First Aid

Today I saw two men trying to pull a Ford Escort convertible up from a small slope where it stood with its front in a pudddle of mud. The owner had got a call from the police who had found his stolen car, and he was about to bring it home. The Volvo they brought to tow it home hadn't much to give in this situation, so I hooked their towing line to our car, locked up first gear low ratio and took my foot of the brake pedal. The V8 started to pull nicely on just ideling. Suddenly there was a bang and their towing line snapped and whipped our spare wheel cover. Fortunately the rope hit the cover, which is a soft one, so no harm done. Unfortunately for him, he has to do some body work on his boot... Since my strong off-road equipment was in a case at home, the Ford owner descided to call the breakdown unit instead. But I drove off, confident and proud of our new strong team member.