30 Mar
2005
30 Mar
'05
5:32 p.m.
At 04:06 PM 3/30/05 -0600, you wrote:
Since this is now only
remotely on-topic; what would you consider to be your
most "artless
hack?" I mean, what klu(d)ge are you most proud of, and yet at the
same time a bit abashed (-fun- to say) to cop to?
I think my worst kludge was on the VW dune buggy that I built while in
high school. I was running it in a cross country race one day and the
trottle cable broke. In those days I always carried a roll of stainless
steel safety wire (the modern equivelent of baling wire) so I broke out the
safety wire and ran it out the back of the car and tied it to the trottle
on the carburator. I held the roll in one hand and pulled on it to operate
the trottle and drove with the other hand. I forget how I managed the shift
lever!
Joe