Messrs Pace, Rollins, TT glitterati, et al
I see we're sort of drifting inexorably back to vital organs
(any Wurlitzer jokes?). Organ content of the following "diary"
is minimal (heart) but there is some valid automotive content.
I believe it has been around a while, but it's new to me.
If you've seen it, please excuse me.
I live in a temporate climate. I can laugh. But I've also lived in Canada
where, having the good fortune to have a very understanding wife, I was
regularly permitted to heat up engine parts in her gas stove in Winter
before spray-painting them! (I don't believe I'm alone here?)
Enjoy.
Mark Donaldson
... Several engines later, still married to same gas stove operator. ;=>
Auckland NZ
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> A Texan moves up North:
>
> January 10 - 5:00pm It's starting to snow. The first of the season
> and
> the first one we've seen in years. The wife and I took our hot
> buttered rums and sat by the picture window watching the soft flakes
> drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was
> beautiful!
>
> January - We woke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering
> the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Every tree and shrub is
> covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first
> time in years and loved it. I did both our driveway and sidewalk.
> Later , a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our
> driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and
> waved. I waved back and shoveled it again.
>
> January12 - It snowed an additional 5 inches last night, and the
> temperature has dropped about 11 degrees. Several limbs on the trees
> and shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled our
> driveway again. Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and did his
> trick again. Much of the snow is now brownish green.
>
> January13 - Warmed up enough to create some slush which soon became
> ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both
> cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. A hundred and forty dollars to
> the chiropractor, but nothing was broken. More snow and ice expected.
>
> January 14 - Still cold. Sold the wife's car and bought a 4 x 4 in
> order
> to get to work. Slid into the guardrail anyway and did a considerable
> amount of damage to the right quarterpanel. Had another 8 inches of
> the white shit last night. All my vehicles are covered in salt and
> crud. More shoveling in store for me today. And the Damn snowplow
> came by twice today.
>
> January 15 - Two degrees outside. More snow. Not a tree or shrub
> on or property that hasn't been damaged. Power was off most of the
> night. Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a
> kerosene heater that tipped over and nearly burned the damned house
> down. I managed to get it put out but suffered second degree burns on
> my hands and lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows. Car slid on the ice
> on the way to the emergency room and was totaled.
>
> January 16 - White shit keeps coming down. Have to put on all the
> clothes we own just to get to the mailbox. If I ever catch that son
> of a bitch that drives the snowplow, I'll chew open his chest and rip
> out his heart. I think he hides around the corner and waits to plow
> that shit on our driveway again. Power still off. The toilet froze
> and part of the roof has started to cave in.
>
> January 17 - Six more inches of snow and ice and God
> knows what other white shit fell last night. I wounded the snowplow
> asshole with an ice axe, but the bastard got away. Wife left
> me. Car won't start. I think I'm going snow-blind. I can't move my
> toes. Haven't seen the sun in weeks. More snow is predicted. Wind
> chill is -22 degrees. To hell with this, I'm moving back to Texas.
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