Some people rate very little sympathy from me,,,,

[Winger Ed.]

I got a million stories just from my old 'Aggie' buddy.<br /><br />I think part of the reason I laugh so hard at his miss-adventures is that he was a Marine also, but a Officer. Since all his tribulations are self-inflicted, it makes them even more funny to me, and at the same time- I just can't seem to sympathize with him very often.<br /><br />.....<br /><br />On his old ski boat, he'd hacked around pretending to be a electrician so much; that over the years, his battery posts looked like a pair of bird nests because of all the wires clamped under the posts. <br /><br />His fire extinguisher had also broken out of its mounts and rolled back behind the battery & 6 gallon gas tanks sometime around 1970.<br /><br />......<br /><br />One day, he called and said his hands were burned so bad, he could hardly dial the phone. He had to grab a pencil in his teeth and punch out the numbers since they were wrapped up so much. <br /><br />What had happened is that after filling up, and splashing fuel all over the carpet and tops of the tanks, he drew a spark off the bird nest looking battery.<br /><br /><br />It got real exciting as the gas dock guy shoved him & the boat back out into the lake.<br /><br />But he reached through the flames, got the fire extinguisher, and put out the fire.<br /><br /><br />He's telling me this, but instead of being all sympathetic, I told him, "That's great! Now you have your Halloween costume".<br /><br />After the cussing died down,,,,,,, <br />I added, "Yeah, when you get to the party, just stick your arms out and tell everyone you're a Q-Tip".

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Some people rate very little sympathy from me,,,,

That's real 'tough love' WingerEd!

 

[Barlow]

Re: Some people rate very little sympathy from me,,,,

<br /><br />if you go to the party ..<br /><br /><br />dress up like a fire extinguisher and carry around a few cans of whip cream and give 'em a shot or two every so often

 

[Winger Ed.]

Re: Some people rate very little sympathy from me,,,,

Originally posted by Boomyal:<br /> That's real 'tough love' WingerEd!

Oh yeah.<br /><br />One time he was moaning and groaning about how he needed to have a bottom job done on his 26 footer.<br />And would go on and on about how expensive it was going to be.....<br /><br /> <br />Then a few weeks later, late one nite, while cruising around at speed,,,,,<br /><br />he ran over a sandbar that used to be a island when the lake was at a lower level,,,, the back end of the boat ended up about 20 feet from the lake.<br /><br />Neadless to say--- it was a BIG!! Hassle getting it drug back into the water, and later having to have all the running gear underneath it straightened back out.<br /><br />The next week, He called and told me about it.<br /><br />I told him it was the perfect time to get the bottom job done. The folks at the marina should even give him a discount since he'd already finished most of the sanding that would have to be done on it.