Another Bonehead Manouever!!

[BobsYourUncle]

Ahhh gee, sometimes I wonder about me.......:S :h

So I get in my truck this morning to head to work. Away I go, pull out into traffic, drive a few blocks and see something flapping in my passenger side mirror.

What the???? I looks like.... a 40 foot extension cord dragging down the road behind my truck.

Yup! drove away without unplugging my block heater!

What a dummy. I stopped at a red light, quickly got out, opened my hood, pulled the cord out and gathered it up and threw it in beside me and drove away.

Sigh!! Still shaking my head!

I examined the cord this evening. Aside from a little road rash on the plug, the thing was perfectly intact!! I can't believe I never ran over it with my dually wheels. 40 feet man! And I didn't run it over.

What is my next performance going to hold?

[bumpus4]

You have made my day uh or hr or min but I did the same thing but in my super c.
Getting ready to take it to the dealer for warranty work I jumped in upped all jacks after my pre-flight checks Drove out my 300 ft gravel driveway -- no neighbors-- no cars. Turned rt on country road for 2&1/2 mile seeing no cars and no one out and about. Turned left on main state road still no one out and about and no cars in either direction.

On a slight right hand curve I saw the large ($300) RAT TAIL cord and the, I think, Large Progressive ($400) elec thingy trailing alone.
Still no cars from either directions and no one out and about. I then turned into a 1/2 moon shaped turn around and rolled up my ruined cord and ruined elec. thingy. NO ONE SAW ME so what cord and what thingy are we talking about? LOL.

I bought the new cord at the dealer and after I arrived back home I contacted the Manf of the elec thingy to order another. I really don't remember but I think it was PROGRESSIVE out of Florida.

Told them what happened and that I needed to order another. They said they would replaced my elec protector AT NO CHARGE. They did just that. Now that is customer service with a crown on top.

I have not confessed up to this to anyone so let's keep it a secret and not tell any one. LOL:

[tahiti16]

traveylin wrote:
Whats a block heater??

pops

Exactly my thoughts I see no reason to stay where either me or my vehicle needs to be plugged in at night! :B

Although with the crazy weather recently might have to start hanging out in Ensenada for the winter! 😞

[BobsYourUncle]

BigRabbitMan wrote:

Ric Flair wrote:
Your first bonehead maneuver was choosing to live somewhere where you need a block heater

He DOESN'T live there, he is only there temporarily for work. That is part of the problem as where he actually lives, a block heater is not needed nor used. So he is not used to using one.

Yeah bingo there!!

It has been decades since I have needed a block heater!!

So I just don't think about it. I have remote start on my truck, so from the comfort of a toasty warm bed, I can start the truck to warm it up!

So used to just getting in and going that I never think about unplugging the thing. Heck, half the time I don't think about plugging it in either....

But the weather here has changed now and we are well above freezing.

All is well!

[BigRabbitMan]

Ric Flair wrote:
Your first bonehead maneuver was choosing to live somewhere where you need a block heater

He DOESN'T live there, he is only there temporarily for work. That is part of the problem as where he actually lives, a block heater is not needed nor used. So he is not used to using one.

[Ric_Flair]

Your first bonehead maneuver was choosing to live somewhere where you need a block heater

[Jim_Shoe]

I haven't done that, but as I age, I've found that I have to sing "Happy Birthday" to myself to remember my own name sometimes. So for the RV, I bought a Brother P-Touch label maker. It prints whatever you type on the keyboard onto adhesive-backed 1/2" white tape. Then I just peel off the backing. I stuck each thing I had to check before driving away, on a spring loaded clothes pin and keep them in the console. As I hook up, I attach the proper clothes pin to the sun visor. When I unhook, I put the clothes pin back in the console. If there's still a clothes pin on the visor when I'm ready to go, then I'm not ready to go. At most, it takes a couple of extra minutes, and I'm not dragging something behind me (other than the toad). Clothes pin for that, too.

[Impkitti]

n7bsn wrote:
The DW says "You had a 25 year old body, look what you did to it"

(her favorite saying is "you are not 25 any more")

Actually, the quote is: "not only are you are not 25 anymore, you aren't 55 anymore!"

😛

[n7bsn]

The DW says "You had a 25 year old body, look what you did to it"

(her favorite saying is "you are not 25 any more")

[Jayco25E]

workhardplayharder wrote:
1.Pulled away with TT once with it still plugged in. At least I saw it before I left the driveway and didn't get all the way to destination with no cord.
2. Unhooked TT and drove to friends house about a mile away. On the return trip- SCORE I found a set of leveling bars in the road and coincidentally were the same brand and model as mine. Imagine that some bonehead forgot to remove them from his hitch. Good thing I found them because mine were missing when I got home.

:B LOL

[Gene_Ginny]

BobsYourUncle wrote:
... You all know Arther don't you? ...

Yes, with me all the time. His last name is Itis. 😉

Be carefull Bob, throw some sawdust on that ice.

[Caveman_Charlie]

Golly, take it easy. We don't want you to get hurt. What would we do for entertainment.;) Make yourself a shopping list and add some ice melt, and sand , to the list. There are more icy days coming yet this year.

[noteven]

Bob - that's how we tell yer from Bee Cee - us 'sperienced flatlanders usually do the feet out front to shoulder high flat on back method...

[SWD]

Again????? Oh Bob thats now becoming slapstick!

[BobsYourUncle]

Geez, whats with me, went out again to look at the tanks.
Stepped on the same piece of ice.
Bam, really went down this time. Hit my nose on the ice - ouch! My chest hit the ice hard, ouch!
down I am on the ground, spreadeagled laying in an ice puddle!!

I get up crawl back inside my TT. Ack!!
OUCH!

Wish Ii was 25 again.