hehehe---and today I had the Healey up to Ligonnier, Pa. for a wonderful
fall festival with parade and it was bright and sunny in the 60's!!!
Hang in there David-------sun's around the corner.
tom
> [Original Message]
> From: davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 10/15/05 2:29:37 PM
> Subject: Rain Rain Go Away
>
> Hey, Isn't this supposed to be prime AH weather time???? Here in RI, we
have
> had 2 weeks of cloud, mist, rain, deluge, drizzle, downpour, fog, and more
> rain. --More consecutive days of rain than since May 2000, with all time
> record rain totals--by far!
> Last night, my Grand Cherokee was almost swallowed up on one of the back
roads
> near here. --and trailer queen or not, I'm not taking the Healey out to
see if
> it can double as a "Shwimvagen" or "duck boat". --With pontoons maybe.
> Everything is sticky, damp, soggy, and waterlogged. The drains are backed
up,
> toilets slow, --welcome to "Waterworld".
> --Just when I had the Healey running properly, and primed for some fall
tours
> too!! --It did give me the chance to replace the generator front bearing
that
> I'd been putting off. --Hey it only sounded a little like a coffee
grinder! I
> may even get the gas gauge fixed, and throw away the measuring stick I
have
> had in the garage...
> Anyway, I just wanted to vent. Prime Healeying season, literally going
down
> the drain. Please, some sun, ---before the snows come.
> (All of this with apologies to Healey friends in Mississippi, Louisiana,
and
> Texas). --All things are relative.
>
> IF we ever see the sun again, here in New England, --are there any
organized
> LBC fall tours, foliage tours, or meets/meetings going on?
>
> David W. Jones
> '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
> Cumberland, RI USA
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