From: "Jake" Subject: Re: TVX valves Date: Saturday, May 08, 2004 11:46 PM
Ya know, when reading this thread I was reminded of a recent episode in the shop. I know, Ya'll are say "Oh Shit", here comes another one of Jake's long stories, but this one's short. Here Goes:
We've got several fork lifts around the shop, and one of them is a Yale model with a really crappy electrical system.. the damn thing has been no good since day one. (We've bought Mitsubishi/Cat lifts since then, built in Houston, Tx, and those things are good).
The Yale wouldn't start... turn the key and nothing happened. The Yale dealer charges a pretty penny for service, so I go out and take a look.
I screwed around with this thing most of the afternoon. A bunch of the guys came back off jobs and were laughing at me. Then one of the older ones came up and started up a conversation.... "You ever watch the old Andy Griffith show?", he asked? I said I did once in a while.
"You ever see the episode where Aunt Bee buys a second hand freezer, then a bunch of meat, and the thing craps out on her?". I'd seen the episode but was trying to remember the details...
Ron, my guy, said, "Aunt Bee has Goober over to fix it, and he screws it up worse.... Good old Aunt Bee was just trying to save a little money. She took the meat downtown and had it stored while she messed around getting it fixed."
Ok, Ron, I said, What's the point here? He said "Andy got home and was mad as the dickens.... kept telling Aunt Bee to 'Call the Man'."
I said, Ron, What's your point, dammit? He looked at the damn forktruck and said "Aunt Bee, Call the Man!!!".
Then I understood.
Jake
PS Homeowners, Please don't screw around with things you don't understand. Tradesmen are skilled people and go through a lot of time and effort to learn what they know. Their experience in training will keep you safe and comfortable. Freon, Flammable gasses and electricity are best left to people who deal with these things for a living. "Call the Man"!!