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me too!..with a b.f.h!

where are you from, if anywhere? I travel around West Virginia, Ohio, and Pa. a lot.

I was headed down rt. 1 near Aikens, S.C. this morning with a load of train wheels when I spotted an old Diamond Reo. Had to go to Jackson to unload and reloaded more train wheels at the same place. So when I was coming back I pulled over to look at the Diamond Reo, and saw some old Macks sitting around too. And an Autocar...took a few pictures, and didn't hang around long because I was pulled over on the shoulder. And, I saw this nice looking white SUV yesterday on I-85 north of Charlotte. When I was resizing the picture I accidently cropped it, and now I can't tell what kind of vehicle it is-dang it! Anybody recognize it?

It is a good cause. I've been a member for several years. Just be prepared to get mail and e-mail every week, all wanting donations for one thing or another.

I like to hit things with hammers

I agree with all of that! That's what I like about Todd-even though a large national carrier with thousands of trucks- not at all unlike the mickow corporation- cut his rates on a couple of hauls right out of this area he didn't cut his rates lower or matching theirs. He'll park a truck before hauling things too cheap. And he doesn't force you to go where you don't want to. That's one of the reasons I left my old job after 25+ years, all the freight seemed to be going to the northeast. (The other reason was the dispatcher was such a tool.) I don't know if everybody up there in that part of the world is an a-hole, probably not, but a good part of them are! I remember one time I left New Jersey and had to cross over to the Philly side to load. I don't remember if it was the Walt Whitman or Ben Franklin bridge, but I handed the woman at the toll booth a twenty dollar bill. I was sitting there waiting for my change and she was waiting for the rest of the money. And that must have been 10 or 15 years ago. I don't even get on the Pa. pike anymore, and now they're talking about raising the toll on the West Virginia turnpike too. Guess i'll go back to running rt. 60.

if you don't have a steering wheel puller the 2 hammer method usually works. remove the horn button and back the nut off even with the end of the shaft, so you don't damage the threads on the shaft or the nut. have a helper take a ball peen hammer and hold it tight against the nut while you pull up on the wheel hard as you can. then have him hit the hammer on the shaft with another hammer, and it'll usually pop loose. usually that is. if it doesn't, you can try having your helper pull up on the wheel while you hit it with the hammer.

Maybe Bulldogman is going-he could stop by and pick Mike up, then they could stop by and get you. Y'all would have Tennesee represented from one side to the other. Or Bulldogman could rent a bus, and just pick people up along the way. A short bus would probably do.

I'll sometimes pick up small pieces of rubber from blown truck tires off the highway and add a piece or two to the fire for a little different taste.

yeah, know what you mean. I'm sitting here now waiting on a load.

oh, just wondering. when you said "very professional" he's the first one I thought of.

actually, that reminds me of a good recipe I use on country style ribs. I boil them in beer, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion, and a little barbecue sauce, then simmer them until they're almost done. Then just put them on the grill long enough to brown them good on both sides, and that's it. Simmering in the beer makes them very tender.

well, so much for "ain't seen any rabbits yet"-at least it's not in the garden...yet.

I've heard of Stubb's. "Bone Sucking Sauce" was pretty good on ribs too, it came in like a pint canning jar, and the only place you could get it around here was up at the produce stand in Concord. That's the only place I saw it anyway. I told Big Jim I liked Open Pit BBQ sauce, because it was a little tangy, not super sweet like a lot of sauces , but it's hard to find anywhere. So he found it somewhere and brought me a gallon of it!

I've seen Alf reruns lately, on WGN I think it was. I watched a couple last week one morning when I was home. I don't see it listed now, but I watched it for the first time in years-I did!

very buffessional? Is Rob gonna paint it for you?

no, it did not carmelize. I could hear them bubbling away after I wrapped them and knew then everything was going well. I cooked these ribs about 4-4 1/2 hrs. total. I never put them directly over the heat until I wrapped them in the foil. I saw this on TV on the cooking channel and it works really well. I put the "meatiest" side down first, then turned them over after a couple of hours. Then I wrapped them in the foil and covered them in BBQ sauce, added more charcoal, (already ready to cook on,started in my "chimney"-good thing to have!) and finished them directly over the heat (second photo). When they're done the bones pull out easily-and they're always tender, moist, and delicious! I don't know about the bugs-I think they're what we call a "jarfly". Very tasty though! (kidding-I didn't really eat them things...Jo said they were tasty )

I know everybody gits tired of seeing pictures of these delicious and tender slow cooked ribs, but here's todays menu. Had just put them on the grill here...chunks of hickory wood on the charcoal. I actually smoke it over indirect heat for several hours, then smother it in BBQ sauce and wrap it tightly in aluminum foil to finish it. And I saw several of these creatures while I was cooking the ribs, they're sauteeing in the smaller pan, with garlic and butter. The end result... ...and how about that cabbage? it's really grown since yesterday!

yepper, no doubt about it. What is it? A movie poster?..concert?..play? I've heard of Nick Lowe-"Cruel to be Kind". Pretty good song.

just thought i'd pass this along...good show, i've been several times. There's picture's from last year's show in my gallery.

oh yeah-tomato, mayo, and bread-hard to beat!..squash and onions-hard to beat,..boiled cabbage with corned beast-yum!

Yes indeed, that cabbage is really growing! I wouldn't have planted that much but the plants came 9 to a pack so I got one of red and one of the pointed head kind- had real good luck with that before. It's actually called "early jersey wakefield" I believe. I planted an onion between each cabbage plant, and more at the end of the shorter row. I haven't even seen a rabbit yet. Maybe they're waiting for the beans to come up, that was their favorite last year-got every last one of them. I always heard rabbits go in cycles, so maybe last year was a peak year for them. "clear span structure"-that's what I was trying to think of Hard to say about the shows, but it's kinda doubtful. I saw in the new "Old Time Trucks" that the Troutman, N.C. ATHS show is being moved to Lincolnton, N.C. this year. A little bit farther away, but not a whole lot. I usually take a vacation the first week of July, but i'm thinking of waiting until the week of the 25th this year and maybe go to that show. Troutman was always a good show, lots of H-models there.

mine's head turns all the way around and it looks real but it doesn't say anything. I put it in the peach tree last year at first to keep squirrells out, but they weren't intimidated at all- still ate all the peaches, so I put it in the garden. Rabbits ate all the beans and some cabbage, but to my knowledge no robins $*!t on anything.

I'm gonna plant more tomatoes, some squash, and peppers. Planted some corn, pole beans, and green beans Friday where the black dirt is- covered the seeds with potting soil. Also got cucumbers, butternut squash, and okra in another spot. Plus there's the onions and 18 cabbage plants- nobody can eat that much cabbage!

Not only have I put a chicken wire fence around the garden to keep varmints out, today I aquired a scarecrow as a secondary defense. It should pick up the slack left by the worthless owl. It had a blank face, but I took a picture of myself and "cut, copied, and pasted" my own face on it. It looks so real Jo came out and had a conversation with it, thinking it was me. Got pictures to prove it...