Malaboge@aol.com wrote:
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> Fellow bolt bashers-
>
> I haven't been home in about 2 weeks, so one of the first things I did this
> weekend was fire up the ole hot tub, grab the pile-o-car mags, a cold one and
> hit the tub. First mag to crack open is British Car (the new one with the
> TR4A on the cover), but I never got to read it as one of the biggest,
> meanest, nastiest, ugliest, did I say biggest?,Black Widows does a half
> gainer into the tub with me. Now I'm not real sure how fond spiders are of
> hot tubbing, but I don't think this one liked it much as it was trying to
> grab ahold of just about anything, and I'm sure it's mood was not the best.
> Now you have to realize that to get the most from a good hot tub, you gotta
> have the jets turned up full blast, and this spider is now literally "jet
> propelled" around the tub. Folkes, lemme tell ya there was a lot of "spider
> shooting" and" Nick thrasing" goin on. I'm not sure who was more excited, but
> after the wave crested, Nick was on the deck and both the spider and the
> British Car had absorbed about all the ambiance that tub had to offer!
>
> And now for something completely different:
>
> I got word that the lacquerheads were about to shoot the inside and under
> hood areas on the Duke of Oil, and seein as to how I was in the area, I
> stopped by to see it before the act. Well to make a long story short, I spent
> the next 5 hours sanding it myself! I'm not exactely a perfectionist, but
> come on, you can't just paint over the crud because its hard to get out of
> the corners. Is it me, a conspiracy, or don't people take pride in what they
> do anymore? OK, OK, I'm not gonna get on the soapbox again.
> As a footnote, I stopped by after the act and the paint that is on the car is
> beauteous.
>
> I need another cold one...
> Nick of Nor Cal
Having undergone the bite of a black widow on 2 separate occasions in
Sutter CA in 1972 I fully understand your forsaking the tube and mag in
your getaway. It probably could make "America's Funniest Home Videos" if
you got tape!
Bill D
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