"triage" (v.)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sorry.

Here is the precise quote:

"As soon as I met Fiona and I was describing the problem we were having
with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew exactly
what was wrong with it, the car was diagnosed properly, and was fixed
correctly."

JL






On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Here is the precise quote:
>
> "as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having
> with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew exactly
> what was wrong with it, the car was diagnosed properly, it was fixed
> correctly."
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > Guy in Ford commercial takes car in for repairs. Tells ad star Mike Rowe
>> > that "Fiona...immediately triaged the situation and found out what was
>> > wrong with the brakes."
>> >
>> > Triaged????
>> >
>>
>> My feeling precisely!
>>
>> BTW, was the car taken in to - or should that be "into"? - a Ford "store"?
>>
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