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About LinkBacksReading another thread about a "Runaway" auto, and a few funny stories about the automotive world, I thought about this incident: Many moons back, I was a Rookie firefighter, working in an auto parts store part time. One day, a older Gentleman (who seemed to have consumed a bit of alcoholic refreshment) came in and asked my partner, "can you get me a Clutch, a Pressurized Plate, and a Throwaway Bearing?" My buddy Dave never skipped a beat, "What make?" "Buick" "What Color?" "Blue" "2 or 4 Door?" "2" "Whitewalls?" "No" Dave flipps thru the parts book, looks up and says "don't have one to fit with blackwall tires, you want to get new tires and come back?" Customer "I don't know, I'll have to ask my wife............" Stay Safe....
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02-04-2004, 11:52 PM #155 Years & Still Rolling
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Auto Parts, Auto Parts, and the Dingbats who work on 'em..............
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02-05-2004, 07:43 AM #2Forum Member
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You've worked in parts, too? Man, I used to love selling rotaries, calibers, and modulars all day. Oh, and "3/4" race cams.
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02-05-2004, 05:02 PM #3IACOJ BOD
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And how many of you have sent the new guy to the parts store with a request for a "Spare Falopian Tube."
Psychiatrists state 1 in 4 people has a mental illness.
Look at three of your friends, if they are ok, your it.
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02-05-2004, 05:38 PM #4Forum Member
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those are stored in the back..... next to the left handed nozzles....
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02-05-2004, 06:33 PM #5Forum Member
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and above the Muffler Bearingsthose are stored in the back..... next to the left handed nozzles....
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02-05-2004, 08:37 PM #6Forum Member
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and lets not forget the headlight solvent...........
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ATTENTION ALL SHOPPERS: Will the dead horse please report to the forums.(thanks Motown)
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I'm sorry, I haven't been paying much attention for the last 3 hours.....what were we discussing?
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02-05-2004, 09:06 PM #7Forum Member
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or blinker fluid..........
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02-05-2004, 10:17 PM #8Forum Member
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Customer: I need spark plugs for a 4 cylinder.
Me: What year and make?
Customer: It's a 4 cylinder, they're all the same.
Me, after "checking": Nope, we're all out of those.
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02-06-2004, 12:03 AM #9MembersZone Subscriber
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Beautiful!Originally posted by firenresq77
or blinker fluid..........
How timely is this thread. Our new batch of Rookies begin Basic Skills Training next week. Boy this will be a fun one. 
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02-06-2004, 09:05 AM #10Forum Member
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Don't forget the metric screwdrivers required to install a lot of this stuff!
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02-06-2004, 09:44 AM #11Forum Member
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I am a clean car fanatic and I have an automotive detailing venture on the side. I was running low on a particular interior cleaning concentrate. I went to the auto parts store where I had purchased the interior cleaner and was told...
"we never carried that brand"
I went to my truck and took out my receipt file, walked back into the store and showed the "customer service" person the store issued reciept with the name of store, the store's number, the interior cleaner, the manufacturer's stock number and store's sku number on it.
"You must have bought it somewhere else... we never carried that brand".
While having the discussion, one of the company's delivery vans arrived and dropped off... three cases of the stuff.
"d'oh...I guess we do carry it after all"
"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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02-06-2004, 10:09 AM #12Forum Member
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Actualy there are metric screwdrivers,
and they do fit metric srcews better.
JIS Jap Ind Standard any philips head
screw that has a round punch mark on the head
( +.) is metric.
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02-06-2004, 10:30 AM #13Forum Member
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And we can't forget the diesel spark plugs.
No longer an explorer, but I didn't wanna lose my posts.
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02-06-2004, 11:40 AM #1455 Years & Still Rolling
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Ahh, Rookies...............
Mcaldwell - Don't forget to send one out looking for a Storz Double Male Adapter.....
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02-06-2004, 01:43 PM #15Forum Member
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if you work around aircraft...
rotor and prop wash
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Stopping controlled burning DOES NOT stop the burning, only the control!
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02-06-2004, 01:44 PM #16Forum Member
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Oh yeah and
Air Brake Fluid
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Stopping controlled burning DOES NOT stop the burning, only the control!
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02-06-2004, 01:52 PM #17Forum Member
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Also on the aircraft side; 100' of "Flight Line"
Stay Safe
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02-06-2004, 07:13 PM #18MembersZone Subscriber
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Blinker Fluid
I work in the parts department of a small Chevrolet dealer. My boss (another firefighter) and I actually discovered the mysterous "blinker fluid." The heated mirrors in GM's newer vehicles has a gel in it. We got a truck in that had a crack in the mirror right over one of the turn signal LEDs. Thus the discovery of blinker fluid. We had one of tha gals from the local parts store going for 2 days looking for the stuff.
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02-06-2004, 07:42 PM #19Forum Member
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That is some nasty stuff! I detailed a Tahoe that had it's mirror broken... the fluid will stain paint!
"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY
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