I used to pick up the rear of Honda cars and place the curb side wheel
on the sidewalks on a regular basis in the mid 70's. Amazing what a
teenager will do to impress a date.
Safety Fast,
David Deutsch
You wrote:
>
>To all:
>
>I read the post about the Mercedes chained between the two trees and
it
>reminded me of a true story.
>
>I was in Italy in 1987 with five other fellows on an equipment buying
>mission. We were staying in Florence (Firenze). One night we walked to
dinner
>at the Buca Mario. After a wonderful meal and a little Grappa
afterward
>(flash point like either) we were walking back to the Jolly Hotel. We
were
>discussing the tiny Fiats we had seen. I don't remember the model but,
they
>were smaller than a VW beatle. I was saying that all of us could
probably
>pick one up. At that moment I noticed one of them parked at the curb.
I
>looked around to see if anyone was watching and suggested that we try
to lift
>it. Well, we easily did and carried it up onto the side walk, placing
it
>between two poles that were just a couple of inches further apart than
the
>car was long. We retreated to our hotel.
>
>The next morning as we were leaving the hotel, we looked down the
street and
>there was a man standing next to the car, waving his arms around,
yelling as
>a policeman looked on. We didn't stop and left to do our business for
the
>day. Now I hadn't taken part, much less led such a prank in twenty
years and
>I've often felt bad for that dirty deed (and relieved that we weren't
>caught).
>
>Do we have any members of this net in Firenze? If so, my appologies to
your
>fine city and this man whoever and where ever he is. The only thing I
can say
>is that I did purchase about a million dollars of equipment as a
result of
>that visit and perhaps that gentleman was benefited somehow.
>
>R. Johnson - (the ugly American) - Dallas
>
>'90 Maine Coon
>'79 Midget
>'76 Midget
>'73 MGB
>
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