Automobiles and Understanding Wives, eh? Perhaps a start of another
thread.
Feature off campus housing in the 60s, during a northern winter, with
no garage. Although disassembly and cleaning took place elsewhere, the
948 cc frogeye engine was assembled in the bedroom on an old chest of
drawers.
Wedding Anniversary #34 is forthcoming.
> From: Mark Donaldson[SMTP:ardmore@voyager.co.nz]
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 1997 9:47 PM
> To: vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Winter Wonderland
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > 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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