Interesting. I always got stuck carrying the Kegs to the beach on
Puget Sound for the parties too. I got to drink for free for doing it too.
It was about a half mile down a 20% grade through the woods to the beach. I
would purposly drink too much to carry it back up......Ahh to be young and
stupid again.
Rich.
> ----------
> From: Allan Connell[SMTP:alcon@earthlink.net]
> Reply To: Allan Connell
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 8:49 PM
> To: mmeswarb@huntel.net
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 215 CI Buick Mill
>
> At 10:07 AM 1/21/98 -0600, mmeswarb@huntel.net wrote:
> >Sorry, but this sounds like a case of: "The older I get the faster I
> >was". I'd like to see a picture of anyone doing this, especially a high
> >school kid. I just weighed the bare block in my basement. No crank,
> >pistons, rods, heads, nothing. It weighs 75 pounds.
> >
> >No offense,
> >Mark
> >
>
>
> Mark and all.....
>
> Nope, don't think Rich is exagerating. At the ripe old age of 41 though,
> I
> know how he feels. When I was in college, long after Rich was in high
> school, I weighed in at about 195. My sophomore year I used to pick up
> bear kegs (not ponies mind you,) and haul them about a mile from the road
> to our river party site....no stopping and no rest periods. Could not
> afford to let the brew get warm in that hot sun. At Western Illinois
> University, we had to keep our reputation at Playboy's #1 party school in
> the nation. Could very well be the reason that I transfered to Oregon
> State between my sophomore and junior years.......
>
> Nope, don't surprise me a bit.
>
> Regards,
>
> Allan
> B9472373
>
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