This might not have been a good idea, but...
#201
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
"D McMorris" <dmcmorris@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Our buddy Bill
> says no one ever jumps on a bumper to save a Jeep.
c'mon now.....thats not quite what he said. bill was referencing once the
jeep has passed the point of no return im sure.
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news:n3ipb.51085$v82.2441437@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> Our buddy Bill
> says no one ever jumps on a bumper to save a Jeep.
c'mon now.....thats not quite what he said. bill was referencing once the
jeep has passed the point of no return im sure.
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http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com
#202
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
"D McMorris" <dmcmorris@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Our buddy Bill
> says no one ever jumps on a bumper to save a Jeep.
c'mon now.....thats not quite what he said. bill was referencing once the
jeep has passed the point of no return im sure.
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com
news:n3ipb.51085$v82.2441437@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> Our buddy Bill
> says no one ever jumps on a bumper to save a Jeep.
c'mon now.....thats not quite what he said. bill was referencing once the
jeep has passed the point of no return im sure.
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
http://UtilityOffRoad.com
#203
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
You were lucky. Really lucky. Mike was right. You may have mis read him.
That "horse up your butt" was your a reference to your extreme good luck
(far more than just some horse shoes could have given you.) He's also right
about the level of injury you might have incurred.
Mike's a good guy. Try not to jump all over him.
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> >travis wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
That "horse up your butt" was your a reference to your extreme good luck
(far more than just some horse shoes could have given you.) He's also right
about the level of injury you might have incurred.
Mike's a good guy. Try not to jump all over him.
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> >travis wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
#204
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
You were lucky. Really lucky. Mike was right. You may have mis read him.
That "horse up your butt" was your a reference to your extreme good luck
(far more than just some horse shoes could have given you.) He's also right
about the level of injury you might have incurred.
Mike's a good guy. Try not to jump all over him.
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> >travis wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
That "horse up your butt" was your a reference to your extreme good luck
(far more than just some horse shoes could have given you.) He's also right
about the level of injury you might have incurred.
Mike's a good guy. Try not to jump all over him.
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4vnaqvcdui77lj8b4rvngsm8vdqfqd6mnf@4ax.com...
> 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.
>
> >travis wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
#205
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
You were lucky. Really lucky. Mike was right. You may have mis read him.
That "horse up your butt" was your a reference to your extreme good luck
(far more than just some horse shoes could have given you.) He's also right
about the level of injury you might have incurred.
Mike's a good guy. Try not to jump all over him.
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4vnaqvcdui77lj8b4rvngsm8vdqfqd6mnf@4ax.com...
> 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.
>
> >travis wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
That "horse up your butt" was your a reference to your extreme good luck
(far more than just some horse shoes could have given you.) He's also right
about the level of injury you might have incurred.
Mike's a good guy. Try not to jump all over him.
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> >travis wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
>
>
> --
> 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...
Unfortunately, that's one of the hazards of purely written conversation.
That's exactly why the "emoticons" were created. :-)
--
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"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"Scooby Don't" <Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:50:54 -0500, travis
> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >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. :-(
>
> Hey no sweat. I don't think any of us can say we haven't taken things
> the wrong way before.
That's exactly why the "emoticons" were created. :-)
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"Scooby Don't" <Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:50:54 -0500, travis
> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >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. :-(
>
> Hey no sweat. I don't think any of us can say we haven't taken things
> the wrong way before.
#207
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Unfortunately, that's one of the hazards of purely written conversation.
That's exactly why the "emoticons" were created. :-)
--
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--
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http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"Scooby Don't" <Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:50:54 -0500, travis
> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >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. :-(
>
> Hey no sweat. I don't think any of us can say we haven't taken things
> the wrong way before.
That's exactly why the "emoticons" were created. :-)
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"Scooby Don't" <Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:50:54 -0500, travis
> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >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. :-(
>
> Hey no sweat. I don't think any of us can say we haven't taken things
> the wrong way before.
#208
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Unfortunately, that's one of the hazards of purely written conversation.
That's exactly why the "emoticons" were created. :-)
--
Jim
--
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http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"Scooby Don't" <Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:50:54 -0500, travis
> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >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. :-(
>
> Hey no sweat. I don't think any of us can say we haven't taken things
> the wrong way before.
That's exactly why the "emoticons" were created. :-)
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"Scooby Don't" <Scooby_do_not@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:50:54 -0500, travis
> <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >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. :-(
>
> Hey no sweat. I don't think any of us can say we haven't taken things
> the wrong way before.
#209
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Hey, ease up, bllsht.
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Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"bllsht" <nospam@invaliddot.net> wrote in message
news:u8vaqvob3puog2p5g2f0grig5lpkhibp09@4ax.com...
> 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!
>
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"bllsht" <nospam@invaliddot.net> wrote in message
news:u8vaqvob3puog2p5g2f0grig5lpkhibp09@4ax.com...
> 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!
>
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Hey, ease up, bllsht.
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"bllsht" <nospam@invaliddot.net> wrote in message
news:u8vaqvob3puog2p5g2f0grig5lpkhibp09@4ax.com...
> 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!
>
--
Jim
--
98 TJ SE
90 SJ GW
http://www.delawareja.com/gallery/JDJeep98
"You can do any job in the world with the wrong tool if you try hard
enough..."
"4x4" in caps is "$X$"
"bllsht" <nospam@invaliddot.net> wrote in message
news:u8vaqvob3puog2p5g2f0grig5lpkhibp09@4ax.com...
> 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!
>