Re: [MBZ] Gullible
That winter the Sound was frozen solid for several weeks, they were having to fly heating oil over to the island to keep the winter folk from freezing. The big blizzard was in 78 (THAT was lots of fun!) but I think you are right, the freeze was a year or two later. --R --R LT Don 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.)
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
Back in the early part of 20th century, the Chesapeake Bay would freeze (perhaps almost) completely over. The area between Norfolk and Hampton - about 4 miles wide - and people would build shacks to sell sandwichs and coffee to people walking across. Hasn't done that in a while although 1944/45 was a record cold year. The Battle of the Bulge gave the Germans a advantage for a while - the weather kept our air cover from supporting the ground pounders. Here in Va we still get the ocassional ice storm - last was 95 or 96 IIRC - my Mom & Mother in Law lived with us then and we had to find a place with heat for them. Coated everything with a beautiful coat of ice and then destroyed all the power lines and large % of trees - terrible destruction. Our power was out for 7 days starting on Christmas Eve that year. Fun, fun, fun. Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: "Craig McCluskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gullible 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/730 - Release Date: 3/22/2007 7:44 AM
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
Might have been '77. The late 70s are sort of a SAR blur to me. Get up, go to work, fly for eight hours, go to bed, get up, repair avionics, ... er, repeat for a tour. I know that the entire northeast was one solid block of ice, probably touched Maryland during the process. A co-worker lived at a low cul-de-sac, with stuff thawing one and only one day and then refreezing overnight (and remaining frozen for over a MONTH). His car tires were in a 6" block of ice. Those of us who lived on higher ground gave rodes to the hangar for the folks who lived on lower ground. Those who couldn't get to work stayed home. Those of us who could get to work racked up some serious SAR hours in the aircraft. We sort of put duct tape over the eyes of those who were tracking legal flight hours per day -- a wink wink nod nod situation. On 3/23/07, Chuck Landenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Don, Was that maybe '77? I lived near Annapolis at the time and the entire froze rock solid. Folks were building fires on the ice. There was no Frostbite Sunday series that year. Take care, Chuck On Mar 23, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:57:17 -0500 "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> The ice was maple-hardwood-floor solid -- about three feet thick. > > Must have been really COLD! > > >> There were actually some folks who successfully walked from Cape >> Cod to >> Nantucket that winter -- a once in several lifetimes experience > > I take it it's a rather infrequent experience. > > > 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 ___ 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 -- I'm a man but I can change if I have to ... I guess.
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
Don, Was that maybe '77? I lived near Annapolis at the time and the entire froze rock solid. Folks were building fires on the ice. There was no Frostbite Sunday series that year. Take care, Chuck On Mar 23, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Craig McCluskey wrote: On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:57:17 -0500 "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The ice was maple-hardwood-floor solid -- about three feet thick. Must have been really COLD! There were actually some folks who successfully walked from Cape Cod to Nantucket that winter -- a once in several lifetimes experience I take it it's a rather infrequent experience. 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
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:57:17 -0500 "LT Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ice was maple-hardwood-floor solid -- about three feet thick. Must have been really COLD! > There were actually some folks who successfully walked from Cape Cod to > Nantucket that winter -- a once in several lifetimes experience I take it it's a rather infrequent experience. Craig
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
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 -- I'm a man but I can change if I have to ... I guess.
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
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
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
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.) On 3/23/07, Hendrik Riessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The last person that tried to row to Kiwi got lost and has not been seen since. -- I'm a man but I can change if I have to ... I guess.
Re: [MBZ] Gullible
The last person that tried to row to Kiwi got lost and has not been seen since. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gullible <funny to certain people but I fail to see the wit. Perhaps if they had some canned laughter to go with it. To put it into some perspective Fawlty Towers is funny,.>> Since it's a New Zealand site (I'm sure you noticed that) why don't you row over there and give them a good wigging, then? RLE
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> < funny to certain people but I fail to see the wit. Perhaps if they had some > canned laughter to go with it. To put it into some perspective Fawlty Towers > is > funny,.>> > Since it's a New Zealand site (I'm sure you noticed that) why don't you row over there and give them a good wigging, then? RLE > ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
