Posted by harry on August 21, 2010, 4:29 am
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:35:01 +0100, john neeves wrote:
> > Do you have a Humorous at work story to tell? The one told me the other day
> > was by a car windscreen fitter, lets call him Fred. He went around to
> > someone's house and fitted a new windscreen. Some cars are a lot more
> > complicated to do than others.
> > After working on one of the most difficult for several hours, he finished
> > the job and the owners wife came out of the house to sign for the work. Just
> > then a women drove up, asked if this was Mr So and So's car, they both said
> > yes.
> > The new arrival turned to the owners wife and said, I've had an affair with
> > your husband for two years and yesterday he said he has finished with me.
> > With that she whipped out a small hammer and wrecked the windscreen. Fred
> > said his eyes have never been so big.
> Yeah I find it funnier than hell that a glass installer would take several
> hours to do the job. If he can't do the job in thirty minutes or less, he'd
> be kicked off my property for sure.- Hide quoted text -
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Many European cars have windscreen that are glued into place these
days. Takes thirty minutes to clean the old glue off. Never mind all
the trims and prising the old glass off etc.
Posted by harry on August 21, 2010, 11:18 am
> On 8/21/2010 9:34 AM, Evan Platt wrote:
> > wrote:
> >> Yeah I find it funnier than hell that a glass installer would take several
> >> hours to do the job. If he can't do the job in thirty minutes or less, he'd
> >> be kicked off my property for sure.
> > I find it funnier than hell that you think you know how long it should
> > take to replace the window on a car.
> Maybe he had a few replaced or knows more than you think? A competent
> installer can easily replace a windshield in 30 minutes. My guess his
> was more of a comment on the "heybub" style "true story"
Most European cars have the windscreens glued in theses days. It
takes more than half an hour to get the old screen out and scrape the
glue off.
Posted by Steve Barker on August 21, 2010, 1:59 pm
On 8/21/2010 10:18 AM, harry wrote:
>> On 8/21/2010 9:34 AM, Evan Platt wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> Yeah I find it funnier than hell that a glass installer would take several
>>>> hours to do the job. If he can't do the job in thirty minutes or less, he'd
>>>> be kicked off my property for sure.
>>
>>> I find it funnier than hell that you think you know how long it should
>>> take to replace the window on a car.
>>
>> Maybe he had a few replaced or knows more than you think? A competent
>> installer can easily replace a windshield in 30 minutes. My guess his
>> was more of a comment on the "heybub" style "true story"
> Most European cars have the windscreens glued in theses days. It
> takes more than half an hour to get the old screen out and scrape the
> glue off.
they are ALL "glued" in. It takes about a half hour to remove, clean,
and replace a windSHIELD.
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Posted by Larry W on August 21, 2010, 5:30 pm
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>they are ALL "glued" in. It takes about a half hour to remove, clean,
>and replace a windSHIELD.
Many can be done in 30 minutes. Many take longer, some DO take an hour or 2.
And NOT all are glued in, in large trucks, at least, it's still pretty
common to use a zipper gasket.
(30+ years experience with vehicle & fleet maintenance)
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Posted by George on August 22, 2010, 7:32 am
On 8/21/2010 5:30 PM, Larry W wrote:
> <...snipped...>
>> they are ALL "glued" in. It takes about a half hour to remove, clean,
>> and replace a windSHIELD.
> Many can be done in 30 minutes. Many take longer, some DO take an hour or 2.
> And NOT all are glued in, in large trucks, at least, it's still pretty
> common to use a zipper gasket.
> (30+ years experience with vehicle& fleet maintenance)
Sure but the "true story" involved a car..
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> > Do you have a Humorous at work story to tell? The one told me the other day
> > was by a car windscreen fitter, lets call him Fred. He went around to
> > someone's house and fitted a new windscreen. Some cars are a lot more
> > complicated to do than others.
> > After working on one of the most difficult for several hours, he finished
> > the job and the owners wife came out of the house to sign for the work. Just
> > then a women drove up, asked if this was Mr So and So's car, they both said
> > yes.
> > The new arrival turned to the owners wife and said, I've had an affair with
> > your husband for two years and yesterday he said he has finished with me.
> > With that she whipped out a small hammer and wrecked the windscreen. Fred
> > said his eyes have never been so big.
> Yeah I find it funnier than hell that a glass installer would take several
> hours to do the job. If he can't do the job in thirty minutes or less, he'd
> be kicked off my property for sure.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -