As the old joke has it:
"What are the three most dangerous words in the English language?"
"Hey, watch this!"
Jim Algar
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> From: William M. Gilroy
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:05 a.m
> To: Ajhsys@aol.com
> Cc: JamesA@hi-torque.com; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Floating a VW
>
> Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I knew that! I used to own a '64 Beetle myself, and I tried to float it
> > once! (Not on purpose.)
>
> Years ago my buddy and I were traveling down a dirt road and came upon a
> tree blocking the road. I told my friend to go around the tree. He
> pointed
> out the only way around was through the front yard of an abandoned house
> and there were some hedges blocking the way and view. Boy genius, (that's
> me)
> told him the hedges are not a problem if you have enough speed. So he
> backs down the road and gets ready for the run. His only concern was what
> might be behind the hedges. I figured since it was front yard there would
> only be trees and since there were none taller then the hedges in view
> it was not a problem, "Trust me" I said. Sadly he did. So he gets the
> VW up to about 30 MPH, since we did not want to get stuck and we left the
> road and plowed right through the hedges like a hot knife through butter.
> Once were in the front yard doing about 20 MPH imagine our surprise when
> we
> saw the large in the ground swimming pool. Off the shallow end we went.
> We came to a stop in the deep end in about 5 feet of water. Since the
> VW had holes in the floor it sank quickly. To make matters worst the pool
> was filled with about 5 feet of black water, leaves, and it had a really
> bad smell. Oh yeah those holes just help shoot a massive stream of water
> all over the interior of the car and us. Let me tell you old, black,
> stale pool water has a really bad taste. We both got a mouth full since
> we hit the water screaming. So we had to wade out and walk
> several miles to a phone to call a friend for a tow. He want to know
> why we needed him to bring a couple of 2x10s. He laughed for a good 10
> minutes when he saw our predicament. I wonder just what kind of mental
> patient puts a pool in the front yard, don't they know the danger to young
> foolish children. True story.
>
>
> Bill "Hey I have an idea, trust me" Gilroy
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