In Wisconsin one summer eve I was out fishing with a friend and the mosquitoes got really bad. Buzzing was so loud we had to shout to be heard. We were catching some nice muskie and so wanted to stick it out, but once the sun went down the onslaught from the "Wisconsin State Bird" was just too awful. We were in a shallow spot but a little far from the the boat landing, decided to flip the boat over and get underneath to escape from the pests. We thought that was pretty clever, but it pissed off the blood suckers, and we could hear them and feel them gathering on the outside of the wooden hull. They started sticking their stingers through the hull to try to get us, my buddy got the hammer out of the tool box and fought back by pounding their stingers over so they couldn't pull them back out. After we'd pounded about 15 or so flat against the hull, the combined lift of those mosquitoes was enough to lift the boat off of us and carry it away. We managed to keep all the fish we'd caught, swam (mostly underwater) to shore and ran to the truck and called it a night. Never did find that boat.
Very respectfully, /s/ Max Dillon '87 300TD 334k miles (Off with the head!) '95 E300 283k miles (daily driving duties) '73 Balboa 20 (High & dry until the head is back on) Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
