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Posted by Jerry in Idaho on Monday, December 01, 2008 at 23:06:36 :
In Reply to: Anorone need a Brownie 5831 OD? posted by Kaegi on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 13:02:22 :
I did a little search and ran across this little story. It's pretty funny. Thought I would share it. JH
f I live to be 100 I will never foget the Friday night we were coming home from a roping tournement and came upon an old Chevy that was parked sideways on the two lane road. Louis down shifted about ten times and when we were almost stopped four or five guys jumped in the back of the truck. I guess they were going to hijack us and the horse trailer.
What the hijackers didn't know was the Louis's dog was in the back of the truck. Jabbo was a 120 lb. German Sheppard who actually owned the truck and let Louis drive it when ever Jabbo wanted to go some place. Everyone whoever knew Louis, knew that Jabbo was in the back of the truck and unless you wanted to loose an arm, stay away from Jabbo's truck
As I said before we were almost stopped when the guys jumped in the back of the truck. Jabbo was sleeping for a second. Louis got a big grin on his face hit the gas and started shifting gears. Jabbo was having a field day; Louis and I were laughing our asses off. Louis had just shifted into Hi Hi when the last guy jumped out of the back of the truck.
Louis was just an old guy from Oklahoma who had grown up on a farm with very little formal education, but he was a real craftsman who just knew how to make things work.