Re: What do you call someone ...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <367E3160.8A681730@nais.com> Michael Murphy writes:

> Phil Payne wrote:

>> What term of address is appropriate for someone who interrupts you when
>> you're reattaching the cruise control, to inform you that he forgot to
>> put the core plugs back in the ends of the cylinder head?

<snip>

> In the spirit of the season, ah. . . you thank him for telling you
> before it was too late?  Any other time of year you mutter a soft string
> of expletives deleted.

IMO after the turbo, wastegate, downpipe, turbo feed lines & hoses,
fuel injection, head, cam & belt, etc., had been installed - it was
_ALREADY_ too late.  He's just lucky my nice new 72-tooth extra long
1/2" drive rachet wasn't to hand - it hefts wonderfully in the hand.

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