[Publib] Ask a librarian

[Fred Beisser]

Repair manuals don't prevent stupidity as far as I know.

Fred

Backwage at aol.com wrote:

> I have said for many years that it is vitally important for libraries 
> to carry repair manuals for the commonest types of automobiles and 
> trucks.  Here's another reason why:
>  
> Associated Press:  A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted 
> the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both 
> legs, sheriff's deputies said.
>
> The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two 
> weeks at his home northwest of Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of 
> Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear 
> wheel by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said.
>
> "He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said.
>
> From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and 
> was "peppered" in both legs with buckshot and debris, with some 
> injuries as high as his chin, according to a sheriff's office report.
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