Kelly Anderson Wrote:
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> John Cole Wrote:
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> > Now if you want to argue do we have
> > the same survival skills as the folks had 100
> > years ago, that would be a good topic for
> > discussion.
>
> No kidding. We had a customer several years back.
> A young man and fit, who was ready to go home
> with the wife and kids at the end of the day, but
> called me over to his late model van because he
> had a flat. He needed someone to change it for
> him because "he didn't know how"! On closer
> questioning, he admitted that he had never jacked
> up a vehicle or changed a tire in his life!
> That's an example of someone who wouldn't last
> long in adverse conditions on the railroad.
You should have told him there is an 'app' on his phone that will change the tyre and watch him dive for his phone!
Wayne from Oz
PS, for clarification, a tyre is tire to you lot over there! LOL