To: Malcolm Thomas who wrote (53069 ) 11/1/1998 6:53:00 PM From: Just My Opinion Respond to of 55532
I copied this from another board. I thought it was pretty funny. Dear Mom, Don't worry about us. We're fine Posted by STOK2 on November 01, 1998 at 15:02:32: >Dear Mom, > >Our scout master told us all write to our parents in case you saw the >flood >on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleeping bags >got >washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on >the >mountain looking for Chad when it happened. Oh yes, please call Chad's >mother and tell her he is OK. He can't write because of the cast. I >got >to ride in one of the search & rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never >would >have found him in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning. > >Scoutmaster Webb got mad at Chad for going on a hike alone without >telling >anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but it was during the fire so he >probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put gas on a fire, the >gas can will blow up? The wet wood still didn't burn, but one of our >tents >did. Also some of our clothes. John is going to look weird until his >hair >grows back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Webb gets the car >fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked OK when >we >left. Scoutmaster Webb said that a car that old you have to expect >something >to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance on it. We think >it's a neat car. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if it's hot, >sometimes he lets us ride on the tailgate. IT gets pretty hot with 10 >people in a car. He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the >highway patrolman stopped and talked to us. > >Scoutmaster Webb is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver. In >fact, >he is teaching Terry how to drive. But he only lets him drive on the >mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. All we ever see up there >are >logging trucks. This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks >and >swimming out in the lake. Scoutmaster Webb wouldn't let me because I >can't >swim and Chad was afraid he would sink because of his cast, so he let us >take the canoe across the lake. It was great. You can still see some of >the trees under the water from the flood. Scoutmaster Webb isn't crabby >like some scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about the life jackets. >He >has to spend a lot of time working on the car so we are trying not to >cause >him any trouble. Guess what? We have all passed our first aid merit >badges. When Dave dove in the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a >tourniquet works. Also Wade and I threw up. Scoutmaster Webb said it >probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken, he said they >got >sick that way with the food they ate in prison. I'm so glad he got out >and >become our scoutmaster. He said he sure figured out how to get things >done >better while he was doing his time. I have to go now. We are going >into >town to mail our letters and buy bullets. > >Don't worry about anything. We are fine. > >Love, >Cole >P.S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?