Thread Number: 8779
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Post# 164779   11/3/2006 at 08:00 (6,355 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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I got an emergency call from Craters and Freighters that they were swooping in today to pick up Greg's 1938 MYSTERY WASHER. Which I have been storing for him since God was a baby. So I had to go to Corporate and tell them I needed the afternoon off to move washing machines! OY the boss was furious but I said shove it. Off I go to load up this beast, I barely got it up on the truck with the Escalera it is sooooo damn heavy. And that is with the tub removed as well!! Then I hiked the 90 pound YES 90 pound tub up on the tailgate and tied it all down with Nylon. Off I go home the 15 miles down Rte 1. I get to Melrose and people are blowing horns ---pushy idiots! I get up my steep hill into my driveway and when I get out of the truck my JAW just about hit the ground: This is what I found: |
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Post# 164780 , Reply# 1   11/3/2006 at 08:01 (6,355 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 164785 , Reply# 2   11/3/2006 at 08:22 (6,355 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 164792 , Reply# 3   11/3/2006 at 08:37 (6,355 days old) by gregm ()   |   | |
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HENCE THE BLOWING HORNS ! ! ! ! ! ! |
Post# 164804 , Reply# 4   11/3/2006 at 08:53 (6,355 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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What is it with Massachussetts people SO impatient? What they expect you to do? Whip around the corners at 90mph? I got and heard alot of that commuting to Boston for the short time I was there. Sheesh! |
Post# 164813 , Reply# 5   11/3/2006 at 09:28 (6,355 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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"Its An Emergency!!!!WE Need Help!!!Mysterious Device Seen Hanging Off the Back of Silver Dodge Carrier... Driver Refuses to Stop...Honking Horns Everywhere,,,People Diving For Cover....It Hasnt Gone off ...YET!!!! We Cannot Tell You What It Is , Only That The Driver was seen Wearing A Very Big Stetson, With His Cute Pal Hangin Out The Window, Stickin Two Fingers Up To Anyone Who Came Near... DO NOT Apprehend...I REPEAT...Do Not Apprehend....Armed & Dangerous!!! |
Post# 164816 , Reply# 6   11/3/2006 at 09:35 (6,355 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 164820 , Reply# 7   11/3/2006 at 09:42 (6,355 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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You have got to be joking? The truck won't go if the tailgate is down? Who built the truck? Maytag? (ducks and runs) |
Post# 164821 , Reply# 8   11/3/2006 at 09:47 (6,355 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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ROFL! All thats needed is a rubber spatula to keep the switch tripped while the gate is open! |
Post# 164822 , Reply# 9   11/3/2006 at 09:49 (6,355 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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Yeah really, he must be pulling our leg on that one. |
Post# 164825 , Reply# 10   11/3/2006 at 09:50 (6,355 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 164838 , Reply# 11   11/3/2006 at 10:13 (6,355 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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Man, just one bounce and that thing would have taken out somebody's front end! You were soooooo lucky! I would have had my jaw on the ground as well! |
Post# 164843 , Reply# 12   11/3/2006 at 10:31 (6,355 days old) by washertalk ()   |   | |
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Lucky you. I 'gotts to' avoid route 1. lol put a coat of paint on that thing, it will make a great driveway planter. |
Post# 164853 , Reply# 13   11/3/2006 at 11:13 (6,355 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 164854 , Reply# 14   11/3/2006 at 11:15 (6,355 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 164857 , Reply# 15   11/3/2006 at 11:21 (6,355 days old) by lesto (Atlanta)   |   | |
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Greg, you are such a tease! As Kay Thompson sings in the musical "Funny Face", Think PINK! |
Post# 164878 , Reply# 16   11/3/2006 at 12:04 (6,355 days old) by retromom ()   |   | |
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Are you sure that wasn't a "bouncing basket"? ;-) Glad everyone made it unscathed!! Greg....I saw what you did and I know what it is!! As the GoGo's would say, "Our Lips are Sealed". |
Post# 164882 , Reply# 17   11/3/2006 at 12:14 (6,355 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 165007 , Reply# 18   11/3/2006 at 22:12 (6,355 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 165042 , Reply# 19   11/4/2006 at 03:55 (6,354 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 165061 , Reply# 20   11/4/2006 at 08:23 (6,354 days old) by blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Good thing it wasn't one of the "newer" Blackstone stainless tubs. They weigh "only" 70 lbs, and might have bounced off the tailgate. My brother and I had a tough time getting this washer out of my cellar, and that was up 4 stairs. I can't imagine how these Blackstones were sold to people living in a 4th floor apartment. |
Post# 165062 , Reply# 21   11/4/2006 at 08:40 (6,354 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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I forgot you would be reading this,I am so embarassed! It was lucky it was the heavy tub. Louis, there were two washers already in the bed. A 1938 mystery machine going to Greg and a 1949 Frigidaire going to Greg. SO there was no room at the inn and I had to use the tailgate. Next time I'll bolt it down! They were heavy machines, the Blackstone barely made it up there with me and the Escalera pulling full tilt. |
Post# 165067 , Reply# 22   11/4/2006 at 08:52 (6,354 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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