Sorry I wasn't there to assist in the tranny replacement. I would have
rather been in Athens than working for no pay. Sometimes I have being on
salery.
Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Chuck and Dan did what he wanted to to his engine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Woodall"
To:
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 6:37 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Home, Dear God, home
> So, Chuck got his engine installed right, because that was the whole point
> of the trip right???
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> Denis Dodson wrote:
>> I wasn't easy. When we were leaving and stopped to get gas, Andrew saw
>> that a tire on the trailer was not just flat, but shredded. We left a big
>> trail of smoking rubber to the gas pump. We went across to
>> Wal-freakin'-Mart and bought a new tire. ( a story, all it's own )
>> Made terrific time getting from Chuck and Sue's to Andrew's house and
>> then the wheels started coming off. When I left Andrew's I went around
>> the block to get back to the highway and as I was turning a corner, by
>> the graveyard with all the glow-in-the-dark crosses, I heard a loud
>> scraping sound and a bang. I called Andrew and jokingly told him that if
>> anybody was missing a fence or a mailbox to admit nothing.
>> About 30 minutes from my house I felt a lot of bumping and turbulence
>> and I knew that it was a trailer tire. But it was on the far side from
>> the one we bought. There was simply no freakin' way I was going to stop
>> after a six hour drive when I was so close to home. So, it was like my
>> last few miles coming home from my TRIP OF A LIFETIME, I just kept going,
>> coming in like a shot up B-52. Only one engine and no fuel. WITH ONE
>> FINAL OUNCE OF BLOOD AND COURAGE, I pulled up at my house.
>> Well, the rim took little damage, but the tire is GONE. NOT THERE. IN A
>> DIFFERENT PLANE OF EXISTENCE. It has shuffled off to the great tire
>> beyond. It is eating dinner with Jesus.
>> This hobby is hard, just plain hard and expensive. If it wasn't for the
>> people, it just would not be worth it at all.
>> Stand by. Tomorrow we will be announcing the NOT ANNUAL, NEVER AGAIN,
>> MURRAY TRANNY TRANPLANT AND BBQ'ED BRISKET AT CHUCK AND SUE'S WITH
>> SOURDOUGH PANCAKE AWARDS.
>> If you weren't there, too bad for you, Baby.
>>
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