The ice was maple-hardwood-floor solid -- about three feet thick.
Except "Magellan" never thought to take a compass (dumb-ass!) so once he lost the horizon, he wandered around as lost as Stevie Wonder in a blizzard white-out. Once, my bad. Twice, you're an idiot. Three times, we will drop bread crumbs from the helicopter and you can race the sea gulls back to shore. Should have become a current day Jonah, but God smiles on certain individuals lacking brains and/or common sense. The fact that I have reached the ripe old, ... umm, MIDDLE AGE ... of 54 is living testimony to this rule. I seem to remember the hoist operator on the last rescue helicopter telling this individual (and I will NOT testify to this under oath, in the finest Bush-administration tradition): "Next time, you can just die, MoFo!" Or, as we say in "my field of work" from time to time, YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID. There were actually some folks who successfully walked from Cape Cod to Nantucket that winter -- a once in several lifetimes experience -- but they went prepared with rucksacks, food, flashlights, and ... du'h! ... a freekin' compass and map. Again, you can't fix stupid. D. On 3/23/07, Craig McCluskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:06:03 -0500 "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shame you guys don't have the American Coast Guard to assist with these > situations. :-) > > In the winter of '80 (I think it was, might have been '79 or '78) we > rescued the SAME GUY THREE TIMES by helicopter because he tried to walk > from Cape Cod to Nantucket over the frozen water. (You non US- or non > right-coast guys consult a map to get the full impact -- you can't fix > stupid.) You're right; how he could expect the 10 miles or so of Nantucket Sound between the sand bars to freeze solid enough to walk on is pretty amazing. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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