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If it is, it looks ok...seems to be the right angle?!
If the weld on it was bad, reweld it...eBay welds are pretty bad on aluminum...not a pro's best work...
But it appears still sealed....hmmmm
Somebody jumping to conclusions?!
Jeeze, I'm sorry you guys. I thought it was obvious I was kidding.
Because the phrase "you had one job" is always used in jokes? And there's a funny huge beagle nose in the picture? And because the package is shaped exactly like the picture of the R53 belt tensioner tool that you would see when you're shopping?
I just thought if you saw this wrapped this way it looks an awful lot like a straight thing got bent in the mail. I got my kids to laugh anyway.
I really didn't mean to cause any trouble. I apologize.
I'm usually the one with the joke no one else gets!
that aside .... the packaging for the mail system IS attention grabbing. Give USPS credit for delivering this .....
Reminds me of my early days at a US Military Academy where the pancakes were often hard as rocks (served family style on a tray that had been in a warmer for hours). A classmate addressed one and stuck on stamps. Parents received it undamaged.
This really is going to be my answer to all the over-engineered oil catch cans out there.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Gunk-Can-/272334744311?nma=true&si=vSXJ5ji7IemJUWGirqz6c8XXZik%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Totally not kidding. Really.
Last edited by Dennis Bratland; Aug 22, 2016 at 05:29 PM.
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