farming would be preferable to bein' a starving artist.

I still l have that first Bug. The Ghia is long gone.

Took me a dozen more Bugs to acquire an accurate point of reference. Still workin' on that, obviously.


Glenn... if you think there's no point you can always use your magic wand and make this disappear.

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[my3bugs]

if you dont try you will never succeed ? im a trier .

[zerotofifty]

[Glenn]

[markswagen]

l'd like to add.
''just because you can, doesn't mean you should''
l work for some folk who have no business tinkering, and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a wrench, as they had previously done damage to their pride and joy, because they'd looked on youtube or what ever, and seen it doesn't look a ''difficult'' task.
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[Glenn]

[Dusty1]

I'll admit to bein' part of the 10% who can get things 90% done most of the time. That extra 10% or maybe even the last 1% can be a real bitch.

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[finster]

the couple who bought my flat phoned me the other day to ask how to shut the water off. I had left them a note saying the stop cock was under the sink but that obviously wasn't clear enough...
so with a bit more info, basically 'it's the big brass tap under the sink' we're getting somewhere. then I said 'turn it clockwise' and this was a novel concept to these digital folk!
they are neither stupid nor very young (mid thirties) but have just led a different life from me.
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[my3bugs]

my grampa was a real JOKER we would go into a hardware store and see the NEW young kid working there . he would ask "do you have any sky hooks ?" Huh ? the kid would say . ya know the things that hold up ladders while your painting outside ???HUh !! ok, then do you have any Lamp Black ??? he would have the kid scratching his head , then he would make this wild CAT sound with his mouth when they wernt looking and ask em if they heard that ??? he would have em looking under stuff for the cat that wasent there .......it got embarrassing going places with him LOL but im laughing about now .

somehow this thread made me think of him .

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[markswagen]

it's not often l have a failure to get something back together, my most recent expensive failure was my syncro speedometer
it was knocked off of a table while had it apart, it ended up in even smaller pieces.
a $200 failure.
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[Dusty1]

[EverettB]

[mukluk]

[oprn]

If it has nuts, bolts, screws, snap rings or … if I can add them after the fact, it will get fixed. If it has a keyboard… I’m screwed!
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