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Re: The continuing saga of #525

2011-01-27 by lsf5275@aol.com

Yesterday was hell.
 
I have a friend who lets me use his spray booth and helps me paint when I  
he has time. We finished repainting the cabinet yesterday and I wanted to 
get it  home before the snow storm arrived. I left Manassas at 3:30 PM for a 
12 mile  drive. I got home at 11 PM. I have a huge 4 wheel drive truck, and I 
was able to  take unplowed back roads for part of the journey, but I pulled 
over 3 miles from  my house to help someone who had slid off the road. I 
got stuck in two feet of  mud so soft and thick it was like concrete. I had to 
walk home to get a couple  of shovels and walk back. The snow by the time I 
got back was 8 inches deep. No  luck in digging it out. Finally at 11 PM 
three guys in three trucks with chains  came along. It took all three of them 
to pull me loose. I wasn't leaving my  truck or that cabinet on the side of 
the road.
 
When I finally got home, we had no power... all night.
 
For those of you who can see them, here are some photos. I'll put up  a 
summary on the group page when it's done. 
 
The cabinet had the right side busted out and holes drilled all over it.  
The rear frame mount was warped and falling off.

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