Thread: I Finally Did It!

gadget ,you are and always will be one of lifes bloody gems!

mind you in reading your wee 4wd bobsleigh(bit early for winter olympics there gadge -maybe next time eh)Im always reminded of my late fathers mantra -if you go down hill 2nd gear,let the motor do the bloody work .
i was reminded in my TF career-year i was promoted to sergeant-coming home from nelson in aV8 landrover with 1/4ton trailer -down the tadmore saddle and RSM who was copilot roaring at me -use your engine to brake
round the bloody corner Sheeeit-
two young bloody upset corp of truck drivers going to nelson to uplift a petrol tanks we'd had at base camp,trundled around the corner and

fuck me rigid a tarpaulin covered a ford laser sheared in two buried up to door vpillars under their front axle.
yup the deceased doing a formula 1 impression and "high" tried braking on a steep slope by unwittingly burying himself (minus head and brain matter)under a bloody jungle green unimog!
local traffic cops comment as he walked back to boss and me in v8 rover"i dealt to him earlier ,but i dont think ill be dealing to HIM again.
my last two trips over the hill -campervans (aka road maggots)every bend uphill or down dale "stomp on the fucking brakes.some even use their lights and indicators FFS"
It quite clearly states
steep grade ..use low gear
lets face it -go over the side on otira or porters pass and an ejector seat or parachute is gonna make SFA difference ,although i suspect the undertaker will smile at the embalmers bill as he tries to reconstruct you from the assorted kilograms of bloody mince in a cadaver bag!