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Date Posted: 06:50:57 10/19/05 Wed
Author: dtort
Subject: Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but ....
In reply to: Pot 's message, "Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but ...." on 15:52:13 10/18/05 Tue

>
>> ... They wuz too many clouds. Hope ya held on ta
>>yur bloomers, Pot!
>>
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>
>
>Yep, we's on there, but the picture quality to too bad
>to accurately describe exactly where we are.
>
>You can betcher bippy I wuz holdin' on to my
>bloomers...with both hands!!! The next time you are
>going down the road at 70 MPH, stick your face out the
>window. Now, imagine that at 135-140 MPH.
>
>My curiousity would get the best of me at
>times...including during the height of the storm. I'd
>grip the storm doors with both hands and brace myself
>before gradually opening the door so I could see out.
>And that was opening the door against the wind, not
>into it. Didn't see much interesting. Just
>humonguous trees crashing down, 2 foot in
>diameter/60-70 foot tall pine trees whipping and
>bending like palm fronds and other crap flying through
>the air. I almost got sucked out of the house a
>couple of times...no double entendre meant.
>
>The old 58 was pretty snug in the garage. It did get
>a little salt water spray on the rear where the wind
>blew the water through the slits of the door sections.
> I had used several metal straps to solidly anchor the
>doors so they wouldn't collapse inward. It worked,
>but the center load bearing support between the doors
>was moved back 1 1/2 inches at the bottom. I had also
>moved the two garaged cars back so that the bumpers
>were against the doors with just a quilt between the
>bumpers and doors to protect from scraping. That
>probably kept the whole shootin' match from collapsing
>inward.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Stories like that are worth their weight....More more...

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Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but .... -- Pot, 12:32:18 10/19/05 Wed
- Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but .... -- Marv, 12:48:46 10/19/05 Wed
  - Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but .... -- Pot, 15:57:00 10/19/05 Wed
- Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but .... -- N5RDC, 11:04:29 10/24/05 Mon