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From: badgolferman on 13 Nov 2007 08:14 Mark A, 11/13/2007,12:45:51 AM, wrote: > Any one know what happened to Built_Well and his first oil change? I > am worried about him since he has not posted for awhile. > > I hope his jack did not rust out and crush him to death. Maybe he was so worried about the jack stands he forgot to get an oil drip pan and ended up drowning in oil.
From: Tegger on 21 Nov 2007 23:12 Built_Well <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:4744aa9e$0$68444$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com: > Wassum was > underneath a black, four-door model when the two scissor jacks holding > up the car failed and it collapsed on top of him, leaving only his > feet visible. > This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands are on solid ground. Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense. -- Tegger
From: Built_Well on 22 Nov 2007 09:20 Tegger wrote: > Built_Well wrote: > >> Wassum was underneath a black, four-door model when the two >> scissor jacks holding up the car failed and it collapsed on top >> of him, leaving only his feet visible. > > This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands > are on solid ground. > > Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense. ======== Tegger, I don't have any deep dark secrets, my friend.
From: sharx35 on 22 Nov 2007 16:26 "Built_Well" <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:47458fd2$0$68447$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com... > Tegger wrote: > >> Built_Well wrote: >> >>> Wassum was underneath a black, four-door model when the two scissor >>> jacks holding up the car failed and it collapsed on top > >> of him, leaving only his feet visible. >> >> This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands >> are on solid ground. >> >> Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense. Common sense is all too often UNcommon. > ======== > > Tegger, I don't have any deep dark secrets, my friend. >
From: dsi1 on 23 Nov 2007 14:31
Tegger wrote: > Built_Well <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in > news:4744aa9e$0$68444$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com: > >> Wassum was >> underneath a black, four-door model when the two scissor jacks holding >> up the car failed and it collapsed on top of him, leaving only his >> feet visible. >> > > > This is why they tell you to use jack stands. And to make sure the stands > are on solid ground. > > Safety is not some deep dark secret, it's just common sense. > He probably used the tools available to him at the time and unfortunately, nobody left jackstands laying around that day. I'm not quite as gutsy a fellow to be willing to lay under a car held up with 2 jacks, but I might be game if there were a few tires or bricks under there as backup. I'll bet he could a found a few to those in a junkyard. :-) david |