HMMMMM, The thought of it being a floating Bomb never crossed your mind, in
New York.I would have been really cautious on this one. But it worked out
and you really got a cold bath to wake you up. glad you are well.
----- Original Message -----
From: DAKSY <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 8:18 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Hella's are Fixed! (a tad ;ong...)
>
> Hey, DML!
> <snip> Yeah babeee! Workin outside! Warm! Gotta love the springtime!<snip>
>
> Warm....Lemme tell ya...about COLD! I'm sittin here...pleased as H*LL with
> myself, cuz I took apart the Hella compressor & cleaned & reassembled it,
&
> it worked sweetly, when I look out the window & see a blue plastic 55
gallon
> drum floating about 50 feet off the end of my dock. Ya can never have too
> many of these things (livin on a lake) & it's a finders/keepers kinda
> unwritten law around here, so I decide to launch to canoe for the 1st
time
> this season & rescue me a barrel...
> So, anyways, I get in the canoe & paddle out & start bumping it with the
> nose of the canoe towards my dock..jeez this is takin too long...I'll just
> attempt to bring it aboard & get this task over with...(Yeah -
> right!)...well...the drum seems a tad on the heavy side...(hmmm?)..must
have
> some water in it...no prob...just make one quick pull with both hands &
> she's in...(yeah - right!)...well 1/2 pull & the water inside shifts
quickly
> towards the other side of the barrel (& canoe)...&...
>
> OVER THE SIDE IT COMES & OVER THE SIDE WE GO!
>
> Holy SH*T! LMTY, the water is purty cold in NY in March! YEEHAHFU*KINHOO!!
> I hadda flip the canoe back over...find the paddles...get my shoes off &
> into the canoe...& drag the canoe about 40 feet back to my dock....WOW!
all
> the time I'm screamin for Susan & whistling out as loud as I can & swimmin
> like a MF( 'course nobody heard me...)! & good thing I was only 40 feet
> out...42 feet & I mighta froze like Leonardo DeCaprio in that boat/iceberg
> movie...
> Here's what Susan saw when I crawled out...
>
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/1d9d8200.jpg
>
> Sheesh! Susan brought me my bathrobe & I stripped down on the deck...She
> says: "What about your neighbors!?!??!" I told her "THERE'S NOTHIN LEFT TO
> SEE!!!" ! Hadda back jump a hot shower for 1/2 hr just to get warm...
>
> DAK content: The DAKSY's owner is all wet, but he & Susan DO have a
> reservation for a room to crash in after the Foxwoods Meet, right down the
> street from the DAKOTA Restaurant!
>
> Teeth Chatterin Bob Smith (Daksy2K on AIM)
> 2K DAKSY CC Sport +
> 3.9l; V6: 4X4
> (1 of 980 2K DAKSYs mfrd)
> For the mods,details, etc., visit us at:
>
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
>
> (ps, we're still working on it...
> Susan on the page; me on the DAKSY! )
>
>
>
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