Changing Lanes

February 2012

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BLOODY KNUCKLES By Peter D. DuPre KIND OF LIKE KING TUT'S TOMB If you have been reading this column for any length of time, then you know that last January I re- solved that for 2011, I would get my cluttered workbench cleared, orga- nized and functional. Well, it was a valiant idea that just never seemed to gather up a head of steam. Here it is a little more than a year later and the workbench still needs my attention, but right now I am in the middle week, I actually began the excava- tion work necessary to clearing out my garage. Tut's Tomb. It is full of dust-covered treasures and will probably take the skills of a noted archeologist to carefully reveal them. Too bad Howard Carter is long dead; I could 38 CHANGING LANES // FEBRUARY '12 use a guy like him. It was he who discovered the ancient and unboth- ered tomb of the famous Egyptian pharaoh back in 1922. When he broke through a small hole in the upper left hand corner of the tomb's entrance, one of his co-workers asked if he could see anything. One of the "treasures" uncovered by the author was a complete BSA Carter was holding a lighted candle into the opening and replied, "Yes, I see wonderful things." Now my garage is kind of like King a small hole to see what is in my garage. You can lift up the double door to expose both treasures and junk. Even so, there have been sur- prises. Sure, you can walk around the MGB on the right side www.changinglanesdigital.com

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