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| 18 MAR 2008 at 4:24am |
ButterproofSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 299
Joined: 9 NOV 2007
Status : Online | It's better also to replace the oil filter when changing oil.
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| 18 MAR 2008 at 5:40am |
InlandAZGuild Master
Posts : 5587
Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (15 MAR 2008 9:33pm)
My car is a male and definitely does not have a bonnet!
Mine is male as well, but it does have a bra :
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| 18 MAR 2008 at 12:30pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16552
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Inland's car: gender - male, sexualty - ambidextrous
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| 19 MAR 2008 at 12:29am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3438
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Like Terry says I was always told checking the oil and getting a change was one of the most important things you could do for your car. I've checked mine many times, sometimes hubby works alot and Im afraid I wont remember to remind him so alot of times I just check it myself. Its such a simple thing to do really. I also add my windsheild wiper fluid and coolant when needed. Not that its a big deal but Im just saying if I can do it anyone can.
And Yep, you never want to check that stuff when the engine is hot you need to let the car cool down.
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| 19 MAR 2008 at 12:52am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | I wish I knew how to do stuff to my car other than simply book it in for a service but as Hubby refuses to teach me or even do this himself I'm a little pushed trying to motivate myself. I did suggest all this when I bought a new car a couple of years back. So I settled for just cleaning it and not doing any more damage to the bodywork. : Looks like my garage has a job for as long as I have a car.
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| 2 APR 2008 at 6:01pm |
| Deleted User | Listen, I'll have y'all know that we women are sometimes 'helpless' because we can get away with it.
My first husband took gender equality very literally. We used to love hiking and mountaineering, and he would split the load EXACTLY 50/50 between the two of us. I ended up with sore knees, sore shoulders, sore back, blisters, etc. on our first few outings, and it almost ended up him having to carry me as well as my load.
I did, however, finally measure up to his expectations, which I achieved after doing power enhancing rourines in the gymnasium.
He was the same with cars, teaching me to change my own tires, to do an oil change, complete with oil filter and air filter change, -heck, he even had me changing and setting my own sparkplugs!
Can I still change a tire today? Of course not! It's much easier (not to mention cleaner) to helplessly flutter your eyelashes at the closest male looking like he's bursting to be a hero for a day.
And believe me, the guy changing my tire for me and I both get something out of our little transaction: I get to stay clean, unruffled and sweat-free, he gets to feel like the traditional macho hero, flexing his black-smeared sweaty muscles with a big grin, and we all end up happy. Much easier! [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
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| 2 APR 2008 at 11:04pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16552
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Shhhhh....... we don't want them to stop being heroes now do we?
Your first hubby sounds brutal. Everyone knows men can carry more than women.... which translates in my rule book, that they should carry more than us.
Commando Jane I am not.
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| 3 APR 2008 at 8:59am |
| Deleted User | Of course we want them to be the heroes! I think men was built for that kind of thing. My point is that if we really have to, we can adapt to doing what men do, but I don't like struggling, sweating and getting dirty. Men seem to actually enjoy that kind of thing.
Take fishing for example. I think my ex wanted to turn his girlfriend/wife (me) into a buddy who would share everything with him, but fishing was where I put my foot down. I did try it out at first, but didn't manage to catch anything, as I didn't have the patience.
Also, trout fishing was still fine, as it involved dry bait. When ex decided to move on to sea fishing with all those stinky worms and smelly rotting sea-bait, I wanted to lose my lunch at the smell. He tried to insist that I must gut and clean the fish he had caught, but I flatly refused, so he ended up doing it himself while I went out shopping/movies, wherever, just -out.
Oh, and C, yes, thinking back on it now, I think he was a bit silly, expecting so much physical strength from me.
When we had met, I was a thin, dainty young girl.
To get myself up to his expectations, I put on about 10kg of pure muscle. People who had known me from before, exclaimed in dismay at my new 'muscular' look. I had to buy bigger tops to accomodate my bulging biceps, triceps and lats. My dad crossly commented that the man was 'turning a racehorse into a carthorse'. In many ways, though, I actually enjoyed my newfound strength. Lugging heavy things around wasn't a problem anymore. And I knew revenge was sweet when my ex remarked while we were busy rock-climbing: "Hey, it's not fair! Your'e not even using technique! Your power to weight ratio is so good that your'e just powering yourself up here!"
Hrrmmff! Fair? > Does he know what fair means? He obviously had no idea how many hours I had puffed and strained and sweated in the gym to actually get to that point! Maybe that is why now that I've become clever, I've had enough of puffing and straining and sweating, and rather leave that kind of thing to the heroes amongst us.
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