Stubborn Drunk Patient Wife

[Jogeephus]

Tonight I pulled up to an automatic ice machine and found a drunk guy trying to buy a bag of ice while his wife sat patiently in the car. I have no idea how long he had been there but I waited and watched him for several minutes balancing himself with his head as he tried to get the dollar bill to feed into the machine. I stood back about 8 feet to give him room but could smell the beer on him from there. After about five minutes I suggested the machine might be empty and told him I could drop some quarters in the slot to check. It was empty so he staggers to his vehicle and his wife carries him to the next ice machine across town with me following.

They miss the turn and I wheel in and purchase a bad of ice and am loading it in my cooler as he stumbles up to the machine. True to form he leans his head against the machine for balance and commences the difficult task of threading the dollar into the machine. I watch him for a few minutes because his stubbornness and tenacity impressed me. After I'd had my fill of entertainment I drove off and noticed his bag was finally being filled showing that he had accomplished this difficult feat. :lol2:

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Never seen a drunk fail to spend a dollar Jo.

 

[hillsdown]

Well if it was a few weeks earlier and a little further north west I would apologize to you for Mr HD and 3way .... :lol:

Ice vending machine , never seen one or even heard about it . I guess they think we have enough snow here year round that they would not make any money with those . :help:

 

[skyhightree1]

lol i probably would have said hurry the H... up man and helped him so i could get my ice and leave .. I love those ice machines its 2 bucks for a 16# bag JO what is it there?

 

[Ryder]

Patient wife you say? :x
I think lazy is more like it. She should have gotten out of the car and got the ice. :lol:

 

[3waycross]

Well if it was a few weeks earlier and a little further north west I would apologize to you for Mr HD and 3way .... :lol:

Ice vending machine , never seen one or even heard about it . I guess they think we have enough snow here year round that they would not make any money with those . :help:

Watch it there. I think I may resemble that remark........can't speak for Eddie but probably him too :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

and BTW I don't suppose you would like to discuss the Cadillac Margarita for a while would you? ;-)

 

[hillsdown]

Well if it was a few weeks earlier and a little further north west I would apologize to you for Mr HD and 3way .... :lol:

Ice vending machine , never seen one or even heard about it . I guess they think we have enough snow here year round that they would not make any money with those . :help:

Watch it there. I think I may resemble that remark........can't speak for Eddie but probably him too :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

and BTW I don't suppose you would like to discuss the Cadillac Margarita for a while would you? ;-)

Those were good times !!!! Memories that last a life time .. If I could remember .. :lol: :lol2:

 

[Chuckie]

Coulda' been Glen and Tanya....

 

[Alan]

Coulda' been Glen and Tanya....

:lol: :lol: , you wouldn't be stirring a pot to get things warmed up a bit? .....

 

[Limomike]

persistence pays off.. no matter what condition you are in. :lol:

 

[Ouachita]

My mom and stepdad own a couple of those machines. They were getting so many calls from folks having problems operating them so they installed a camera. I think it's like a live webcam. Very interesting and humorous to watch some people's kids, drunks and idiots alike

 

[john250]

Those dollar bill machines are #*&^% anyway. Even a fresh, crisp bill will fail about half the time. If your good and drunk, forget it.

 

[papavillars]

I love the ice machines. 20 pounds for a buck seventy five. Only wish they would take debit cards.

 

[jedstivers]

My mom and stepdad own a couple of those machines. They were getting so many calls from folks having problems operating them so they installed a camera. I think it's like a live webcam. Very interesting and humorous to watch some people's kids, drunks and idiots alike

About how much do those things cost?

 

[Ouachita]

My mom and stepdad own a couple of those machines. They were getting so many calls from folks having problems operating them so they installed a camera. I think it's like a live webcam. Very interesting and humorous to watch some people's kids, drunks and idiots alike

About how much do those things cost?

They've had them about 3 years. I can't remember. For some reason 30k comes to mind, but I would have to ask to be certain

 

[Angus Cowman]

My mom and stepdad own a couple of those machines. They were getting so many calls from folks having problems operating them so they installed a camera. I think it's like a live webcam. Very interesting and humorous to watch some people's kids, drunks and idiots alike

About how much do those things cost?

Jed Parker has a buddy that owns several of them bet he could find out for ya

 

[larryshoat]

My mom and stepdad own a couple of those machines. They were getting so many calls from folks having problems operating them so they installed a camera. I think it's like a live webcam. Very interesting and humorous to watch some people's kids, drunks and idiots alike

About how much do those things cost?

Jed Parker has a buddy that owns several of them bet he could find out for ya

:lol2: Jed's thinkin like I do. Take quite a while in Ohio to sell 30,000 in ice, I'm afraid winter would kill you. When you fellers had serviced the last pump unit for the day you could go get your money out of the ice machines :lol2: . It sounds tempting doesn't it?

Larry

 

[Jogeephus]

We have two types of these machines. One is an automatic type and they sell 10 lbs of ice for $1.25 or 20 lbs for $2. These machines are around $135,000 each. The one I go to the most is one built by a farmer who owns an ice house for his vegetables. He designed the dispenser and sells a 16 lb bag for a dollar. I can't make my own ice for this price so I sold my ice maker and started buying from him when there is not a drunk leaning up against the machine.

I know the guy pretty well and he and I were talking one day when a fella came up and said he bet he had a hard time counting all the quarters and dollar bills he collected. In jest he said it was a pain and sometimes he was up to late in the night counting but it wasn't that bad.