OT, getting them home stories, Car stories Options

[r_towle]

OT! So move it if you feel the need.

I laugh more now when thinking of the crazy stuff I did when I was young and broke just to get a car home or repaired.

One night, heading up to go skiing with a buddy, by beetle accel cable broke.
It was super cold, dark and we were in a section of NH that has about ten exits of nothing....so remote.

Thankfully there was a gas station about 2-3 miles ahead.
I put on my winter ski clothes, goggles and all.
I sat sideways on the rear bumper with my hand hugging the upright fan and I drove the carburetor while yelling when to shift etc...

What could go wrong......??

How about you guys?
I have a few more stupid stories that make me wonder why I am still here at all.

[DBCooper]

City councilman with a 914? And sweet-talkin' cops out of tickets? Total respect. What's odd is that when I was young we avoided Oakdale. One of my long-haired friends at the J-C was hitch-hiking through town when a couple of cowboys sat on him and shaved his head with sheep shears. Then when visiting friends of a girlfriend we went downtown late at night to the only place still selling beer, the H-Bar-B. When we walked in the cowboys all started yelling "HYHAAA!! HYHAAA!!" at us, like when you herd cattle. The long-haired friend put his hand on the knife hanging on his hip, walked right up to the bar, bought a six-pack to go, and we walked out without turning our backs on anyone. Unless you wore a cowboy hat Oakdale was a place you passed through quickly, going to other places.

Funny thing, though. Now I'm back in Modesto after 40 years in other places (the last 25 in Houston, yeah, Stephenville, Cowboy Capitol of the World, right?), and am hearing and seeing nothing but good things about Oakdale. I have some formerly yuppie friends living there and it seems nice now, friendly, even the H-Bar-B. So good job, Mr. 914-owning Councilman, the place has mellowed. Well done.