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Re: Winter Wonderland

To: Alexander Joseph H <AlexanderJosephH@Waterloo.deere.com>
Subject: Re: Winter Wonderland
From: paul rogers <perogers@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 08:53:47 -0800
Alex,
     I know Marks wife, and knowing her, she wouldprobably be in the middle
of trying to fix a car along with mark, nice to see there are a few
understanding wives in the world that understand our affliction w/british
cars
paul rogers
the Healey enthusiast - always

Alexander Joseph H wrote:

> Automobiles and Understanding Wives, eh? Perhaps a start of another
> thread.
>
> Feature off campus housing in the 60s, during a northern winter,  with
> no garage. Although disassembly and cleaning took place elsewhere, the
> 948 cc frogeye engine was assembled in the bedroom on an old chest of
> drawers.
>
> Wedding Anniversary #34 is forthcoming.
>
> > From:         Mark Donaldson[SMTP:ardmore@voyager.co.nz]
> > Sent:         Friday, December 12, 1997 9:47 PM
> > To:   vintage-race@Autox.Team.Net
> > Subject:      Winter  Wonderland
> >
> >
> > I live in a temporate climate. I can laugh. But I've also lived in
> > Canada
> > where, having the good fortune to have a very understanding wife, I
> > was
> > regularly permitted to heat up engine parts in her gas stove in Winter
> >
> > before spray-painting them!  (I don't believe I'm alone here?)
> >
> > Enjoy.
> >
> > Mark Donaldson
> > ... Several engines later, still married to same gas stove operator.
> > ;=>
> > Auckland  NZ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >     ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > A Texan moves up North:
> > >
> > > January 10 - 5:00pm  It's starting to snow.  The first of the season
> > > and
> > > the first one we've seen in years.  The wife and I took our hot
> > > buttered rums and sat by the picture window watching the soft flakes
> > > drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground.  It was
> > > beautiful!
> > >
> > > January -   We woke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow
> > covering
> > > the landscape.  What a fantastic sight!  Every tree and shrub is
> > > covered with  a beautiful white mantle.  I shoveled snow for the
> > first
> > > time in years and loved it.  I did both our driveway and sidewalk.
> > > Later , a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our
> > > driveway with compacted snow from the street.  The driver smiled and
> > > waved.  I waved back and shoveled it again.
> > >
> > > January12  -   It snowed an additional 5 inches last night, and the
> > > temperature has dropped about 11 degrees.  Several limbs on the
> > trees
> > > and shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow.  I shoveled our
> > > driveway again.  Shortly afterwards, the snowplow came by and did
> > his
> > > trick again.  Much of the snow is now brownish green.
> > >
> > > January13  -   Warmed up enough to create some slush which soon
> > became
> > > ice when the temperature dropped again.  Bought snow tires for both
> > > cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway.  A hundred and forty dollars
> > to
> > > the chiropractor, but nothing was broken.  More snow and ice
> > expected.
> > >
> > > January 14  -   Still cold.  Sold the wife's car and bought a 4 x 4
> > in
> > > order
> > > to get to work.  Slid into the guardrail anyway and did a
> > considerable
> > > amount of damage to the right quarterpanel.  Had another 8 inches of
> > > the white shit last night.  All my vehicles are covered in salt and
> > > crud.  More shoveling in store for me today.  And the Damn snowplow
> > > came by twice today.
> > >
> > > January 15  -   Two degrees outside.  More snow. Not a tree or shrub
> > > on or property that hasn't been damaged.  Power was off most of the
> > > night.  Tried to keep from freezing to death with candles and a
> > > kerosene heater that tipped over and nearly burned the damned house
> > > down.  I managed to get it put out but suffered second degree burns
> > on
> > > my hands and lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows.  Car slid on the
> > ice
> > > on the way to the emergency room and was totaled.
> > >
> > > January 16  -   White shit keeps coming down.  Have to put on all
> > the
> > > clothes we own just to get to the mailbox.  If I ever catch that son
> > > of a bitch that drives the snowplow, I'll chew open his chest and
> > rip
> > > out his heart.  I think he hides around the corner and waits to plow
> > > that shit on our driveway again.  Power still off.  The toilet froze
> > > and part of the roof has started to cave in.
> > >
> > > January 17  -   Six more inches of  snow and  ice and God
> > > knows what other  white shit fell last night.  I wounded the
> > snowplow
> > > asshole with an ice axe, but the bastard got away.  Wife left
> > > me.  Car won't start.  I think I'm going snow-blind.  I can't move
> > my
> > > toes.   Haven't seen the sun in weeks.  More snow is predicted.
> > Wind
> > > chill is -22  degrees.  To hell with this, I'm moving back to Texas.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >




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