Good evening all!
Well, the nap didnt happen. I had literally just told CJ to lay CJ to lay down when the phone rang. The guy buying the boat was on his way down to me, when he got in an accident. A bad one. He was changing lanes in a construction zone with narrow lanes, and some jack hole speeding flew into his blind spot and clipped him, sent him skidding into the concrete barrier, and flipped his car. He's ok, but his buddy got his jaw broken where the windsheild bar collapsed and pushed his face back into the seat.
Anywho, when I called, he said that if the lug nuts I had didnt fit, then the ones he had wouldnt either. While I was on the phone, my neighbor comes out of his house. He has a trailer, so I asked him if I could steal enough to get it rolling. He said he would, but his son took the trailer this morning. But he told me that the family owned auto parts store in town would probably have some. Sure enough, they did. For the next hour and a half, I wrestled with that damned boat/trailer in the blazing sun and low 90 degree temps. But I finally got them on. Loaded up the kids and headed out. I had forgotten how wide that trailer was. On these narrow back country roads, if the right side tire is on the white line, the left side tire is just a few inches off the yellow line. I had the same problem going through the construction zone where he wrecked this morning. After a two hour drive, we get to his house, and we start talking. I told him everything I could about the boat, he talked about his accident, found out he is a former Marine, and a lot of other topics. The next thing I know, its 5:30. His wife invited the kids in for a popcicle, where they then found that their cat (one of the kind that weighs 40 pounds) had just had kittens a couple of weeks ago. It was a small battle getting them out of the house, but I finally prevailed.
The wheels/tire I had on the trailer were borrowed, and since I was passing by the guys house that let me use them, I went ahead and dropped the tires off with him, and started home. Ive been home for all of 30 minutes now. BUT the boat is GONE. Now I just need to get in touch with the guys selling those bikes and see how that went.
Oh, and I guess all of the excursion from messing with the boat did something to help my back. It still hurts like hell, but no where NEAR the same intensity it was this morning.
Oh no... Poor Zach.
You drive nuts?
1987.
Video or it didnt happen.
Psh. You happen to have a good looking face and some purdy blue eyes.
What she said!
Are you TRYING to find the 40 pounds Tiff lost?
James, you had one Hell of a day.
We've spent the last 10 years looking for a good vet. I think we might have finally found one.
