GrandpaKip wrote:
westend wrote:
I left a half can of soda on the kitchen counter. Drove a hundred miles, the last ten on improved gravel. The soda can was still on the counter, it had moved a few inches. My trailer tracks well and doesn't bounce much.
One hunting season, we rolled a single axle onto it's side when we hit ice. Inside were two 100 lb LP tanks, deer stands, our rifles, and food supplies for a week of hunting. Also, a spare battery. I opened the locked door when we got the trailer upright and everything was a tangled mess but nothing broke. The gallon milk jugs were intact, the food was all pretty much OK. We had one syrup bottle break and get some stickieness on the groceries but the battery spun in the air and landed in the kitchen dink, drained some acid into a dixie cup. We repacked and went on our way, feeling pretty **** lucky.
And how many lottery tickets did you buy after?
No lottery stations up there in the bush but, IIRC we went back with a full limit of Whitetails. :B
Another mess story: I worked on oil tankers and on one trip, the Captain asked me to visit the galley and instruct the cook to secure the foodstuffs because we were going to encounter bad weather and a course change. I did as ordered but didn't get the cook to understand completely. As soon as we made the course change, there was 15 gallons of cooking oil, flour, sugar, cereal, vinegar, syrup, etc. in a floating mess on the deck. It happens fast and the cleanup is difficult.