Hey guys. Just thought I would take a second to tell you to have a safe Memorial weekend. If you drink hand someone else the keys. If you go to a weekend race use your judgement if drinking. Save it until after you race.
Most of all watch out for other drunk drivers and have a fun and safe weekend.
Dave

 

I can honestly say from expeirence it is way better to get pulled over sober at a roadblock than when your coming from a party or event and you had a few and think your ok.

About this time a couple years ago, I had such an expeirence.

When me and one of my friends get together trouble always seems to find us. This time we were hooking up for his bachelor party and I was his ride with my newly aquired Vette. I took the designated driver role seriously and bought a twelve pack of Diet Pepsi knowing that the crowd was gonna be a bunch of fun loving Harley guys, making fun of me cause I won't drink with em.

It was a great party, couple of strippers and a bunch of guys trying to get me into the drinks and I politlely refused saying my job was to get the bachelor home.

We were fixing to leave the party and I took my remaining soda's and put them in the trunk. They placed the bachelor in the vette and strapped him in and wanted a burnout, I did what I could for that, and off we went. 5 miles later, low and behold there was the roadblock . They waved the two cars in front of me through and naturally stopped us. I run with my front plate on, so that was not why they were interested, put the window down and they grilled me (this was great fun sober!).

"Where are you going?"

"Its not where we are going" I replied, "its where we been"

"License and registration" "where have you been?"

I put the car in park, slowly took off my seat belt to get my wallet out (cus I am fat LOL), and splained the evening to them.

Asked if I had been drinking I said "of course", I told him I started with a twelve pack and what's left is in the trunk, which I opened for them to view the remaining diet pepsi's.

My buddy decided he wanted to describe the gurl gurl action from the entertainment, and then they handed me my registration and license back and told me to make sure he got home OK.

All the crap I was taking about not drinking that nite was worth it, especially when I pulled away from the road block, with my insurance rates still low, and my Merchant Marine License intact (Holding Marine Licenses are subj to a review based on drunk driving records thanks to Capt Hazelwood and the Exxon Valdez)...

Its a whole lot easier to stay outta trouble, when you can recognize your gonna get in trouble...

Have a Nice Holiday.

Beer

 

Thanks Dave! Same to ya.

 

To think you use "fixing" in Maine!! I thought that was southern.

 

I am on a Drillship 120 NM from New Orleans. Me and my wife have learned and brought "Com'on", "fixin to", "thats right" and numerous other phrases to New England all of which I have learned from our Wayne County MS hands

 

I thought it was "fit'n to"? Anyway, Dave reminds me of the Commander giving us a Safety Brief before the holiday w/e. Yeah. Thanks Dave and be safe yourself.

 

I won’t have to go far; when I drink I’ll be parting, barbecuing on private property on the beach with a bon fire going on. I definitely don’t want to be on the streets with all the amateurs’ partiers running around. BTW. Thanx for the extra solinoid rebuild fuel kit dave.