“Well let me tell you about that, but first have another beer.” he said. “You ever listen to the CBC?”
“Of course.”
“Well one day they had on this program where this guy was talking about belt sander racing. I didn’t catch all of it ‘cause I was working on the truck at the time, but these guys would race belt sanders for fun.”
I’d heard of belt sander racing, but couldn’t quite figure where this was going.
“So I was out here one day and came across that 4-inch sander over there” he said. “Well it works pretty good, so I thought I’d give it a try. I cleared a path from here to the door, put on a course sanding belt, duct-taped the trigger closed, sat on it, and plugged ‘er in.”
“You sat on it? You’re not supposed to ride the thing!”
“Yeah, so I found out. Keerist, did it ever take off! Damn good thing the cord was only 6 feet long because even after it pulled out of the wall I was still going like hell when I hit the garage door.”
Now I’m laughing. Hard. Beer coming out the nose hard.
“Yup. Those two lower dents are my knees. The top one is my forehead. And an $800 door too.
“Didn’t try that again.”
Funny...one day I need to try this ride...I'll be sure to wear a helmet though
ReplyDeleteYeah. And open the garage door!
ReplyDeleteI'd leave it open if I had one bud...lol...I'm just a F...country boy living in a shack with a great wide band connection... Hope to meet one of this days... Your blog is certainly fun to read...and I spcially like the prank you pulled off with the fucking sander...It's a miracle you're still alive
ReplyDeleteBaron: For sure, if I ever get out to the coast.
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