I would say including the converter.
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Vortex - Aug 31, 2010 4:41:09 pm PDT #793 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
quester - Aug 31, 2010 4:42:22 pm PDT #794 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I read it as more B.
smonster - Aug 31, 2010 4:43:44 pm PDT #795 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
DCJ, can't help but wonder if your low oxygen levels are playing into your leg not healing. So Not A Doctor, but I seem to recall something about cells needing oxygen to heal.
-t - Aug 31, 2010 4:44:20 pm PDT #796 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I would have to ask for clarification. I could read it either way, but I would know that immediately and ask if the catalytic converter was included.
Can I just say: hooray for modern medical treatment, may it be efficacious for everyone that needs some.
Steph L. - Aug 31, 2010 4:45:21 pm PDT #797 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Oooh, already a difference of opinion!
Now, I know precisely jack and shit about cars, so there may have been a better way to phrase it. But it was just so clear in my brain that I was agog that he thought it meant one thing while I meant another. We actually had the following exchange:
Dad: "But you said, 'from the catalytic converter to the tailpipe.' "
Me: "Right! FROM the catalytic converter to the tailpipe!"
(Also, Who's on first.)
Zenkitty - Aug 31, 2010 4:45:57 pm PDT #798 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I would think (A), but I would ask for clarification, too.
Trudy, so glad your aunt's surgery went well!
Spidra Webster - Aug 31, 2010 5:00:31 pm PDT #799 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
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smonster - Aug 31, 2010 5:06:11 pm PDT #800 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yay Trudy!!
DCJensen - Aug 31, 2010 5:19:35 pm PDT #801 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Just because I recently made the same assumption, I think mechanics need to be asked "So the catalytic converter needs to be replaced?" when they say the following:
"From the catalytic converter to the tailpipe"
or what a mechanic recently said:
"Pretty much the cat back to the tail pipes."
I really need to ask them again, as I, too am puzzled.
Ginger - Aug 31, 2010 5:27:04 pm PDT #802 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My assumption is that the phrase "from the catalytic converter to the tailpipe" includes the catalytic converter, under the theory that in any car repair scenario, the answer is the one that costs more.
Yay for successful surgery!
I vote for having DCJ around for many years.
I'm sending all the ~ma to Drew.