That's why you should stick with LBC- Usually only leak oil!
Scott ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Livia Haasper" <wilivhaasper@sympatico.ca>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <nass@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 10:40 AM
Subject: National Lampoons Christmas at Wilf's and Liv's / no LBC content
> Hi friends,
> what's Christmas without watching the Chevy Chase National Lampoons movie?
> It's my favourite part of Christmas, it's a relaxing laugh amidst the
stress
> and hassle of the Christmas season. I love the part where the Christmas
tree
> blows up, the sewer gas explodes. What can be more exiting during the
festive
> holidays?
>
> This year, to follow up in Chevy's foot steps, we've had the opportunity
of
> playing out our very own emergency, almost disaster, scene here at home.
>
> It happened last night at mid night, just before bed time. For some
reason,
> Wilf decided to step outside to check things out. His urgent call made me
run
> downstairs and out onto the drive way, wearing pyjamas and slippers. On my
way
> down the basement stairs, the stench off gasoline hit me immediately. Wilf
was
> running by me at top speed, carrying a fire extinguisher in each hand,
opening
> all the windows, yelling " Emergency, we're in trouble, gasoline is
running
> into the drainage". I couldn't believe what I was hearing, but a look
under
> the Hyundai immediately told the story. It was leaking petrol, a lot of
it.
> The car had been parked half way under the car port, just over the spot
were
> the drainage system was guiding excess water, usually dripping from the
roof
> of the car port and garage, into the sump area of the house. From this
sump
> hole, a pump always delivered the water outside to a low lying area. Now,
> gasoline was draining into this drainage system. Gasoline fumes were
> accumulating in our basement, family room, making its way up the stairs
into
> the upper areas of the house.
> To make matters worse, we always have a cosy wood fire burning in the wood
> stove, that's located in the basement family room. We rushed around the
house,
> opening all the windows and doors, letting the fumes escape. Wilf
immediately
> got busy, moving the car into the garage, jacking it up, checking out the
> problem. Last week, he'd installed new brake and fuel lines. A clamp worth
> about 25 cents, holding the fuel line together had broken, causing the
leak.
> Naturally, that same evening needing gasoline, Wilf had filled the tank,
which
> was now almost empty.
>
> I rushed around mopping up gasoline out of the drainage hole, then tried
to
> soak up as much gasoline, using old towels, from the drive way as
possible.
> All of this in freezing Ottawa temperatures. We now have nicely polished
and
> clean gravel, but the stink of gasoline its still prevailing.
> I'm continuously opening windows to air the house, but the emergency has
> passed. Hopefully, the stink will subside soon.
>
> Strangely, we always seem to have some sort of emergency to deal with over
the
> Christmas holidays. But, I know we have a guardian angel looking out for
us.
>
> Wishing you all a holiday season without excitement of this kind.
> Merry Christmas
> Wilf and Liv Haasper
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