Fred,
There is a S. Calif. Tiger owner who has been prominent in CAT, but who
shall remain nameless here for obvious reasons. The story, as related to
me, occurred about twenty years ago. At that time he drove a train for
Union Pacific. One day he parked the train somewhere out in the California
desert to take his lunch in his favorite diner. When he went back to his
train - it was gone! Forgot to set the
emergency/hand/parking/whatevertheycallitonatrain brake. Perhaps he later
drove a UPS truck, I'm not sure. ;-)
Bob
At 10:12 AM 10/29/99 -0400, FHSLOTH@aol.com wrote:
>I work in a building that sits on a hill, probably about a 15% grade.
>
>Last summer a Jeep rolled backwwards down the hill and slammed into a fence
>about 300 yards away on the OTHER side of the street. It bent the fence and
>nearly wiped out a Mercedes that was parked on the other side of the fence.
>
>Shortly after that, the UPS man parked on the hill. His truck rolled backward
>down the hill and slammed into a utility pole about 200 feet away. We heard
>the crash; the pole was not damaged but the wires shook for about two
>minutes. The truck had the most perfect crease dead center of the back door.
>
>The driver is still looking for another job.
>
>Fred Baum
>MKI 9470768
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