Duststorm
03-16-2006, 07:29 AM
This isn't a shooting story but you fellows will get a hoot out of it.
I went fishing for a while yesterday here on Pickwick Lake. Beautiful day. Caught a few fish and enjoyed the sunshine. Went back to the ramp to load-up. Parked the Scout and trailer on the ramp and drove the boat onto the trailer.
At this point I noted that my classic 1964 Scout was rolling into the river. The parking brake had poped loose. Ran foward in the boat and attempted to jump from bow to bed of scout. Missed, ------ fell on left side onto the trailer tung. Saved scout and drove it out of the river. It made it about seat deep when I was able to stop the roll. Retrieved the boat from helpfull angler and loaded it on the trailer. AGAIN.Successfully this time.
X-rays reveal one cracked rib and muck swelling and bruising. Lost cell phone in river and soaked hearing aid. (the hearing started working again after drying for a while)
The folks fishing around the harbor must have had a great show watching all this. Wish I had it on video. Go ahead and laugh, it's funny. Ha Ha, ouch.
A post script to this , Avoid posting to forrum while under the influence of Percocett. I replied to a post in the gunsmith section from jb12string and totaly botched it. The warning on the bottle says no driving or operating equipment. Need to add this one also.
I went fishing for a while yesterday here on Pickwick Lake. Beautiful day. Caught a few fish and enjoyed the sunshine. Went back to the ramp to load-up. Parked the Scout and trailer on the ramp and drove the boat onto the trailer.
At this point I noted that my classic 1964 Scout was rolling into the river. The parking brake had poped loose. Ran foward in the boat and attempted to jump from bow to bed of scout. Missed, ------ fell on left side onto the trailer tung. Saved scout and drove it out of the river. It made it about seat deep when I was able to stop the roll. Retrieved the boat from helpfull angler and loaded it on the trailer. AGAIN.Successfully this time.
X-rays reveal one cracked rib and muck swelling and bruising. Lost cell phone in river and soaked hearing aid. (the hearing started working again after drying for a while)
The folks fishing around the harbor must have had a great show watching all this. Wish I had it on video. Go ahead and laugh, it's funny. Ha Ha, ouch.
A post script to this , Avoid posting to forrum while under the influence of Percocett. I replied to a post in the gunsmith section from jb12string and totaly botched it. The warning on the bottle says no driving or operating equipment. Need to add this one also.