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Tofu?????

...and then there's this nonsense-

I would have, but I don't think lottery tickets had been invented yet 🤣 I went to the eye doctor in Lynchburg this morning and I was sitting there thinking "sure is a lot of old folks in here".

Speaking of finding things, way back in the early 80's I had delivered somewhere in North Carolina and called headquarters. They didn't have anything for me to pick up so the boss man said to come on to the shop. Then he said "if you don't mind, and I know it's a long shot, but a driver stopped at the little BP station on 29 north of Greensboro yesterday and he thinks he might have dropped his keys, he can't find them anywhere. Maybe somebody found them and turned them in to the fuel desk or something". That little BP station was exactly where the Sheetz is now, at the time there was just a tiny little dirt parking lot and a spot around back to park, so you could park maybe 4 trucks in there total. So I stopped, thinking I'd never find any keys, but I could get a drink and a honey bun and head on to the house. I pulled in and parked, got out of the truck and didn't take 2 steps and there they were, laying on the ground.

It was just a situation where when I walked by where I was working on it i'd stop and look on the ground. and the third time I did that I just happened to see it laying there. Never really expected to find it and I had already fixed the oil line.

60's here today and tomorrow. I'm done with the used car and igloo binness. I sold the Dodge pickup at a loss, I sold the red F150 at a loss, took a huge loss on the GMC, and i'm trying to sell the big green International now for less than I paid for it. I'm just not very good at it.

Holly Farms was huge when I was a kid, many, many, years ago. Lots of people where I grew up in Cumberland county raised chickens for Holly Farms. They had a big plant and hatchery over near Burkeville and their feed trucks and shavings trucks rolled by the house 24/7. I don't know if there's still that many chicken houses around there now or not, but Holly Farms was bought by Tyson in 1989.

Well that's just great. I turned away 17 other potential buyers because I was holding it for you. Probably couldn't give the summich away now...kinda like the big green International that runs now 🤣

It is sharp looking. I thought I had seen this truck before, but seeing it's from Indiana I probably haven't. Looks familiar though.

You'd better hurry if you still want this igloo- I can put it in the freezer for you until you get here if you want me to.

I've been across it several times. I remember one time myself and Clarence Sparrow had both picked up loads up around Chicago going over to the eastern shore. I think I was going to Cheriton, I don't remember where he was going. But he had a van load and I had a flatbed load, and they made him park before we got on the bridge because of the wind. They let me go ahead and after I got unloaded the next morning I came back across empty and he was still sitting there with a bunch of other trucks. It never bothered me going across it, what I always wondered about was those guys way out there fishing. The water looked rough and the boats looked tiny, and they'd be way out in the bay fishing. The boats were probably a lot bigger than they looked, they looked like a 12 foot John boat to me, but still not something I would ever do.

I kicked a little spot on the ground yesterday by the front tire on the yellow Zinamobile, just to use as a reference point. Then when I fixed the oil line and pulled it under the carport I knew the general area that I needed to look for the ferrule that I dropped. Even though I knew I'd never find it anyway in the gravel driveway, I'd know where to look. And I looked for a minute or two but didn't see it. I went out this morning for something and walked by and looked, you know, different lighting in the morning, so maybe I'd see the brass shining. Nope, didn't see anything. And a few minutes ago I went out to put this insurance payment in the mail box, and walked over and looked again and what do you know, there it was. Then I dropped it in the grass and lost it again, but I did find it- just kidding 😂 I put a little zip tie through it and put it in the tool box in the shed.

I took the yellow Zinamobile down to the guy's shop yesterday so he could take a look. Seems very doable, he's going to start tracking down the parts he needs now. He has quite a collection of vehicles there himself that he's working on. He had a 50-something Chevrolet pickup, a 70 Nova, 70 Chevelle, 87 Buick Grand National, 53 Ford pickup, 48 Ford pickup, and probably something I forgot. I got the impression that he knows what he's doing anyway. He also spotted an oil leak at the back of the intake manifold. He thought it was the intake gasket but the the sending unit for the oil pressure gauge was right there too, so I said maybe the oil line is leaking. We wiped it off with a rag and sure enough, the fitting was leaking where the plastic line went in. That's way better than having the manifold gasket leaking. He offered to try to tighten it but I said "no, I'll do it at home so when I break it it'll be at home". So when I got home I took the line loose, and it was crimped and crushed where the ferrule goes over it. I just cut the end off with my Old Timer and went to NAPA. Told them I just needed the ferrule but to "give me 3 or 4 because we know I'm going to drop 2 or 3 of them and lose them". Turns out I only dropped 1 and lost it, it's either in the driveway or on the truck somewhere. But I re-attached the oil line and it appears to be ok now.

When is the first race? Maybe we should get started on a "go fund me" so you can afford some fuel for the truck and some gas for the race car.

I saw some memory pictures today of when Zina was still Zina from Florida. She went to the truck show in Leesburg by herself and took some pictures. Here's a couple of dignitaries that she happened to run across there. This was in 2019.