This might not have been a good idea, but...
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 21:13:57 GMT, Scooby Don't
<Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> shared the following:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:51:17 -0500, travis
><travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:39:20 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
>><----------@***.net> shared the following:
>>
>>> Geez! Mike's one of the nicest guys you'll ever find.
>>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>>
>>
>>Sorry, I didn't think he sounded very nice talkin' about me having an
>>entire horse up my butt. I said from the start that what I did
>>probably wasn't a good idea. I'm glad I did it, though. If I hadn't
>>my Jeep would be torn up right now. Instead it's just fine and so am
>>I. No thigh bones poking through my ribs, no hip gone, etc, etc.
>
>No offense but it looks like what he was saying was that you have more
>than 1 horse shoe's worth of luck. Hell you have more than 4 horse
>shoes worth of luck. You have the whole damn horse! That's how it came
>across to me anyway.
>Glad you're ok.
Thanks. I guess you're right about his post, too. I said I was sorry
for my response to him. :-(
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
<Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> shared the following:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:51:17 -0500, travis
><travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:39:20 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
>><----------@***.net> shared the following:
>>
>>> Geez! Mike's one of the nicest guys you'll ever find.
>>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>>
>>
>>Sorry, I didn't think he sounded very nice talkin' about me having an
>>entire horse up my butt. I said from the start that what I did
>>probably wasn't a good idea. I'm glad I did it, though. If I hadn't
>>my Jeep would be torn up right now. Instead it's just fine and so am
>>I. No thigh bones poking through my ribs, no hip gone, etc, etc.
>
>No offense but it looks like what he was saying was that you have more
>than 1 horse shoe's worth of luck. Hell you have more than 4 horse
>shoes worth of luck. You have the whole damn horse! That's how it came
>across to me anyway.
>Glad you're ok.
Thanks. I guess you're right about his post, too. I said I was sorry
for my response to him. :-(
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 21:13:57 GMT, Scooby Don't
<Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> shared the following:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:51:17 -0500, travis
><travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:39:20 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
>><----------@***.net> shared the following:
>>
>>> Geez! Mike's one of the nicest guys you'll ever find.
>>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>>
>>
>>Sorry, I didn't think he sounded very nice talkin' about me having an
>>entire horse up my butt. I said from the start that what I did
>>probably wasn't a good idea. I'm glad I did it, though. If I hadn't
>>my Jeep would be torn up right now. Instead it's just fine and so am
>>I. No thigh bones poking through my ribs, no hip gone, etc, etc.
>
>No offense but it looks like what he was saying was that you have more
>than 1 horse shoe's worth of luck. Hell you have more than 4 horse
>shoes worth of luck. You have the whole damn horse! That's how it came
>across to me anyway.
>Glad you're ok.
Thanks. I guess you're right about his post, too. I said I was sorry
for my response to him. :-(
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
<Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> shared the following:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:51:17 -0500, travis
><travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:39:20 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
>><----------@***.net> shared the following:
>>
>>> Geez! Mike's one of the nicest guys you'll ever find.
>>> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>>>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>>
>>
>>Sorry, I didn't think he sounded very nice talkin' about me having an
>>entire horse up my butt. I said from the start that what I did
>>probably wasn't a good idea. I'm glad I did it, though. If I hadn't
>>my Jeep would be torn up right now. Instead it's just fine and so am
>>I. No thigh bones poking through my ribs, no hip gone, etc, etc.
>
>No offense but it looks like what he was saying was that you have more
>than 1 horse shoe's worth of luck. Hell you have more than 4 horse
>shoes worth of luck. You have the whole damn horse! That's how it came
>across to me anyway.
>Glad you're ok.
Thanks. I guess you're right about his post, too. I said I was sorry
for my response to him. :-(
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
In message <cimaqv01n2909msfa8qf2v1qipkpt178ss@4ax.com>, "travis" wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:11:28 -0500, Mike Romain
><romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
>>Hope you ran out and bought a lottery ticket while you still have the
>>whole damn horse up your butt, forget just the horseshoes up there...
>>
>>The last guy I know that tried to stop his vehicle with his leg ended up
>>with his thigh bone sticking out near his ribs and minus one hip.
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Thanks for your support, jerk. I said it probably wasn't a good idea.
>It was a spur-of-the-minute thing, and frankly if you don't like it
>then you can KISS MY ***. Clear enough for you?
Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
head's already there...
>
>
>>
>>travis wrote:
>>>
>>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>>> that one. :-D
>>>
>>> --
>>> Travis
>>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>>> :wq!
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:11:28 -0500, Mike Romain
><romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
>>Hope you ran out and bought a lottery ticket while you still have the
>>whole damn horse up your butt, forget just the horseshoes up there...
>>
>>The last guy I know that tried to stop his vehicle with his leg ended up
>>with his thigh bone sticking out near his ribs and minus one hip.
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Thanks for your support, jerk. I said it probably wasn't a good idea.
>It was a spur-of-the-minute thing, and frankly if you don't like it
>then you can KISS MY ***. Clear enough for you?
Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
head's already there...
>
>
>>
>>travis wrote:
>>>
>>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>>> that one. :-D
>>>
>>> --
>>> Travis
>>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>>> :wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
In message <cimaqv01n2909msfa8qf2v1qipkpt178ss@4ax.com>, "travis" wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:11:28 -0500, Mike Romain
><romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
>>Hope you ran out and bought a lottery ticket while you still have the
>>whole damn horse up your butt, forget just the horseshoes up there...
>>
>>The last guy I know that tried to stop his vehicle with his leg ended up
>>with his thigh bone sticking out near his ribs and minus one hip.
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Thanks for your support, jerk. I said it probably wasn't a good idea.
>It was a spur-of-the-minute thing, and frankly if you don't like it
>then you can KISS MY ***. Clear enough for you?
Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
head's already there...
>
>
>>
>>travis wrote:
>>>
>>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>>> that one. :-D
>>>
>>> --
>>> Travis
>>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>>> :wq!
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:11:28 -0500, Mike Romain
><romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
>>Hope you ran out and bought a lottery ticket while you still have the
>>whole damn horse up your butt, forget just the horseshoes up there...
>>
>>The last guy I know that tried to stop his vehicle with his leg ended up
>>with his thigh bone sticking out near his ribs and minus one hip.
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Thanks for your support, jerk. I said it probably wasn't a good idea.
>It was a spur-of-the-minute thing, and frankly if you don't like it
>then you can KISS MY ***. Clear enough for you?
Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
head's already there...
>
>
>>
>>travis wrote:
>>>
>>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>>> that one. :-D
>>>
>>> --
>>> Travis
>>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>>> :wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
In message <cimaqv01n2909msfa8qf2v1qipkpt178ss@4ax.com>, "travis" wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:11:28 -0500, Mike Romain
><romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
>>Hope you ran out and bought a lottery ticket while you still have the
>>whole damn horse up your butt, forget just the horseshoes up there...
>>
>>The last guy I know that tried to stop his vehicle with his leg ended up
>>with his thigh bone sticking out near his ribs and minus one hip.
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Thanks for your support, jerk. I said it probably wasn't a good idea.
>It was a spur-of-the-minute thing, and frankly if you don't like it
>then you can KISS MY ***. Clear enough for you?
Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
head's already there...
>
>
>>
>>travis wrote:
>>>
>>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>>> that one. :-D
>>>
>>> --
>>> Travis
>>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>>> :wq!
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:11:28 -0500, Mike Romain
><romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
>>Hope you ran out and bought a lottery ticket while you still have the
>>whole damn horse up your butt, forget just the horseshoes up there...
>>
>>The last guy I know that tried to stop his vehicle with his leg ended up
>>with his thigh bone sticking out near his ribs and minus one hip.
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>Thanks for your support, jerk. I said it probably wasn't a good idea.
>It was a spur-of-the-minute thing, and frankly if you don't like it
>then you can KISS MY ***. Clear enough for you?
Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
head's already there...
>
>
>>
>>travis wrote:
>>>
>>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>>> that one. :-D
>>>
>>> --
>>> Travis
>>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>>> :wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 21:54:25 GMT, bllsht <nospam@invaliddot.net>
shared the following:
>Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
>head's already there...
I appologized after making an *** out of myself when I misinterpreted
his post.
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
shared the following:
>Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
>head's already there...
I appologized after making an *** out of myself when I misinterpreted
his post.
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 21:54:25 GMT, bllsht <nospam@invaliddot.net>
shared the following:
>Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
>head's already there...
I appologized after making an *** out of myself when I misinterpreted
his post.
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
shared the following:
>Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
>head's already there...
I appologized after making an *** out of myself when I misinterpreted
his post.
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 21:54:25 GMT, bllsht <nospam@invaliddot.net>
shared the following:
>Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
>head's already there...
I appologized after making an *** out of myself when I misinterpreted
his post.
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
shared the following:
>Take it easy man, we all know there's no room for a horse in your *** while your
>head's already there...
I appologized after making an *** out of myself when I misinterpreted
his post.
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Don't worry about Bill, he never believes anyone.
n.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:l6e8qvo79phd0c9din23bgt1f2kdhoeo1d@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 14:36:45 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
> <----------@***.net> shared the following:
>
> >Hi Sandman,
> > Agreed. It is a natural, instinctive thing to do, and it hard to
> >refrain from doing, but virtually everyone that has, has wound up with a
> >bone stick out as in compound fracture. Think about it, there is no way
> >you may touch the ground on the down hill side, until well after the
> >fact.
>
> What do you mean there is no way you can touch the ground on the
> downhill side? I have a witness. It happened exactly the way I
> described it. That Jeep was going, OVER. It was tilting a LOT when I
> put my feet to the ground, but I did put my feet on the ground while
> still strapped into my seatbelt. It was scary as hell. I ain't
> makin' this up.
>
> >I believe Travis' slow motion memory is exaggerating a bit.
>
> Sorry, but it's not exaggerating at all... Proof:
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/temp/ohcrap.jpg
> See the ruts and how my tires were in them and high center? It's very
> obvious that my feet could hit the ground in that picture. Look at
> the passenger front fender. That's my friend David holding down that
> side to keep the Jeep from rolling over. Hey, you can even see where
> my feet were when I was still strapped in. See the gouges in the dirt
> next to the driver's seat? Hell, that picture makes it look like a
> Sunday drive. The angles never show up well on film. When you drive
> like I do, there's no need to exaggerate. Werd. To yer *****. ;-)
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
n.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:l6e8qvo79phd0c9din23bgt1f2kdhoeo1d@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 14:36:45 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
> <----------@***.net> shared the following:
>
> >Hi Sandman,
> > Agreed. It is a natural, instinctive thing to do, and it hard to
> >refrain from doing, but virtually everyone that has, has wound up with a
> >bone stick out as in compound fracture. Think about it, there is no way
> >you may touch the ground on the down hill side, until well after the
> >fact.
>
> What do you mean there is no way you can touch the ground on the
> downhill side? I have a witness. It happened exactly the way I
> described it. That Jeep was going, OVER. It was tilting a LOT when I
> put my feet to the ground, but I did put my feet on the ground while
> still strapped into my seatbelt. It was scary as hell. I ain't
> makin' this up.
>
> >I believe Travis' slow motion memory is exaggerating a bit.
>
> Sorry, but it's not exaggerating at all... Proof:
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/temp/ohcrap.jpg
> See the ruts and how my tires were in them and high center? It's very
> obvious that my feet could hit the ground in that picture. Look at
> the passenger front fender. That's my friend David holding down that
> side to keep the Jeep from rolling over. Hey, you can even see where
> my feet were when I was still strapped in. See the gouges in the dirt
> next to the driver's seat? Hell, that picture makes it look like a
> Sunday drive. The angles never show up well on film. When you drive
> like I do, there's no need to exaggerate. Werd. To yer *****. ;-)
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Don't worry about Bill, he never believes anyone.
n.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:l6e8qvo79phd0c9din23bgt1f2kdhoeo1d@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 14:36:45 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
> <----------@***.net> shared the following:
>
> >Hi Sandman,
> > Agreed. It is a natural, instinctive thing to do, and it hard to
> >refrain from doing, but virtually everyone that has, has wound up with a
> >bone stick out as in compound fracture. Think about it, there is no way
> >you may touch the ground on the down hill side, until well after the
> >fact.
>
> What do you mean there is no way you can touch the ground on the
> downhill side? I have a witness. It happened exactly the way I
> described it. That Jeep was going, OVER. It was tilting a LOT when I
> put my feet to the ground, but I did put my feet on the ground while
> still strapped into my seatbelt. It was scary as hell. I ain't
> makin' this up.
>
> >I believe Travis' slow motion memory is exaggerating a bit.
>
> Sorry, but it's not exaggerating at all... Proof:
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/temp/ohcrap.jpg
> See the ruts and how my tires were in them and high center? It's very
> obvious that my feet could hit the ground in that picture. Look at
> the passenger front fender. That's my friend David holding down that
> side to keep the Jeep from rolling over. Hey, you can even see where
> my feet were when I was still strapped in. See the gouges in the dirt
> next to the driver's seat? Hell, that picture makes it look like a
> Sunday drive. The angles never show up well on film. When you drive
> like I do, there's no need to exaggerate. Werd. To yer *****. ;-)
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
n.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:l6e8qvo79phd0c9din23bgt1f2kdhoeo1d@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 14:36:45 -0800, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
> <----------@***.net> shared the following:
>
> >Hi Sandman,
> > Agreed. It is a natural, instinctive thing to do, and it hard to
> >refrain from doing, but virtually everyone that has, has wound up with a
> >bone stick out as in compound fracture. Think about it, there is no way
> >you may touch the ground on the down hill side, until well after the
> >fact.
>
> What do you mean there is no way you can touch the ground on the
> downhill side? I have a witness. It happened exactly the way I
> described it. That Jeep was going, OVER. It was tilting a LOT when I
> put my feet to the ground, but I did put my feet on the ground while
> still strapped into my seatbelt. It was scary as hell. I ain't
> makin' this up.
>
> >I believe Travis' slow motion memory is exaggerating a bit.
>
> Sorry, but it's not exaggerating at all... Proof:
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/temp/ohcrap.jpg
> See the ruts and how my tires were in them and high center? It's very
> obvious that my feet could hit the ground in that picture. Look at
> the passenger front fender. That's my friend David holding down that
> side to keep the Jeep from rolling over. Hey, you can even see where
> my feet were when I was still strapped in. See the gouges in the dirt
> next to the driver's seat? Hell, that picture makes it look like a
> Sunday drive. The angles never show up well on film. When you drive
> like I do, there's no need to exaggerate. Werd. To yer *****. ;-)
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!