That's good news Jon. Quite an operation on your part. However, between Tom and yourself the DML is becomming like the TV show SEA HUNT. I took hwy 20 and got a bargain at the flood damage sale in the western store.
The DML BQ was fantastic. Thanks
Jim, 91 Dak
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> From: jon@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: DML BBQ: Glasses recovered. :-)
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:22:25 +0000
>
>
>
> For those of you who weren't aware of it already, during the DML
> BBQ on Sunday afternoon while a group of us were checking out the
> flood results near the lower falls, I dropped my glasses into a rather
> large pool, about 15 feet deep. Diving down to find them at the time
> was not successful and quickly abandoned due to the depth, darkness
> and debris on the bottom.
>
> I managed to dig up an old mask I used to wear about 20 years ago
> in the swimming pool. Its back strap had long ago deteriorated and
> broken, so I made do with a couple of bungee cords. I also sealed up
> my brightest flashlight in several plastic bags, just in case it was
> dark under there. My 5 gallon bead breaker air tank has a quick
> connect valve on it, so I filled it to 120psi and grabbed a long
> section of air hose and put a valve on the end. I also grabbed one of
> my brother's 25lb barbell weights and tied a rope to it.
>
> The air tank gave me about 8 minutes of underwater time, the weight
> kept me from floating, and the mask allowed me to actually see what I
> was doing. Unfortunately, I started out in the wrong area, but as I
> was searching, my Dad came by and pointed out the place where he
> thought I had dropped them. This was just as my air had run out. I
> dove down, and sure enough, there they were. :-)
>
>
> So, the good news is I don't need to buy a new pair of glasses.
> The bad news is, while I was down there, I dropped my cell phone in
> the stream!! It sat under 2-3 inches of running water for about a
> half an hour. (I didn't realize it was missing until I came back up
> to the house.) The battery cover must have popped off when it hit the
> rock, I found it a few feet further downstream. I am pretty sure the
> phone was on when it went in. When I picked it up, it had a half-on,
> half-off white screen. I pried the battery out so it would be
> completely off, then took everything back to the house. I let it sit
> in the sun for a few hours, popped the battery back in, and it seems
> to be working fine. :-) Even if it does decide to stop working, its
> only a Tracphone which would cost $20-30 to replace, so that's not a
> bad trade for a $300 pair of glasses. Still, I guess it goes to show
> that you don't even need to be driving a vehicle to suffer DML BBQ
> carnage. :-)
>
> Oh, speaking of carnage, on my way back from my recovery mission, I
> found a couple of pieces of broken tail-light which I am thinking
> might have come from Mike's cute lil' Dak? I found one large section
> just after the longest 100 yards, in the spot where the large
> grapevine came down into the path, and another smaller section further
> along.
>
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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