And so it begins

[ilikefish0]

Once again, I can regale everyone with tales of auto repair. And soon they can be illustrated! My whacking big, fifteen dollar, hopelessly obsolete digital camera (which, unfortunately cannot take pictures of itself owing to lack of mirrors) arrived this evening. Unfortunately, it was not soon enough to capture Emily's first escapade down the

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[greenzog]

We're a long way from 5 gallon buckets of gas on the pedalcar headed to to lot 59 here. Not that I miss the taste of gasoline (even though boring a hole in the parking lot with my fuel leak was fun). Remember, friends--"do not siphon by mouth" just means "if you siphon this by mouth, you will have a foul, foul taste in it for about 6 hours." I think the best part of that sequence is hard to determine. Maybe it was having the 5 gallon paint bucket of gasoline on my porch for several months. Or the driving out until you run out of street to buy a new gas tank for the car. Or carrying the 5 gallon bucket a mile and a half, stashing it in the bushes at a bus stop, walking to the hut to get the pedalcar, and pedaling the bucket out to lot 59 to siphon the gas back over to the car. Or doing all of this to have the car fail in some completely unrelated way once the fuel gremlins were exorcised. Egads, that car was awful. I could do with this one being somewhat more robust

[ilikefish0]

I'm surprised you haven't heard that story already--it's one of my most madcap.

You can think of it as Emma Lee if you want--that's pretty much what it sounds like when I say it :)

[greenzog]

why don't you type her name out "emma lee," too?

[ilikefish0]

because that would be silly