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Here's the "over cooked to most normal people" wings I grilled today, but to me they were perfect. I like my wings crispy and do whatever it takes to get them that way. Everybody knows that "soggy wings suck!".

I also cooked these other two pieces for Zina, they were not over cooked, and she made some crab rangoons too.

I was browsing the channels the other day and came across one of those auto restoration shows. Seems like there's about a dozen of them now, and I don't even remember the name of the show. But I stopped when I saw them working on this '53 White truck and tanker trailer. It looked good at first, but the owners wanted to modernize it. They removed the old 150 HP gas engine and put a Cummins in it, out of a pickup I think, and replaced the transmission with an automatic. Took the 2 speed rear out and put in a single speed with air ride, and put an air ride suspension under the trailer too. I like the engine upgrade, but I would have left the transmission and rear end alone. Or maybe put a 10 speed Roadranger in it. But a very nice looking truck anyway.

1 hour ago, mowerman said:

i didnt really notice it was AI i did notice the rigs they were showing and the conversation sometimes didnt add up

 

 

And the part where they said drivers didn't like the 5 speeds because they were 5 speeds is totally made up b.s, I can pretty much guarantee they never conducted a poll about that. Some guys don't want to drive anything but a Peterbilt or Kenworth, because it's not a Peterbilt or a Kenworth though.

8 minutes ago, mowerman said:

Thanks for that tom,,,, i was going to mention this,,, met him in person… but now i don’t have to …. Hopefully he’s still with us … Bob 

Yes he is, he's on Facebook a lot. I've been looking and looking for that picture and couldn't find it anywhere and Zina had it on her phone.

On 4/24/2026 at 8:51 AM, Brocky said:

Matlack, a tank hauler, had thousands of them, starting in the mid 60's.. The first I drove were 1970 models in Syracuse NY.

Yes, as did Overnite, Smith's Transfer, Jamerson Brother's Trucking, and many more.

Well, Jamerson Brothers here in Appomattox probably didn't have thousands of them. Maybe dozens at their peak? Herbert Jamerson was mostly all Mack in the early days and H.H. Moore ran mostly Internationals.

Happy birthday Tom!

That's Bob and Tom on the golf cart, from the Bob and Tom show.