RE: [ihc] Mildew, moss, and buckaroos.

["Jim Grammer" <jgrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
>Peter Shubin
>Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:19 PM
>To: ihc@domain.elided
>Subject: RE: [ihc] Mildew, moss, and buckaroos.

>Yes, it is more weather than California is used to this time of year.  I
>covered the Scout Saturday since the top was off.  Rain started Saturday
>night and has not let up since.  Last night the wind blew the cover off the
>Scout and I was greeted this morning by my daughters' cats taking refuge
>from the rain under the bikini top on the front seat.

>There is nothing like having 1/2 inch of rain water on the floor spilling
>over the door seals and the smell of wet cat on a rain soaked cloth seat.

Ain't it the truth! When the sky opened up Sat. afternoon, I had just
started to unload a trailer load of hay in anticipation of the
storms(forecast to begin Sun. at that point). I got the hay covered as a
priority($$), but the wind was blowing so hard that process took about 1/2
hour. By that time the topless SII was looking pretty wet and lonely, so I
pulled it inside. The bikini top mostly saved the seats from soaking, but
the floors were seriously under water(we got .75" in about 1.5 hours). That
prompted the final removal of the cargo mat and padding, which revealed
pretty much exactly as much rust as I expected. In a comical corollary, the
front mat came out after the the last storm of the previous spring, when a
tarp sprung a leak and soaked the front floors.

And yeah, my shop cat prefers the front seats of the Scout as his favorite
bed. His prerogative, I figger ;)

Jim