From Oz. Stupidity really is universal ...... A woman ran over an innerspring mattress on the highway, and decided not to worry -- and kept on driving. It caught on the undercarriage etc of her Holden. The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to tear a hole in the fuel tank. The subsequent lack of fuel is what finally brought her vehicle to its knees. She had managed to drive 50 kms, with a 25kg tangle of “stuff” wrapped around her drive shaft. She had it towed to her Holden dealership, and complained that the vehicle had a 'sort of a noise' when she was driving at high speeds. Below are the photos of what they found at her Holden Dealership.................... The last photo is by far the best. "Sort of a noise" -- I'll bet it did! They're still wondering how and where to start ....
You don’t need to go as far as Oz. I vividly remember a camouflage net dropping off the cab of an AEC Mk I truck (known to aficionados as a ‘Knocker’). They were 6 wheelers. Well the net hit the prop shaft and everything locked up and the vehicle smoked to a halt. Imagine a green beehive the size of two pallets. We left the driver to cut it off with a knife and a few sharp words about insecure loads....... before coming back to help and wipe away his tears.
Looked out my window and saw this new kind of bird. Think it’s a Hard Headed Nutcracker. Gonna keep watching ‘til the chicks fledge. Ken.
