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05-29-2010 03:38 PM #1
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Talk about being dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was at a car show last Weekend and saw a bunch of guys around a beat up 32 ford truck. I mean this had holes you could drive your fist through but had a nice flathead from a 52 ford. Looking at the engine I couldn't believe what I saw. There was a glass bottle with a cork in it filled with gas sitting on his hot manifold. He had run his gas line through the cork and was using that as his gas tank. Now talking with him I asked him what the f--- are you doing running a vehicle like that. He replied that he didn't have time to put in a gas tank and this gallon of gas he had in the bottle would get him to the car show and back. I told him he was lucky in getting to the show but probably wouldn't get back to his house as the gas was leaking all over his manifold. I told him at least put the bottle up vertically as he had it laying down on it's side. I wasn't the only one telling him that he was a jerk doing what he was doing but he said the hell with you all and left. Well I guess he got about a mile down the road and it went up in flames as you could hear the fire department sirens.
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05-29-2010 03:45 PM #2
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Some people just don't like being told how dumb they are eh.
Just as well he got the thing away from the car show as that would of caused hassles for the organisers if it had caught fire at the show.
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05-29-2010 03:50 PM #3
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(old Burma Shave Sign)
"HE LIT A MATCH
TO CHECK GAS TANK
THAT"S WHY THEY CALL HIM
SKINLESS FRANK!".
" I'm drinking from my saucer, 'cause my cup is overflowed ! "
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05-29-2010 04:03 PM #4
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Quite true, quite true
Originally Posted by MelloYello
Ken Thomas
NoT FaDe AwaY and the music didn't die
The simplest road is usually the last one sought
Wild Willie & AA/FA's The greatest show in drag racing
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05-29-2010 04:45 PM #5
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The old saying is: "You can educate a dumb man, but you cant fix stupid."
Wonder if that guy learned anything??
I doubt it and he probably stood there wondering what happen...
70-71 Vietnam Vet, 1959 born again child of God
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05-29-2010 10:31 PM #6
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AND THEY VOTE!!
PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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05-29-2010 11:20 PM #7
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And even worse....THEY BREED... Originally Posted by techinspector1
AND THEY VOTE!!
Micah 6:8
If we aren't supposed to have midnight snacks,,,WHY is there a light in the refrigerator???
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05-29-2010 11:55 PM #8
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There are some people who just shouldn't be building cars. I wonder if Fireboy learned anything if it did catch fire? Probably not, but we can only hope.
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05-30-2010 12:05 AM #9
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I use a 2 liter soda bottle with a hole drilled in the cap as a temporary gas tank on my '51 Chevy.. BUT it's just to pull the car in and out of the garage, and I don't normally leave gas in it.. has a nice spot right behind the battery to sit mostly vertical.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
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1930's styled hand built ratrod project
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05-30-2010 06:24 AM #10
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I can't believe how insensitive you guys are! Next thing you know you'll be talking about Darwin awards or something!
Having lived in Seattle for 30 years now I've come to realize what the real problem here is. This poor fellow is a victim, he needs our help. If you don't agree with me about that you obviously don't care as much as I do.
The real villain here is Big Oil! If they didn't purposely make that gasoline stuff so dangerous and flammable nothing bad would have happened. We should ban that stuff! Oh, and while we're at it, the glass bottle probably broke too, so let's put the CEO who runs the company that makes such an unstable container in prison! Time for several congressional investigations, some committee studies, and bring on the lawyers!!! Down with corporate America!!
Wow, that was easier than I thought.
Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
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05-30-2010 06:41 AM #11
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Bob has had to revise his other former mottos. Used to be "don't trust anyone over 30." Now it's "don't trust anyone over 90."
Right on Bob, and don't Bogart that joint!
Don
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05-30-2010 06:50 AM #12
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Hey man..........I've got Ina gada da vida on the headphones right now (long version), fourth time in a row................WOW. Now, where did I put my Steppenwolf album?Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.
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05-30-2010 07:06 AM #13
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What no metion of Deep Purple SHEEEE!
Kurt
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05-30-2010 08:01 AM #14
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I feel sorry for the flathead-------that's about it.
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05-30-2010 08:17 AM #15
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You really shouldn't mess with the natural selection of things in this world...nature has it's own way of cleansing the gene pool.
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