Date:         Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:31:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Rick Sherrod <rick@TEUTONIX.COM>
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From:         Rick Sherrod <rick@TEUTONIX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
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What would I have done in your situation?  Well, since it was a TriStar, I
would have told the kids to get home as soon as they could find a ride
(can't let kids in the TriStar when they could have been contaminated with
ice cream), and I would have removed the bull bar right away.  I would
chemically strip the bull bar to remove any trace of old powder coat or
chrome, and refinish it immediately.  Then I would reinstall the bar and
park the pickup in my garage within a ring of velvet ropes.  But then again,
I've always dreamed of owning a TriStar.

I treat my '79 Rabbit Diesel like that in preparation for my future TriStar.

Aw, shoot!  It's not Friday anymore!  In that case I'd just unload my
paintball gun on his Dodge as he drove off.

Rick Sherrod in Macon




> Today I took the kids to the DQ to have some ice cream.  Outside I can see
> my TriStar as clear as day.  It is parallel parked, slight rain / drizzle,
a
> few degrees above freezing, typical late winter day for Quesnel.  Then I
see
> a fellow, mid to late 40s, step into the Dodge Caravan that is parked in
> front of my TriStar.  He starts the van, backs up and wump!  My TriStar is
> now bouncing up and down.  I immediately get up and out of the DQ and
start
> walking as towards my truck and the fellow starts driving away.  No damage
> to the TriStar as he hit the front bull bar square on... but he just took
> off like nothing happened - he didn't stop, he didn't care.  I could have
> ran after him and easily caught up to him in the very slow down town
traffic
> (all four way stops) but I didn't.  Besides, what would I do with him once
I
> stopped him... bad situation these days.
>
> What would you have done in my situation?
>
> David Marshall
>
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