If it were not for bad luck

[NumbSkull]

I have to tell you, it has not been my week. Yesterday me and the Mrs were off to Minot for brewing supplies among other things. Milt had me stop by Menards for a few things and we did a little Christmas shopping. We got a late start anyway so we were kind of late heading for home. We were about ten miles from town when we popped up over a rise and plowed into a herd of deer on the road. Nobody was hurt but we killed three deer and I am pretty sure totaled the truck. It was after midnight before we got everything took care of and got to bed so I am a little bit tired today. So now I am off to the body shop to find out the damages for sure. I am pretty sure I will be shopping for a different truck which will mean selling off some beans I was holding onto for a better price. Like I said it has not been my week.

The good news is I now have a good stock of brewing supplies. I picked up two sacks each of domestic 2 row and maris otter as well as a variety of specialty grains for the next five recipes we will be brewing. I also got a supply of yeast, a new hydrometer, eight more buckets with lids and enough tubing to make blow off tubes. I got a few other odds and ends but left there with a much lighter wallet. We should be in the brewing business again soon.

Mort

[JMUBrew]

Oh man mort! That's terrible! I hope it's not totaled man. Good luck and rest up.

[Push Eject]

Glad you guys weren't hurt, Numbskull. Any of the deer worth keeping?

Push Eject

[bbrodka]

Now remember, when you turn it in to the insurance company that you don’t say “you hit a deer” tell them “the deer hit you”

Glad you all were not hurt

[Brancid]

I'm sure you stocked the frezer though, right.

[Thirsty Mallard]

Hey, you may have to spend money on the truck... but think of the money you SAVE by making your own beer... silver lining...

[awalker]

Glad to hear you are all ok.

Sorry about your truck.

[NumbSkull]

Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and good words. Thank you also to Milt for coming out to rescue us and help us get everything back home. He hadn’t much more than got home from work and was a little bit grumpy about having to go back out in the cold. I did not want to say anything in fear of disgusting anybody but we did manage to bring home some deer out of the deal. The first deer we hit was a big old buck. He was pretty much hamburger as we drug him quite a ways under the truck. We took out a doe and a young buck as well. I had to finish off the young buck as he was dragging his rear haunches and trying to get away. I’m guessing we’ll end up with 150# of meat out of the two deer. That’s what I get for complaining about not filling my tag this year because we were in Montana.

They are going to total the truck for sure. I thought they would because it is eight years old and has 125,000 miles on it. It still ran real good but there was a lot of front end damage. The body shop guy said this was the most damage he had ever seen done by a deer. It was a big old buck that we hit square on. I bet he went better than 250 pounds. I’d bet on it. The good thing about living in a small town and everybody knowing you is the ease in doing business. We went over to the local dealer and pretty much sealed the deal on a truck with a handshake. It’s a 2004 GMC Canyon crew cab 4 wheel drive. The darn thing has a five cylinder in it. I never heard of such a thing. It has 19250 miles on it and drives like a car. It’s a smaller truck but has a lot more room in the cab than me and the Mrs are used to. They told us up front that it had the top end overhauled some time ago. Something about weak valve springs that was commonplace problem with them. We have a week to decide for sure if we want it. Anybody know anything about these? We’re going to drive the heck out of it for a week to decide.

Mort