PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-589

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 589

DECEMBER 2001

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-589 - Page 17 of 32
you’ll
learn the
answers
in due
time, sgt
scrooge.
re-used nuts’ll
come loose.
then you’ll
get a
wobbly
wheel.
..
there’s spc
cratchett.
.. working
on that m1a1 tank. his
fingers are turning
blue, and he’s trying
to work with worn
out tools…
IF sgt scrooge
hadn’t made me
re-use these road-
wheel nuts, I could
be home right now.
they should be
used only
once.
“...or
worse.
the
wheel could come
off.
..
and throw
a
track.”
“you were the terror
of the neighborhood.
shins and knees were
banged with abandon.”
a little
pM
could’ve
saved it.
why
didn’t you
take proper
care of it?
no time.
and.
.. oil
wasn’t
cheap.
“but you
never took
care
of it.
never oiled
the wheels
or tightened
loose nuts.
you
let
it
rust.”
not so
fast. this
is the
ghost of
christmas
present.
..
here to
take you
for a
ride.
a
ride?
now? I
don’t have
a vehicle.
..
we won’t
need one.
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sure. you had
other more
important
things to do
with your time
and money.
and so.
.. that
pretty red
car landed in
the
garbage.
well, I guess
you’ll be
going now.
..
y-you’re right.
Good PM
would’ve saved
that car. But PM
is expensive and
time-consuming.
It’s.
..
freezing
out here. wh-
where are you
taking me?
isn’t
that my
motor
pool?
589. 30-31 (C)
10/25/01
6:21 PM
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