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Recent content by Jimway

  1. Jimway

    Second test drive!!! OUCH!!!

    Have you been able to get the water from on top of the lower unit yet?
  2. Jimway

    Second test drive!!! OUCH!!!

    Greetings. Task your fishing buddy with making a few passes where the incident took place with his latest fishfinder or side scan. The new one's are awesome on the images of the bottom. The lower unit should stand out from the background. We recovered an approximately 3x4 flat engine hatch from...
  3. Jimway

    New member checking in !

    Oooo, I like that.
  4. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    Greetings my friend. Yes, I am still affected or is it effected or maybe infected with work which is a four letter word. You are on the list for an autographed edition of the first in a series collection of short stories. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that the truck is all back amongst the...
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    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    The spare tire under the trailer was held up by a cradle. As I was ducking down as far as possible, I could see all kinds of daylight on the other side of the underneath of that trailer. There was a big flash and I felt like I had been hit by a wild baseball pitch. I don't remember pulling back...
  6. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    I flick the cigarette off to my left at Tommy Lee and smile. I advance the throttle half way. Tommy Lee blips his throttle repeatedly. Rrriiinnggg ding ding goes the Yamaha. I study FMJ with steely eyes, hand at the ready on the lever. FMJ drops her arms. Tommy Lee enjoys a sleight lead as he...
  7. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    So I'm there at the top of Wilbertson Hill first thing in the morning. I pick up FMJ on the way. A few of the neighborhood kids are showing up. I do my best to look intimidating in my aviator glasses with a pack of Lucky Strikes rolled up in my left 'T' shirt short sleeve. Wibertson Hill roadway...
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    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    So as the first week of jail er ah school drew to a close, Friday came along. One of the wonderful things about Friday morning was a little thing known as Show and Tell. I figured that I would drop a bomb on everyone and show up in the Cherry Bomb. Little did I know that the new kid in class...
  9. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    I tell D that "Me throat is dry as toast". The visitors look on somewhat incredulously but silently as she drags a chair over to the liquor cabinet and quick as a wink mixes up a little snort just for me. I gently rub across the gash across the top of the machine. You have to go back a to just...
  10. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    If you Google the 'real life monopoly car' at the Wheels Through Time museum, you can get an idea of what the car looks like. She sits pretty low to the ground. She was hand built by some young fiend with his own three hands. The motive power came from a hay swather (Google a Hesston 110 hay...
  11. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    As much as I would relish the look on the guardians face, I figure D and me will be back before the shoppers return and thereby save me the wrath of Mrs. Jim for taking the kid out on the bike. While we're in transit to Nicks workshop, we make a little potty stop where I call Nick on the cell...
  12. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    You know, I probably look like a pirate standing there in all black with a bandana and all that hair. "Now looky here" I tell her. "You have a name haven't you?" I ask. It comes out something like De- ge- anni. "I'm gonna call ya D until you get your nickname" I tell her. I got a buddy named...
  13. Jimway

    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    As Mrs Jim and her friend drive away, Mrs Jim points her finger at me, frowns, and narrows her eyes. Her gaze nearly burns a hole in my leathers. Thus unburdened of oppressive supervision, I ask the little girl if she likes motorcycles? She turns both her palms out, touches her elbows together...
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    Legend of Wilbertson Hill

    I felt sorry for the little girl. Having a guardian that was completely absentminded and with no sense of responsibility so as to leave the little girl in my care. I figured that the guardian and the Mrs. could use a little lesson in civility too. I had just come home from a couple hundred mile...
  15. Jimway

    RIP RNGRDVE

    I'm stunned and saddened. We shared some fun messages over the years. I would have liked to meet him in person. I figured I had plenty of time to come out to the big rally at Cumberland. I had no idea. I haven't been so active on the forum and missed this news. I've offered up a prayer for his...
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