It's only 10? I thought it was like about 30 years old! I think the proper plural is "idlers arm," you know, like spoons full and attorneys general.

I guess I was unclear. I was comparing his repair needs to those of a ten-year-old vehicle. Nippy is 20 years old.

OK, Ms Editordozo or any of you other literary adepts, how could I have worded that paragraph so people could tell it was a comparison rather than thinking that Nippy is a mere 10 years old.



Edited at 2008-11-07 04:25 am (UTC)

Excluding the seals, none of the work is anything different than a ten-year-old vehicle might need, and the mechanic says the engine is in good shape. So Nippy is being fixed up and I'll have him back tomorrow.

n edit:The mechanic says the engine is in remarkably good shape for a twenty-year-old truck. Excluding the seals, none of the work is anything different than a vehicle half its (his?) age might need. So Nippy is being fixed up and I'll have him back tomorrow.

I know the "remarkably" is pushing it a little , but the guy DID remark on the engine, so I think it's legit.

That'll be $30 please.

The check's in the mail.

Yours will be today, really.