The Good Samaritan,
Coming home from a softball game one night, spotted 2 damsels in distress, on the side of road,
hood up, steam rising up. Hey, pull over there and lets give them a hand. Your car looks
hot,you probably just need some water. Not a big deal, slowly turn the radiator cap, tilting
slightly to relieve the pressure, until the cap is loose. Lift up the cap, nothing happens, Wow,
your radiator must be completely empty, I've never seen one do that before.
Now, remember the part about just leaving the ballfield? I am wearing a pair of shorts, cleats,
shirtless, radiator cap in hand, slightly turned talking to girls, and the radiator blows out, covers me
from neck to waistline, right down my chest..Oh sh__!, are you alright?,
I take my shirt from the front seat and head for the ice chest, dunk the shirt, put in on, dries out almost
instantly, repeat again and again. Yes, yes I'm fine, barely got me, lets go ahead and fill your radiator, so you
can get on your way. Pull the Prestone jug full of water from back of truck, fill radiator, exchange phone numbers and
leave. Still dunking and wearing tshirt again and again. Man, you OK? Nope, take me home.
Wake up nice neighbor lady, RN nurse, You need to go to hospital, No, No, I'll be fine. Gave me a few painkillers, some salve
and went home, turned window unit on to Hi cool, laid down and started the shakes till the pain killers kicked in. Woke up a few
hours later, called in sick, put on more salve, laid back down. Neighbor lady checks on me next day, She says, usually these kind of
burns are hard to treat because the antifreeze/coolant won't wash off and makes the burned area even worse. Aftermath,
the ice cold water from the tshirt, re-applied many times, helped to wash off the anti-freeze and the salve moistened the skin. I came away
with no scarring except for about a dime sized spot on my chest..
Thank goodness for the Good Samaritan, My RN neighbor lady.
-Weekender
a cool one
