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Moon was working on a friend's car. He was under the car, 'running the starter' and told the friend to pour some more gas in the carburetor. Moon is everyone's mechanic who doesnt have any money, it seems. The friend, for a joke, poured gas all over and on Moon. It got on his face and eyes and he shot out from under the car and was yelling. The friend laughed. The next day, Moon was starting his Corvette and it backfired and flames came up out of the carb. Moon told the same friend to put out the flame, so said friend leaned in to blow out the flame. Moon pumped the four barrel carb and a big flame rushed up and singed all the hair off the friend's face. Moon laughed so hard he fell out of the car and bumped his head. He laughs telling the story. He took the friend to the barber to fix his hair and the barber said, "There isn't much hair left to cut." He didn't have any eyebrows left. Moon laughs even harder as he tells the story.
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The Union Activist
Union Activist Written in 2007 The talk of unions in France reminded me of a funny story. When I was in my 20’s I worked for gyppo loggers. I was an independent worker without a union who bounced around from one logger to another as demand for work occurred, kind of like a free-lance worker. […]

Buford – Timberfalling Mentor
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