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I went over to Mtn. Lake Park ,Md. with a load of pipes last week. I saw some large windmills on top of the mountain at Mount Storm. And I saw some big Mack trucks there too. I saw this big Mack truck in Martinsville. I saw this big Mack truck in Lexington, Va, sitting on rt. 11 right across the highway from Lee-Hi Truck Stop. Remember when I bought Jo that little Saturn car a few years ago? It's been a good car, and she loves it. She was sitting at a red light in Madison Heights last week- minding her own binness, waiting for the light to change- when some jackass in a big ass lifted Silverado pickup with big ass tires came from her left and made a right turn onto the street she was on. And right onto the hood of her car, for who knows why? It was broad daylight, and he just ran right into her. He got a ticket for reckless driving. I looked online a bit, and checked the Kelley Blue Book, and the bad part is the car looks to be worth only about $1500. I don't know if it's totaled or not, but it doesn't take much now to have $1500 in damage. It still runs fine, she drove it to her sister's house just a little ways away, but the police officer told her he couldn't let her drive it back to Gladys. OK, I saw a girl in a car on the interweb too-

noice mate!

All the electric fences i've seen worked either by battery or solar power, but when I was a kid I remember my Daddy telling of a man that had his fence wired right into his house current, and it killed his mule. I guess he just didn't know any better.

"When I was young and had no sense, I peed upon an electric fence. It singed my hair and scorched my balls, and made me sh*t in my overalls." Author unknown.

He's on facebook pretty regularly, he's kind of in the same boat as Mark, says he's having some difficulty getting on BMT.

We had a driver hit a car last week, but I don't know the circumstances. It threw this load of steel all over, the front stack hit the headache rack and pushed it up against the back of the cab of the truck. I had just complimented the same driver a few weeks ago for having a well secured load.

Indeed!..and you're talking like $14.85 in U.S. dollars!

I've heard a story years ago that a driver went off of I-40 in "The Gorge" in western N.C. and was trapped in the wreck and couldn't get out because he had broken both arms. They say- I don't know who "they" are in this case- the truck couldn't be seen because of heavy brush and bushes, and the wreck wasn't even found until that fall or winter when the leaves fell. He wasn't hurt that badly, except for the broken arms, and just died there because he couldn't get out. Whether this is actually true or not, I do not know.

Seems to be doing fine, I think he's found a local job now and doesn't do the long distance deal any more. He says he can't get on BMT any more because his phone won't let him.

I would have stopped, he was the one that was shunning me!

This morning I was driving along minding my own binness like I usually- OK, let me start over. This morning I was driving along in Martinsville, Va. looking for some street that I had to make a left on. I found the street and just as the light turned green Vision386 (Mark) snapped this picture. He said on facebook that he wasn't sure if it was me or not, and if he had known he would have bob tailed over to where I delivered 4 roll off bodies. I told him he should have yelled, hollered, blew the horn, waved, something- but nothing. He said he only lived a half mile from where I delivered.

I don't know.

The guy that rode with me told me their trailers weren't cheap, but they were better built and a better quality than a Heil tanker, and come to think of it, about every tanker i've ever seen was a Heil. They had this nice looking boat there too, I don't know if they made it out of leftover parts on their spare time, or what, but it's a good looking boat.

I went to Appomattox to see how Dickie was coming along with the Dodge today, and stopped by D.S.Nash Construction to take a couple of pictures.

No, they build tank bodies at a place called Amthor in Gretna, Va. They only build a couple of trailers a year, and they just needed a truck to hook to it and test the lights and brakes and make sure it pulled all right. It pulled as straight as an arrow too. Here's a picture of when I was getting a load of fuel trucks there going to N.C. last year.

I dropped a trailer at a nuclear power plant in Southport, N.C. this morning and bob tailed back. I looked at the papers in the office yesterday before I left and it said "driver must be clean shaven, neatly dressed, and act professional." So I said "why are you sending me? I'm already o-for- three."

Not only that, I saw a big peach- A Ford almost buried in the dirt pile- I got to road test a brand new tank trailer- first time i've ever pulled a tank. It was really shiny- A nice looking young lady in an automobile- A big bird in the field- And this is apparently some kind of super high performance hotrod racing machine at a job site I went to in Gainesville, Va. Kinda neat looking- they were going to build a cooling tower here, then changed their minds. "They" are Duke Energy. They decided to go a different route than the cooling tower, they run water in over there for cooling, then out over yonder, but I forgot what it's called...pretty sure it's not the "water in over here, out over yonder" system.

O K, how about this-I saw some dump trucks... and a girl in a car. ...a girl walking the street A big red truck- A redhead pumping some gasoline- A train- A rusty tractor- The old Burlington Industries Plant in Altavista. Lots of wild aminals-

Hah- fat chance!

As a non-Farmer's Union member I get nothing on anything, however, I do feel like I could overhaul a Saturn Five rocket to better than new condition because I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Altavista last night.

I've seen a Bighorn recently -within the last year or two anyway, I haven't been running I-77 much lately- hauling logs on I-77 in Ohio. Tried to get a picture, but never could, except for one blurry one on a rainy day. It was hauling some big logs, as long as the trailer or longer, and i'd see it somewhere between Canton and Marietta pretty often. I don't know if it was this truck or not, but it might have been. And back in the 80's we loaded at Galv-Tech in Pittsburgh a lot, and there was some company out of Ohio that had several Bighorns that loaded there a lot too. They brought lumber over around the Pittsburgh area and loaded steel back to Ohio, that might well have been this company.

Day-ummmmmmm they look good!

You're right Bob, i've still got a big pile of scrap metal in the back yard from when my shed burned up Thanksgiving day, my Dodge pickup is in the shop, pretty much been in somebody's shop ever since i've had it, and I can't haul much on the Ranger pickup- but I did cook a little chicken on the grill last weekend, and two pieces of country style ribs. Served with fine wine-

Well, yeah, I guess so...the only reason I suggested a Happy Meal was so I could keep the toy though...but if you want the m*t#*!+g prize that g@*@mn bad, just feel free to keep that son of a b!#$h, no hard feelings on my part...you @$$#01#!

I'm pointing out my CVSA sticker- the one I got on the same trip I got the cracked windshield on. I hate to tell them I need a windshield, when I have a brand new CVSA sticker.