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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3215656" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Man was that crazy!</p><p>So I am almost late getting to Perry I allow the hour and 5 minutes it takes to get there from Yukon.</p><p>Yea no toll roads for me I am a tight wad.</p><p></p><p>So battery is pretty old in the Corolla and it goes CLICK CLICK when I go to start it. It has been cranking slow for a couple weeks.</p><p>I have my other cars in the back yard but lumber stacked up by the gate so I need to move all that and jump into the 57 chevy.</p><p>Head to the gas station and fill it up.</p><p>I have no idea of the time because I have no cell phone and I do not ever set the clock on the radio I don't know if that old radio has a clock.</p><p>No speedometer No gas gauge.</p><p>I haul butt to Perry finally.</p><p>3.00 gears in the Ford 9" rearend and TH 350 transmission spinning some 29.5" tall mud and snow tires.</p><p>4200 rpm down the highway I get there 2 minutes early.</p><p></p><p>Any way onto the good story.</p><p>I am leaning in the truck window talking with kwaynem in a parking lot off to the side of a gas station.</p><p>This car/suv pulls up and some guy with an odd accent asked me to come over.</p><p></p><p>Him and his family look really dressed up and he stated he ran out of gas or just almost out of gas and had his wallet stolen and does not have any money for gas and pointed at the fuel gauge and sure enough on E ....... He pulled a fat Gold ring off his finger and said he was from Dubai and mined gold there and would give me that ring for gas money!!!</p><p></p><p>He said it is 18 carat gold and handed it to me, I flipped it over and seen the stamp. </p><p>I say what am I going to do with a gold ring. I don't wear any jewelry. I don't need a gold ring. </p><p>He said do you know where Dubai is I said NO is it up north or something.</p><p>NO Not up north.</p><p>I hand his ring back and said I do not want your ring.</p><p>So you say you had your wallet stolen ..Do you have any American credit cards..NO I don't.</p><p></p><p>His wife and family in the suv and they are pleading that it was stolen and do not have any money. I tell the guy show me your pockets.. He said what?</p><p></p><p>His son told his dad he wants to see your pockets..Yea man get out show me your butt and I pat my hind end.</p><p>He steps out of the car I look at his butt and sure enough empty pockets.. nothing in front pockets either.</p><p></p><p>I told him man that sucks and reach into my wallet and hand him $10 he was thankful and went and put gas in the car.</p><p></p><p>When I got back to the truck and told kwaynem he said I don't know how far he will get on $10.</p><p></p><p>Crazy..Obviously I am a fool as I bet that ring weighed at least 1.5 ounces it was a fatty.</p><p>All I could think of on the drive back to Yukon was I wonder if 20 or 30 bucks would have bought it.</p><p>Then got to thinking of MadMax and how precious Gasoline was and water was and this guy having only Gold to trade for something really useful.</p><p>And I turned down his gold.</p><p></p><p>When I had it in my hands I first thought is this real Could it be lead OOH I could melt it down and make a bullet.</p><p>I did not share that thought with kwaynem.</p><p></p><p>His wife was in the back seat with another teen child and his oldest son in the front with him and they all had gold stuff on wife with big gold hoop ear rings and guys with rings and gold necklaces that were thick.</p><p></p><p>Really nice people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3215656, member: 15054"] Man was that crazy! So I am almost late getting to Perry I allow the hour and 5 minutes it takes to get there from Yukon. Yea no toll roads for me I am a tight wad. So battery is pretty old in the Corolla and it goes CLICK CLICK when I go to start it. It has been cranking slow for a couple weeks. I have my other cars in the back yard but lumber stacked up by the gate so I need to move all that and jump into the 57 chevy. Head to the gas station and fill it up. I have no idea of the time because I have no cell phone and I do not ever set the clock on the radio I don't know if that old radio has a clock. No speedometer No gas gauge. I haul butt to Perry finally. 3.00 gears in the Ford 9" rearend and TH 350 transmission spinning some 29.5" tall mud and snow tires. 4200 rpm down the highway I get there 2 minutes early. Any way onto the good story. I am leaning in the truck window talking with kwaynem in a parking lot off to the side of a gas station. This car/suv pulls up and some guy with an odd accent asked me to come over. Him and his family look really dressed up and he stated he ran out of gas or just almost out of gas and had his wallet stolen and does not have any money for gas and pointed at the fuel gauge and sure enough on E ....... He pulled a fat Gold ring off his finger and said he was from Dubai and mined gold there and would give me that ring for gas money!!! He said it is 18 carat gold and handed it to me, I flipped it over and seen the stamp. I say what am I going to do with a gold ring. I don't wear any jewelry. I don't need a gold ring. He said do you know where Dubai is I said NO is it up north or something. NO Not up north. I hand his ring back and said I do not want your ring. So you say you had your wallet stolen ..Do you have any American credit cards..NO I don't. His wife and family in the suv and they are pleading that it was stolen and do not have any money. I tell the guy show me your pockets.. He said what? His son told his dad he wants to see your pockets..Yea man get out show me your butt and I pat my hind end. He steps out of the car I look at his butt and sure enough empty pockets.. nothing in front pockets either. I told him man that sucks and reach into my wallet and hand him $10 he was thankful and went and put gas in the car. When I got back to the truck and told kwaynem he said I don't know how far he will get on $10. Crazy..Obviously I am a fool as I bet that ring weighed at least 1.5 ounces it was a fatty. All I could think of on the drive back to Yukon was I wonder if 20 or 30 bucks would have bought it. Then got to thinking of MadMax and how precious Gasoline was and water was and this guy having only Gold to trade for something really useful. And I turned down his gold. When I had it in my hands I first thought is this real Could it be lead OOH I could melt it down and make a bullet. I did not share that thought with kwaynem. His wife was in the back seat with another teen child and his oldest son in the front with him and they all had gold stuff on wife with big gold hoop ear rings and guys with rings and gold necklaces that were thick. Really nice people. [/QUOTE]
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