Posted by chriscase on Monday, July 02, 2007 at 10:02:30 :
In Reply to: head in first, or tail in first? posted by Arthur P. Bloom on Monday, July 02, 2007 at 09:27:32 :
He's one that I call a "Sub-standard Human Being". Less than six feet tall, I'll bet he doesn't even weigh 250 pounds either.
I'll bet that once he IS in, with his right foot up on the hump, he can still breath. What a wimp.
I remember one trip in my Command car, with a couple buddies. We picked up a hitch hiker with his girl friend. He said "What do you guys do for a living? Wrestle bears?" The three of us were each 6'2" to 6'4", and totaled 800 pounds. We were heading over the mountains to camp in the desert, near Plaster City. 100 miles. We had brought a case of beer, each, for the weekend, but we drank it all before we hit the dirt road... Can you wimpy friend do that? Or replace a tranny by sitting on the seat, reaching through the floor, grabbing the shift lever, and lifting it into place? I'll bet he can't even change a light bulb in a ceiling fixture without a ladder.
But then, there are trade offs. My biggest Bear Wrestler friend, Hog Wheel, weighed 400 pounds. He had a stroke shortly after that trip, at 29. He came back good, and lost most of the weight, and even had surgery to remove excess skin. His brother Otis died of a heart attack at 50. But hey, it's not how many breaths you take, it's how many times you have been breathless. We all served ourselves a healthy chunk of life.
This post is long enough, or I'd tell you about the rest of that trip- through the Carrizo Bombing range, sitting on the seat steering with my feet, with the hand throttle set, hitting the side berm and bouncing Hog Wheel right out of the command car, differential fried, lights fried, brakes out, driving home in the dark without brakes, head gasket blew, stopping at every water barrel up Mountain Springs Grade. Talk about getting 'Breathless'...
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