There is something comforting in knowing i'm not the only one who has done
stupid things.I guess my best was when I worked as a mechanic in a garage and
I used a crowbar to put tension on an alternator belt and I was crouching down
by the front fender to tighten one of the bolts when the crow bar slipped and
I hit myself square in the forehead. I could feel myself losing consciousness
and my boss was just standing there looking at me as if I was an idiot, and I
trying not to look like the idiot I was( am?) said" that should do it" and
tried to walk nonchalantly away.Then there was the time I set my own shop coat
on fire by putting a distributor wrench down on the car's battery and it touch
both posts and went redhot igniting my coat as I was leaning over the
engine-geez. Scott
>>> <BWANA343@aol.com> 10/30/2007 5:37 PM >>>
In a message dated 10/30/2007 9:53:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
kturk@ala.net writes:
So there you go... Life continues to be Good...
Keith ( 20 days without Nicotine )
First, congradulations! You Da Man !!
My stupid burn story is not Car related but dumb enough to be entertaining.
I was doing reserve duty after my two years of active duty with the Army in
Fort Drum NY in 1967. I had the opportunity to fire a Browning Automatic
Rifle ,(BAR), and naturally showed off to the reservists and guardsmen
watching
by firing off a full clip, from the shoulder with this very heavy beast. I
then
put the thing down, butt first, and promptly absentmindedly grabbed the
really hot barrel with my bare right hand. I rapidly decided this was not the
proper place to grasp the thing and removed same. My hand was stuck in the
thumb touches fore finger position for a good week after. This was very handy
(pun) for drinking bottled beer, shifting a four speed, or other manly
pastimes,
but otherwise usually inconvenient.
Bob, never ever did anything stoopid again,either,W
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