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Re: non bike ride report
On Apr 30, 12:09 pm, "john" <n...@this.add> wrote:
> pop turned up <btw>
Was he dressed funny?
Craig
On Apr 30, 12:09 pm, "john" <n...@this.add> wrote:
> pop turned up <btw>
Was he dressed funny?
Craig
Re: non bike ride report
Maybe it's just me, but I love this story. If my own dad was still
around, and if we lived on the same property, I could easily imagine a
very similar scenario playing out with us. Instead of a Delorean
though it'd probably be the late '70s Caddy that my pawpaw just had to
have. All his life he'd wanted a Cadillac but couldn't really afford
one. But around 1985 he sold his existing car and had managed to save
up a few bucks to purchase the medium-blue Caddy... pawpaw was 80
years old at the time, but he finally had his Cadillac. Dad (a
Chevrolet man) always gave him a hard time about it. But pawpaw loved
that car. He left us five years later, but dad hung onto the blue
Caddy for several more years.
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:51:40 -0400, "john" <not@this.add> wrote:
>the cast..
>diesel lawnmower:
>delorean:
>gmc truck:
>
>i drove gmc with landscape trailer in tow to the barn to fetch the patio
>furniture... apparently dad synced his watch with me and was walking to the
>barn at the same time. the truck is a well used vehicle (built a few houses
>with that truck) anyhow i bounced gingerly over the pasture on my way to the
>barn with the monster sized black lab looking like he'd rather be in the
>truck with me than loping along side... i spun the truck around front &
>parked on the cement pad and was given a hearty welcome from the wet muddy
>black galout and played a quick game of chase and rub my chin & scratch me
>behind the ears... i started loading up the truck bed & trailer with the
>iron furniture... dad arrived and set to fiddling with car batteries &
>chargers... the delorean seemed to be in his sights since it had been a
>while since the car was on the road. we pushed the silver wedge out a bit to
>get a proper look at it and then ran a volt meter on the battery 12 V hmm
>click click no luck then i held the meter on the battery when we engaged
>the starter.. it dropped to 4.8 volts, "she's dead jim" so i got to looking
>around the barn and spotted a lawn mower with a big battery and had pops
>drive it over so i could hook up the jumper cables...a short time later the
>delorean is turning over and spitting stale gas hiccups & coughs... a shot
>of ether down the gully and a few more hiccups and the car springs to life
>just like the day we got it 25 + years ago... delorean are not noted for
>their plush suspension nor ground clearance.. so i did not venture out into
>the field with the car and the short battery (i did not wish to be stuck
>with a dead battery) so i hopped on the diesel lawnmower and spun around a
>bit then put it away.. dad had that look in his eye and i reminded him about
>the battery as i drove off in the gmc full of lawn furniture wondering if he
>was going to go for a ride around the block...
>john
> so far i've not seen pop's this morning <he did have a cell phone, i
>think...>
>
Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
fjbradfordREMOVE@tx.rr,com
Maybe it's just me, but I love this story. If my own dad was still
around, and if we lived on the same property, I could easily imagine a
very similar scenario playing out with us. Instead of a Delorean
though it'd probably be the late '70s Caddy that my pawpaw just had to
have. All his life he'd wanted a Cadillac but couldn't really afford
one. But around 1985 he sold his existing car and had managed to save
up a few bucks to purchase the medium-blue Caddy... pawpaw was 80
years old at the time, but he finally had his Cadillac. Dad (a
Chevrolet man) always gave him a hard time about it. But pawpaw loved
that car. He left us five years later, but dad hung onto the blue
Caddy for several more years.
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:51:40 -0400, "john" <not@this.add> wrote:
>the cast..
>diesel lawnmower:
>delorean:
>gmc truck:
>
>i drove gmc with landscape trailer in tow to the barn to fetch the patio
>furniture... apparently dad synced his watch with me and was walking to the
>barn at the same time. the truck is a well used vehicle (built a few houses
>with that truck) anyhow i bounced gingerly over the pasture on my way to the
>barn with the monster sized black lab looking like he'd rather be in the
>truck with me than loping along side... i spun the truck around front &
>parked on the cement pad and was given a hearty welcome from the wet muddy
>black galout and played a quick game of chase and rub my chin & scratch me
>behind the ears... i started loading up the truck bed & trailer with the
>iron furniture... dad arrived and set to fiddling with car batteries &
>chargers... the delorean seemed to be in his sights since it had been a
>while since the car was on the road. we pushed the silver wedge out a bit to
>get a proper look at it and then ran a volt meter on the battery 12 V hmm
>click click no luck then i held the meter on the battery when we engaged
>the starter.. it dropped to 4.8 volts, "she's dead jim" so i got to looking
>around the barn and spotted a lawn mower with a big battery and had pops
>drive it over so i could hook up the jumper cables...a short time later the
>delorean is turning over and spitting stale gas hiccups & coughs... a shot
>of ether down the gully and a few more hiccups and the car springs to life
>just like the day we got it 25 + years ago... delorean are not noted for
>their plush suspension nor ground clearance.. so i did not venture out into
>the field with the car and the short battery (i did not wish to be stuck
>with a dead battery) so i hopped on the diesel lawnmower and spun around a
>bit then put it away.. dad had that look in his eye and i reminded him about
>the battery as i drove off in the gmc full of lawn furniture wondering if he
>was going to go for a ride around the block...
>john
> so far i've not seen pop's this morning <he did have a cell phone, i
>think...>
>
Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
fjbradfordREMOVE@tx.rr,com
