ENJOY A GOOD LAUGH, READ THE STORY
Whether you're an angler, hunter, boater or are into camping the time is going to come that you will need to depend
on a good source of light. There are a million different flashlights out there and I'm sure of that bunch there are a
couple dozen that are actually pretty good. I'm willing to bet that most of us have had an occurrence when we
would have given a thousand dollars for a good light. Imagine this scenario.
You're stranded out in the middle of a huge lake or perhaps the ocean at night when your motor decides to take a
dump on you. You lift the hatch and sure enough just as you expected you busted a belt, no big deal though
because you always carry a spare (right?) and you always carry plenty of tools to get the job done. In fact, you are
so prepared that if need be you could do a complete overhaul on that motor right there and then. Well, the wind is
kicking up and things are getting a bit choppy so you get right to work. You dig out the spare belt and tools, now
let's see, where did we put that darn flashlight, ah yes, we left it under the seat next to the spare rope. You dig out
the flashlight and hand it to your buddy Bob and ask him to hold it while you get to work.
With wrench in hand you crouch down and see the faint glow of what appears to be Bob striking a match to light a
cigarette. But then you remember Bob doesn't smoke. Your heart sinks and you turn around to see what resembles
to be a beam of light coming from the only flashlight that you have on the boat. Now you wish that Bob did smoke,
at least you would have one more candlepower.
Now is not the time to cry so you work with what you have. You quickly loosen the bolts which keep the belt tight.
I said loosen, not remove! But, I wasn't there to tell you and Bob was too busy wishing he had a smoke so you
went and did it, you completely removed the one bolt that held everything in place; you know, the one that Newton
invented. Okay, not a problem just don't........drop the bolt. You hear that thump, clank, clink as the bolt falls to
the bottom of the bilge beneath the motor. You hear Bob softly whimper.
"Hey Bob, turn that light back on!" You turn around to see that last soft faint glow of precious light slowly
disappear from the flashlight. You don't understand it because you could swear you just replaced those batteries last
season. Well, Bob is mumbling about how he could be at home in bed right now and is no longer of any useful help
so you reach under the motor and franticly search for that bolt. You scream as you burn the side of your arm on the
still hot manifold, Bob screams when he hears you scream, you scream again because you thought Bob was
screaming about something frightening like maybe a huge wave coming over the bow and then Bob screams again
when you hit him with the worthless flashlight for screaming and scaring the hell outta' you.
For the next three hours you scrounge around looking for that damn bolt swearing the entire time that your going to;
A) Buy a dozen flashlights to keep on board just in case this ever happens again
B) Buy a new boat as soon as you get this piece of junk back on dry land
C) Find a new fishing buddy that smokes
The waves are really getting bad now so you have no choice but to issue a Mayday. Thirty minutes later the Coast
Guard comes to the rescue. They toss you a towline and you're now on a safe journey back to the harbor.
When you finally reach the harbor and tie off the boat;
A) The Coast Guard Captain lectures you about being a good little Boy Scout and the importance of being prepared.
B) Bob has dried his tears and is shaking his head in unison with the Coast Guard Captain saying "I told you so" and
"I wasn't scared a bit, I live for this stuff!"
C) You silently remind yourself that Bob is your wifes brother and as much as you'd like to you simply can't
throw him off the dock and into the cold water. The Coast Guard would just rescue him anyway.
So you load the boat back onto the trailer for the long haul back home. The next morning you climb back onto the
boat to fix that belt. The sun is high and bright so you don't need that flashlight now. You lift the hatch to the
motor and there, sitting in a little crevice on top of the motor in plain view just four inches from where you dropped
it is the bolt. Your cell phone rings; it's Bob who lives ten miles away on the other side of town. "Hey" he says,
"Did you just hear that scream?"
Whether you're an angler, hunter, boater or are into camping the time is going to come that you will need to depend
on a good source of light. There are a million different flashlights out there and I'm sure of that bunch there are a
couple dozen that are actually pretty good. I'm willing to bet that most of us have had an occurrence when we
would have given a thousand dollars for a good light. Imagine this scenario.
You're stranded out in the middle of a huge lake or perhaps the ocean at night when your motor decides to take a
dump on you. You lift the hatch and sure enough just as you expected you busted a belt, no big deal though
because you always carry a spare (right?) and you always carry plenty of tools to get the job done. In fact, you are
so prepared that if need be you could do a complete overhaul on that motor right there and then. Well, the wind is
kicking up and things are getting a bit choppy so you get right to work. You dig out the spare belt and tools, now
let's see, where did we put that darn flashlight, ah yes, we left it under the seat next to the spare rope. You dig out
the flashlight and hand it to your buddy Bob and ask him to hold it while you get to work.
With wrench in hand you crouch down and see the faint glow of what appears to be Bob striking a match to light a
cigarette. But then you remember Bob doesn't smoke. Your heart sinks and you turn around to see what resembles
to be a beam of light coming from the only flashlight that you have on the boat. Now you wish that Bob did smoke,
at least you would have one more candlepower.
Now is not the time to cry so you work with what you have. You quickly loosen the bolts which keep the belt tight.
I said loosen, not remove! But, I wasn't there to tell you and Bob was too busy wishing he had a smoke so you
went and did it, you completely removed the one bolt that held everything in place; you know, the one that Newton
invented. Okay, not a problem just don't........drop the bolt. You hear that thump, clank, clink as the bolt falls to
the bottom of the bilge beneath the motor. You hear Bob softly whimper.
"Hey Bob, turn that light back on!" You turn around to see that last soft faint glow of precious light slowly
disappear from the flashlight. You don't understand it because you could swear you just replaced those batteries last
season. Well, Bob is mumbling about how he could be at home in bed right now and is no longer of any useful help
so you reach under the motor and franticly search for that bolt. You scream as you burn the side of your arm on the
still hot manifold, Bob screams when he hears you scream, you scream again because you thought Bob was
screaming about something frightening like maybe a huge wave coming over the bow and then Bob screams again
when you hit him with the worthless flashlight for screaming and scaring the hell outta' you.
For the next three hours you scrounge around looking for that damn bolt swearing the entire time that your going to;
A) Buy a dozen flashlights to keep on board just in case this ever happens again
B) Buy a new boat as soon as you get this piece of junk back on dry land
C) Find a new fishing buddy that smokes
The waves are really getting bad now so you have no choice but to issue a Mayday. Thirty minutes later the Coast
Guard comes to the rescue. They toss you a towline and you're now on a safe journey back to the harbor.
When you finally reach the harbor and tie off the boat;
A) The Coast Guard Captain lectures you about being a good little Boy Scout and the importance of being prepared.
B) Bob has dried his tears and is shaking his head in unison with the Coast Guard Captain saying "I told you so" and
"I wasn't scared a bit, I live for this stuff!"
C) You silently remind yourself that Bob is your wifes brother and as much as you'd like to you simply can't
throw him off the dock and into the cold water. The Coast Guard would just rescue him anyway.
So you load the boat back onto the trailer for the long haul back home. The next morning you climb back onto the
boat to fix that belt. The sun is high and bright so you don't need that flashlight now. You lift the hatch to the
motor and there, sitting in a little crevice on top of the motor in plain view just four inches from where you dropped
it is the bolt. Your cell phone rings; it's Bob who lives ten miles away on the other side of town. "Hey" he says,
"Did you just hear that scream?"
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