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Ice fishermen will do just about anything to turn their shacks into sports bars. I have seen ice houses that resembled beautiful rec-rooms on the inside. But an enterprising young man out in Massachusetts just launched what has to be a first. The little town of Warren is west of Worcester in the central part of the state. Not far from there is a place called Ouaboag Pond that is popular with ice fisherman.
Just last Thursday local man Andrew R. Giza, 21, drove a stretch limo onto the ice for the first time taking along two passengers for a day of ice fishing. Such an attraction drew the attention of a reporter from the Worcester Telegram. Giza answered the obvious question, “They ask us why we got a limo and I say ‘Why not?’ ” Giza paid $400 for the 1989 Lincoln limo and fixed it up. It contains an electric fireplace, a television with a DVD player and Xbox for games. There is also a small refrigerator for refreshments.
The main feature is a hole in the floor. “You can sit there and cast a jig without ever leaving the vehicle,” Mr. Giza told the reporter. The maiden voyage did not go without a hitch however. One of Giza’s friends had to go get his pickup to pull the low slung limo off the pond when it got hung up on a chunk of ice near the boat ramp. Henry Ford is rolling over in his grave.