- luckily I was!
I went over and they explained that the tractor had pulled out of a turning just down from here and as it came across the street, they heard a pop and saw what they thought was hydraulic fluid, come squirting out of the side of it. One of the lads had been standing by his van on this side and was covered head to toe in it. He said it had gone in his eyes and mouth too!
Does it smell like brake fluid or more like cat piss?
Hope Furgo is all wellMy neighbour Kathleen across the street, rang me this morning, she was quite upset and said a tractor had gone up the street and sprayed a liquid onto all the vehicles on my side. She said her car was covered and mine was too! What Furgo!!!? I literally flew out of the house, without even checking what I had on my feet, or if I was even wearing clothes!
It looked like oil, but then two lads who were painting a house shouted over "hey lass, is that yours?" as I was looking at poor Furgo with watery eyes...
I went and got my car wash bucket and while filling it, called the Police. They said not to touch it, but I said I had to clean it off in case it was corrosive. Anyway, as soon as I said that word, all hell let loose. (I went and cleaned what I could off Furgo, but it was really sticky and managed to clean Ians Van (Kathleens husband) and a car down from me belonging to another neighbour.) Police cars, Fire Engine the lot turned up on blue lights. I explained that the street was absolutely covered in it my side and it was like walking on an ice rink and that is why I had called, worried that a vehicle would lose control and smash into the parked vehicles. Fire Engine stood down and the two Police cars set up a POLICE AWARE cordon and slowed the traffic down. They contacted Highways and waited. It went a full 2 miles up the street!
Several of us left and went down to the car wash and had our cars cleaned. The lads were quite surprised to see so many vehicles turning up on a Tuesday! A good day for them.
I got back, parked up and then went and waited with the Police. I wasn't sure what I should do, being the one that phoned, but decided that was the right thing. Coffee and Tea rejected, we all stood about chatting and getting cold. So, the street is covered in very slippery stuff and this huge heavy gritter comes speeding down and flies straight past us all! The Police were so shocked they just looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.
Anyway, Mr Gritter turned around and came back again at full speed, finally spreading a little bit, up from where we were all stood. We all looked at each other and burst out laughing. It seemed so surreal. Anyway, back he came and I just stood in the middle of the street, until he slowed down and then pointed to the side by Furgo. He got it and sprayed the side of the street with all he had.
I wonder how long it will take for any damage to Furgo to show itself? I wonder what that liquid actually was?
Sounds horrendous. Hope Furgo is unharmed after all this
You forgot to mention how easy it is to apply lolHhhhmmmm (clears throat) - does anyone want to buy Carolina's Hydraulwash - super sticky and beads beautifully!
