Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Nostalgia
I was looking for some old pictures today for something else and came across these ones from a few years ago that still crack me up.
Another typical day at GW here with Emily and somebody else, Julie maybe. I'm up on the ladder.
A few years back I house-sat for about six months out in North Pole. Eventually I moved out but John and I went back to check on the house mid-winter and were absolutely shocked at the scene. Apparently the water pipe upstairs (where the teeny toilet and shower were located) burst and the well pump was still turned on so it merrily pumped water up to the upstairs where it rained down on the lower level for who knows how long. The scene was top notch bizarre when we first opened the door because huge clouds of steam came billowing out and you couldn't see anything in there. Well, managed to turn off the pump and then we left immediately to regroup and eat some food (always good to do when things get crazy). Surveying the damage later this was a classic picture of just how wrong things had gone.
I know this one's out on the website someplace but I've been retelling this story recently so I figured I'd put the picture up again. So, the scene is late in the afternoon some early March. Mike and I are headed to Shaw Creek to do some late in the day sampling and visit our sites. I'm driving (first or second time pulling a trailer) and all of a sudden the back left wheel on the trailer pops off and comes rolling along side of us before hightailing for the edge of the highway. It was straight of the cartoons. I pretty much had my eyes on the trailer the whole way down so I saw the wheel pop off and immediately hit the brakes. So, the wheel saunters up to outside the window. As it turned out this was just the start of the day. We raced down to Delta in the truck and after striking out at one place we got to Napa just as they were closing the doors. Ended up getting some replacement studs for the axle and so, five hours later, continued on for Shaw Creek where we pulled an overnighter working on our stations. Ahhh, memories.
I never heard where this person was going but just loved the setup. Definitely a styling houseboat leaving the harbor in Cordova.
Another typical day at GW here with Emily and somebody else, Julie maybe. I'm up on the ladder.
A few years back I house-sat for about six months out in North Pole. Eventually I moved out but John and I went back to check on the house mid-winter and were absolutely shocked at the scene. Apparently the water pipe upstairs (where the teeny toilet and shower were located) burst and the well pump was still turned on so it merrily pumped water up to the upstairs where it rained down on the lower level for who knows how long. The scene was top notch bizarre when we first opened the door because huge clouds of steam came billowing out and you couldn't see anything in there. Well, managed to turn off the pump and then we left immediately to regroup and eat some food (always good to do when things get crazy). Surveying the damage later this was a classic picture of just how wrong things had gone.
I know this one's out on the website someplace but I've been retelling this story recently so I figured I'd put the picture up again. So, the scene is late in the afternoon some early March. Mike and I are headed to Shaw Creek to do some late in the day sampling and visit our sites. I'm driving (first or second time pulling a trailer) and all of a sudden the back left wheel on the trailer pops off and comes rolling along side of us before hightailing for the edge of the highway. It was straight of the cartoons. I pretty much had my eyes on the trailer the whole way down so I saw the wheel pop off and immediately hit the brakes. So, the wheel saunters up to outside the window. As it turned out this was just the start of the day. We raced down to Delta in the truck and after striking out at one place we got to Napa just as they were closing the doors. Ended up getting some replacement studs for the axle and so, five hours later, continued on for Shaw Creek where we pulled an overnighter working on our stations. Ahhh, memories.
I never heard where this person was going but just loved the setup. Definitely a styling houseboat leaving the harbor in Cordova.
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Wow i heard of frozen assets but this takes the cake, This gives the term icehouse a whole new meaning for ol' Denny. Just an honest observation thats all...
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