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Re: Europa-List: A cry from the wilderness

Subject: Re: Europa-List: A cry from the wilderness
From: D Wysong <hdwysong@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:45:41

Know any fishermen, Ferg?

http://tinyurl.com/b9gad

... or ...

http://tinyurl.com/bzk73

Good luck!

D

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Fergus Kyle wrote:
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> Cheers,
>                  I come to you again with another desparate moan.  You 
> mustn't think my build is all frantic patching and hole-filling, but 
> occasionally a 'blip' occurs and in these moments of abject blackness I turn

> to you, fellow buiilders - of the Classic persuasion.
>                 Cast your mind back to the fabrication of the flap actuating

> pushrod. Recall if you will the front end comprises a clevis fork  which 
> connects with a pair of odd-shaped plates atop the starboard retracting arm.

> It s does this with a cleis pin up in the musty recesses of the forward 
> tunnel area. The clevis pin is held in by a cotter pin.  So is mine.
>             I inserted it, gave the cotter pin tails a perfunctory bend each

> and marked the page with a red dot - to confirm that there was more to be 
> done before one could move on forever.  This has been my practice from the 
> first in order to prove to my giggling inspector what a serious and 
> introspective little botherer I am.
>             Yes, you guessed it - the whole thing went together deliciously 
> months ago to my great personal pleasure.  Ah, but lurking inside was the 
> missed red dot - the half assembled @#$%?&  cotter pin.  As you may imagine,

> it now sits about 8 inches into the tunnel mouth, in the upper starboard 
> corner, with about one inch of free space around it.
>             We all know my inspector is going to discover this anomaly 
> within the first few moments of his scrutiny. Uncorrected, this travesty 
> will set a precedent for the remaining Search for Error routine and all my 
> mistakes will come tumbling into the sunshine.  I am undone............
>             UNLESS of course I can bend the ends of this little @#$%?& into 
> the benign smile all cotter pins should display. Here's where you come in! 
> Out there in aeroplane-land lives a quiet contemplative genius with the 
> answer to my quandary.  You have only to release his name - and my day is 
> made ( tel. number a bonus).  OR if you are that person, I beg you to reveal

> the secret that will free my  ravaged soul.
>             I won't tell Inspector Grinch I cheated either.
> Really,
> Ferg
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