[SEL] bellyachin and such

[John Hall]

I used to think most folks used winter time to restore old iron. Maybe they 
still do and are too busy to post any engine related topics. Which leaves 
the rest of us to keep the list chatting while waiting for some genuine 1 
cylinder conversation.  Hopefully the restorers are going to have some great 
restoration stories to send to GEM, seems to be getting mighty thin these 
days....... Y'all DO remember GEM, don't you? Before the internet we used to 
write questions on paper, mail them in wait 3-4 months to get them 
published, wait another month for people to mail us responses. Then there 
were those long distance phone bills, calling parts suppliers, contacting 
someone who had written an article about a piece of iron like we had and 
maybe they could give us some info. etc.

Of course I needed some info on an 86 year old piece of iron in my shop. So 
I emailed 2 people with unrelated questions and got an answer back in under 
24 hours. How did I ever wait a month?

John Hall