[Spridgets] OT -interesting morning

[Lester]

That is God's way of saying, "Take the day off and stay home."

Good that everyone is ok..

Lester

On Feb 2, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Heard wrote:

> Well, I've had an interesting morning.  Driving my old Tahoe with  
> 290,000
> miles on it to work.  Traveling down a dirt road in front of my  
> house, I ran
> over a piece pipe buried in the sand.  It wrapped around the axle  
> near the
> left rear wheel and broke the brake line.  I knew I had hit  
> something but
> didn't realize it was stuck until I got to the pavement and heard  
> something
> scraping down the pavement.  I hit the brakes and they went to the  
> floor.  I
> managed to get it stopped, called my trusty wrecker service and  
> turned on
> the flashers.  You might think this is strange enough, but you would  
> be
> incorrect....
>
> I call my buddy at work and ask him to come get me so I can go back  
> to the
> house and get a different car.  He shows up and we are standing in  
> the road
> behind my vehicle waiting for the wrecker.  This is a pretty  
> isolated road.
> We see the wrecker coming down the dirt road and I notice there is a  
> car
> behind it.  The wrecker pulls over into the grass on the other side  
> of the
> road and I'm thinking...OK, he is going to turn around and grab my  
> truck
> from the rear.  At that moment, he does exactly that...not knowing  
> there is
> a car behind him.  So this young lady driving a Maxima, swerves to  
> miss the
> wrecker, just scrapes his bumper and my buddy and I both have to  
> leap off
> the road because she is heading right for us.  Sure enough, she  
> plows right
> into the rear of my truck.  I'm pretty sure it totalled the Maxima.   
> It
> shoved my parked Tahoe about 15 feet and bent my bumper.  The girl  
> was OK
> thanks to the air bags.
>
> I almost had to go change my shorts, and at this point, I'm thinking  
> I need
> more coffee....and another wrecker.
>
>
> Heard
> _______