On 9/1/2018 1:10 AM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> > wrote:
>
>> Don't need to be drunk to be lazy... even the valve caps they put back
>> are not tightened and will eventually fall off.
>
> When I was sixteen, I drove my girlfriend to pick asparagus along some
> irrigation ditches. The picking spot was thirty five miles away. I
> stopped into the full service gas station and needed a quart of oil.
> After servicing, we proceeded to picked asparagus, and on the way home,
> the engine seized.
> The full service guy had forgotten to put the oil cap back on, and the
> oil had blown out inside the hood. Dad kind of blamed me for that. It
> is one of the few things he blamed me for that I didn't do.
>
In the late 1980's I was going to drive from Memphis to Nashville to
visit a friend from high school. I had the oil changed a couple of days
before the trip. They did replace the oil cap but tightened it too much
and it cracked. I was on my way to work the next day and the oil light
came on. The full service station where I'd had the oil changed was on
the way so I pulled in there. Big OOOPS on their part! Fortunately the
oil hadn't all leaked out so the engine was fine. They replaced the cap
and refilled the oil, no charge. Could have been a real mess if I'd
been on the Interstate before I noticed the indicator light!

> [OBFood] leftover Papa Murphy's combo pizza and a simple salad.
>
> leo
>
OBFood... it's too early

Jill