Forum topic by hairy | posted 08-08-2014 03:36 PM | 1235 views | 0 times favorited | 14 replies | ![]() |
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08-08-2014 03:36 PM |
It’s not one of life’s great mysteries, but I still need to know. How did Gibbs get the boats out of his basement? -- My reality check bounced... |
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#1 posted 08-08-2014 03:37 PM |
But did he? -- Chris K |
#2 posted 08-08-2014 03:40 PM |
I’ve wondered the same thing, but don’t have a clue. And have you ever seen a house with a basement that deep? The ceiling looks like it is 12 or 14 feet high. -- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!" |
#3 posted 08-08-2014 04:11 PM |
I too want to know. -- Ken from Ontario, Canada |
#4 posted 08-08-2014 04:15 PM |
I do know there are a few people who have built boats/cars in their basements and then basically opened up the wall to get them out. Then they just fix the wall again and are done. -- The quality of one's woodworking is directly related to the amount of flannel worn. |
#5 posted 08-08-2014 04:20 PM |
Makes me recall a story of two elderly brothers in Manhattan, who were lifelong pack-rats. When the Executor cleaned out their second-floor townhouse, one of the things in a room was a complete Ford Model T. I’ll see if I can find out the rest of that story. -- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!! |
#6 posted 08-08-2014 04:37 PM |
Simple , he took the basement off the boats ! -- The pig caught under the fence is always the one doing all the squealing ! |
#7 posted 08-08-2014 04:46 PM |
...if ever you find yourself trapped in a room with, no exit, a boat and a saw,,, take the saw and cut the boat in half, two halves make a (w)hole, pull the boat out through the hole. ;-) Even in Hollywood, -- Mother Nature should be proud of what you've done with her tree. - Len ...just north of a stone's throw from the oHIo, river that is, in So. Indiana. |
#8 posted 08-08-2014 04:49 PM |
Elevator? -- keeping myself entertained ... Humor and fun lubricate the brain |
#9 posted 08-09-2014 03:27 AM |
I’m with Porchfish on this one. If I had worked on a boat that long and had it turn out to be that nice, I would tear the house down to get it out. -- Beth, Oklahoma, Rambling Road Designs |
#10 posted 08-09-2014 05:01 AM |
It is an old boat builders secret…a folding boat… |
#11 posted 08-09-2014 01:07 PM |
This is a cut and paste from another thread, but how the boat got out in the first place. -- Ken from Ontario, Canada |
#12 posted 08-10-2014 12:55 PM |
I think he’ll just flood the basement, then go fishin… LOL -- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Keep your dust collector fed. Kentuk55@yahoo.com |
#13 posted 08-12-2014 12:06 AM |
The opposite of the trick used to get a ship into a bottle. |
#14 posted 08-13-2014 12:28 AM |
My dad’s two+ car garage and basement are on the same level with fairly large double doors between the basement and garage. Currently he has a 18-25 foot wooden boat on a trailer, an old car, an old motorcycle and 50+ years of accumulated flotsam and jetsam in his basement. There is about an inch space between the door handles of the car and the door jam, so moving the car in and out is a bit of a hair raising experience. Getting the boat out is even more fun, but less risky. Oh, he would open the doors between the basement and garage and had an indoor pistol range (100 foot/50 yards?) with a steel trap at the end. I would imagine that missing the trap would make for some interesting ricocheting. Fortunately he never missed. Me on the other hand, well let’s say I was no marksman and leave it at that. Greg |
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