I still have a cool camo jumpsuit that my mom made when I was about 1 year old. Both my boys have worn it also.

 

After we ate dinner tonight, I got a call from Cody saying that her car "was running fine and then just shut off for no reason" and she had to coast into the JC Penney's parking lot in Conroe. I aksed her, "Does it have gas in it?", to which she replies, "Well, it had a quarter tank in it yesterday". I tell her to lock the doors, wait in the car and I am on the way. I grab a can of gas that was leftover from the hurricane (generator), jump into Jezebel and head to the I-45 south on ramp near our house. As I am getting onto the feeder, some guy in a slammed, white, Honda Civic whips out from a corner, jumps in front of me, and proceeds to start showing off the massive amount of horsepower that his little Honda could generate. Speeding up and jumping at the car in front of him, and then slowing down and doing it again.

I can see that he's got the fart can exhaust, some gauges on the pillar and I think his display of "horsepower" is funny, so I calmly reach down and switch into my 140 setting and creep up on his rear end. As I am getting close to him I see him looking at me in the rear view and I couldn't hold it in, I laughed out loud and he saw me....game on.

As we go up the on ramp and onto the freeway he speeds up pretty good so I keep up with him. As I am creeping up on him, I see him apply the brakes, yet the road ahead of him was clear....ahhhh, I see, he wants to play. I check my side view and low and behold, the left lane is clear, so I move over and as I do I start to roll into the throttle a little to get up even with him. He sees this and doesn't wait for me and instead lays into his throttle and he starts to pull away. With that I give Jezebel a kick in the side and we're off.

Oh, it was a beautiful sight. Jez quickly closed the gap, got even, and then walked the f away from Honda boy like he was on jack stands. As we rolled by him I looked down to see that his pillar gauges were duct taped to the pillar. Yes, duct taped! Once I got in front of him I looked back in the mirror and I could hardly see him through the smoke (he had his windown down too). The trail of smoke went all the way back up the freeway. It looked like a carpet of coal back there.

So, we continue into Conroe and traffic gets tight. The exit for Penny's is coming up so I move to the right lane and he moves to the left. We are both stuck in pretty good traffic now but he eventually slides up alongside me and he's cool, he gives me the thumbs up and nods to me. I return a wave and take my exit.

Goofy guy that looked like Conan O'Brien with a big head and wearing a brown, Cardigan sweater. Real dweeb, with duct taped gauges.



Put gas in Cody's car and it started right up. Cody thinks I am amazing.

 

Nice kill Scott! Where I come from we call those guys POSERS! Daddy to the rescue! yee haa! lol

 

That avatar made me crack up.

Bwa ha ha ha!

 

When a Dad rescues his daughter, he is, Scott!!

 

I got a rescue daughter story I will share tomorrow if someone reminds me. I think we are selling the puppy I posted today tonight so will be gone for a while.

 

Ok Mark, I do want to hear the daughter story! Good luck Tonight!

 

I only wish they were my puppies. She will not share a nickel with me. I am going to let mine have one more litter I think then I will have my own to sell. There seems to be a high demand for them. Even the Vet wants one out of this litter, so that says a lot for the litter.

 

Scott that story was funny, Jim the story with those added smilies was even funnier.

 

Scott, Funny story. WE have lots of those tards around here.

Anyway, I'm sure you've already tried, but you might take half a day and show Cody everything she needs to know about her car. One of these days she might not have anyone to save her when she forgets to watch the fuel guage...you might be on vacation or something?

Sometimes the knowledge of how to get yourself out of a pickle can be most valuable...even when you do have a great dad who is always there to save you.

 

y'all missed this quote also

 

Yes and? I just happen to have some pretty nice pumpkins.

 

Nice Kill Scott!!

 

Double post

 

Good job on the rescue and the kill, Scott.

Nice pumpkins Lisa.