watch the whole thing, don't just dismiss it right away cause it sounds crazy.
tell me what you think. if you remember how i got drawn in by that B.S. video about global warming being a myth, maybe you can help me debunk this one too. but for now i'm drawn in.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Thursday, August 9, 2007
it took us two days to hitchhike to saskatoon
name that song.
but seriously, it took us two days to drive from winnipeg to saskatoon, and it involved hitch hiking. so far on tour the van has had some problems on longer road trips, after a while it would just crap out. also, about a month ago we'd had a bunch of trouble with it not wanting to start. to get it going somebody would have to hammer on the starter with a hammer while somebody started it. but these problems had never occured at the same time, and they hadn't happened for at least a month.
well, they chose to come back at the same time on our trip to saskatoon. we made it 3 or so hours out of winnipeg when it stalled the first time. i think we got it going again pretty quick and drove some more, but it soon started stalling every 15 minutes or so. that's also when the starter stopped working too. so every time that happened we sat for a while waiting for old Bertha to recover, and then somebody hauled out the hammer and went underneath the hood to hammer away. it wasn't just a little tap on the right spot to get us going either. you really had to hammer hard on that thing, and it could take a very long time to actually start. the worst part was that it seemed to be taking longer and longer each time we stalled. Finally it just wouldn't start. We couldn't even call for a tow because they couldn't transport 6 of us. In the end a nice lady at the Russell Inn sent the security guy to pick us up and we stayed on cots there in a conference room since they were all booked up. $10 a person, including breakfast. I highly recommend it.
The next day we got it started and headed out for the nearest town with a Canadian Tire. I drove 50 the whole way and we didn't stall once. The garage was closed, but we replaced some parts and thought we had the stalling problem fixed, although the starter would have to wait, since we had a show to get to in saskatoon. But after driving an hour the van stalled again. So Jordan and Fin hitch hiked back to the Canadian Tire to pick up another part. When they caught up with us they were with a really nice couple of ladies who had offered to drive them all the way to saskatoon. Since we needed to fix the van yet, jer and sheree went with them to get to the show on time, while we fixed the van.
End of story, we made it to Saskatoon in time for our second set. Good times.
but seriously, it took us two days to drive from winnipeg to saskatoon, and it involved hitch hiking. so far on tour the van has had some problems on longer road trips, after a while it would just crap out. also, about a month ago we'd had a bunch of trouble with it not wanting to start. to get it going somebody would have to hammer on the starter with a hammer while somebody started it. but these problems had never occured at the same time, and they hadn't happened for at least a month.
well, they chose to come back at the same time on our trip to saskatoon. we made it 3 or so hours out of winnipeg when it stalled the first time. i think we got it going again pretty quick and drove some more, but it soon started stalling every 15 minutes or so. that's also when the starter stopped working too. so every time that happened we sat for a while waiting for old Bertha to recover, and then somebody hauled out the hammer and went underneath the hood to hammer away. it wasn't just a little tap on the right spot to get us going either. you really had to hammer hard on that thing, and it could take a very long time to actually start. the worst part was that it seemed to be taking longer and longer each time we stalled. Finally it just wouldn't start. We couldn't even call for a tow because they couldn't transport 6 of us. In the end a nice lady at the Russell Inn sent the security guy to pick us up and we stayed on cots there in a conference room since they were all booked up. $10 a person, including breakfast. I highly recommend it.
The next day we got it started and headed out for the nearest town with a Canadian Tire. I drove 50 the whole way and we didn't stall once. The garage was closed, but we replaced some parts and thought we had the stalling problem fixed, although the starter would have to wait, since we had a show to get to in saskatoon. But after driving an hour the van stalled again. So Jordan and Fin hitch hiked back to the Canadian Tire to pick up another part. When they caught up with us they were with a really nice couple of ladies who had offered to drive them all the way to saskatoon. Since we needed to fix the van yet, jer and sheree went with them to get to the show on time, while we fixed the van.
End of story, we made it to Saskatoon in time for our second set. Good times.
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