Posted by PJH on May 07, 2020 at 10:15:36 from (50.45.13.127):
In Reply to: Re: Old wives tales? posted by 37 chief on May 06, 2020 at 20:07:41:
37 Chief - I worked one winter on a bridge construction project. They had an ancient welder on a trailer that was powered by a Wisconsin engine. The carpenters welded the piling splices and ran the welder. It would almost but not quite start one cold morning, and the two carpenters cranked until they were wore out, with the foreman making fun of them the whole time. Finally, every man on the job had tried to start it and had failed, with the foreman still running his mouth. He was a strong man, and he was gonna demonstrate how to start that thing. I'll have to admit, he could whip that engine over, and it wanted to run, but not on its own. What we (and he) didn't realize was that he was pulling the crank off of the crankshaft as he cranked, and when it did come off, the crank end flew around and hit him on the chin. He fell like an oak tree and just laid there. We all thought it was the funniest thing we'd ever seen, until it dawned on us that we'd better check his pulse. He was still ticking, so we drug him by the heels over by the fire barrel and he slowly came to. Every morning thereafter, we'd holler up to Bill the foreman to come down and show us how to start that welder.
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