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iWRITIN'1 ,ARO UND ow to fix ashelf JOE SM ITH Joe is the hottest thing going in drag bike competition . He recently set a new NHR A National Record at 8.2 0, 176.47 and garnered runner-u p honors at the NH RA SupernationalslWorld Finals. He also won Top Eliminator at the Hot Bike Nationals with an 8 .60, 168.22 final round effort and was Top Bike Eliminator at the NH RA U.S. Nationals. Joe gets quality engine protect ion fr om Pennzoil 50W Racing Oi l. Take a t ip fro m this champion . .. street ,' st ri p, or dirt, Pennzoil has the o il for you . Ask for it at you r motorcycle dealer to day . People are always asking m e how do I manage to be at the televisio n premieres, and nigh tclub closings, travel the National Racing Trail and yet find tim e to amass a valuable collect ion o f ca rbo nized spark plugs. "How on ear th do you do it?" they qu ery with a puzzled lo ok and slight inflection on 'th e second pe rson singular pronoun. "Procrastination," I reply with a twinkle, snapping open my opera h at and leave them in meditation upon that zen ko an as with a swirl of my cap e I am swept off in the merry crowd. We all know how to put off things th at ne ed being done and one can acco mplish alm os t any tas k gladl y, so long as one is getting ou t o f so me o ther kind of work. Fo r instance, I have a shel f in my workshop th at fell off th e wall re cen tly (ac t ually it was kn ock ed off by a rubb er tree named Ved Meh ta , but th at is an o ther onion), sca ttering my collec tio n of early English nuts an d bolts, which wer e re stin g th ereon. I would ca ll my frien dly neighbor shel f-rep airer to co me an d IIX it , but he refuses to en ter my garage after being de ta ined there agai nst his will fo r several hours by an u nb al anced Brough Superior wh ich pinned him to the flo or during th e co urse o f installing some cabi nets fo r me. Obviously I 've got to fix the damn thing myself. 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