POV Smashes Personal Record
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- Subject: POV Smashes Personal Record
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:09:17 EDT
In April of 96 I purchased a 96 Chevy S-10 with a 4.3 liter 6 cylinder Vortec
engine. In May 96 I bought the truck a K&N air filter so it could breathe.
In December 96 I had a Flowmaster muffler installed so that it could pass
gasses more freely reducing back pressure. My gas mileage improved from
20-21mpg to 24-25mpg with the tailgate down. I drive with the tailgate down.
I caravaned with Joe Mills & Dave,Cindy & Bryan Morrell to Altoona. When we
hit Breezewood we stopped at Dunkin Donuts for munchies, gas and bodily
relief.
Joe was somewhat crowded in the station wagon with 5 children and his pumpkin
so he asked me to carry a blanket to make more room. I rolled the blanket up
and put it behind my headrests obstructing my view of the truck bed. We hit
the turnpike and all was well. Uncle Marv made arrangements with the toll
collectors to not charge us if we brought pumpkins. This was a first class
weigh off! The sign flashed $3.30; I asked, "How much?" The collector said,
"That's a big pumpkin! No charge today!" I pulled up one car behind Dave and
Joe and prepared to take the left up the hill on State Rt 220. As I pulled up
the hill I watched as Dave and Joe pulled into the BP station near the top. I
thought out loud, "We just stopped at Breezewood ; do you really need gas?."
They turned around and went back down the hill in the wrong direction. I
mumbled, "Altoona's the other way !" as I followed blindly. They pulled into
the Hardee's parking lot as I approached. Dave got out of his car and stepped
into the road. As I waited for traffic to clear my eyes focussed on Dave. He
was standing in the left lane of State Rt 220 in front of my pumpkin. My
heart sank. All that work this year smashed in the road!
The pumpkin lost about 1/2 lb of skin and stem due to road rash, but it did
not crack, split, crumble or explode! It weighed 221 lbs!
Truth is stranger than fiction,
Patrick O'Veltman
I'd like to thank Bryan Morrell for spotting the mishap. I would have driven
30 miles to Altoona with no pumpkin.
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