other dog

Look how far the combine is hanging off the starboard side of the trailer. Yes I would hope he does not have to travel far. Tom, is the red light a panic light, engine light or what on the lower dash?

mike

lower light is on the cruise control switch, I had it on so I could idle it up some. It was about 30 degrees and snowing.

No,that light's green...I don't know, i'll have to investigate further.

Saw this old Allis Chalmers pull type combine in Rustburg Sunday. I told Jo I hoped it wasn't on the way to the scrapyard, but they turned into a driveway. They'll probably restore it and be combining wheat with it behind a WD-45 by the fourth of July.

Dashboard at night-that's just cool,eh?

Rt. 20A in N.Y.

One of 3 runaway ramps on Fancy Gap mountain.

Other Dog,

That should be worth fighting- he has to stop all of you or none of you. If they are going for points and $$$ I think you should fight that- did he write it for 46 or 5 mph over and no points? If he wrote it for 46 and points I would be fighting that one.

Selective Justice- that's BS.

Firemack

Well, he said it was a warning-he didn't write me a speeding ticket, maybe because my logbook was current and all my paperwork was in order. The logbook and medical card were the first things he asked for!

He did however give me a DOT paper like they give you when they do an inspection, for our safety man to sign and send a copy back, which will go against the company safety rating.

Oh, I see. You like the Ohio side where DOT hangs out in Powhatan Point.

I've seen them down through there from time to time but so far they haven't bothered me. I used to prefer rt. 2 all the way from Wheeling, but since 7 is 4 lanes now almost to Powhatan Point I go that way. The Pa. DOT lit me up in Williamsport yesterday. I was doing 46 in a 35,just starting up the mountain on 15 after you cross the river and get out of town. I was doing 46, but 4 4 wheelers had just passed me like they were shot out of a cannon and he never payed any attention to them, but pulled me over.

And last but not least, and no pic of it,,heh heh,,dozer blade got sprayed by a skunk that came out of hole in ground beside it, I didnt worry bout dam camera then, I just slammed into high reverse and evacuated area! It took a while and some deep dirt digging to get smell off blade. thas bout it,,,randyp

yeah, it's a tough job. there's lots of things you have to deal with that nobody realizes. Like this-

Other Dog, If you are not careful, You will run into Underdog one of these days... I am up & down that stretch of RT. 2 in WV once or twice every week. I have a regular stop in Friendly, WV. Stop in at Choo Choo's restaurant in New Martinsville if you see me there I'll buy breakfast.

No need to photograph me, the Friendly Post Office already has a profile of my face on their wall...

Gregg

I run down rt.7 on the Ohio side, then cross over to rt.2 at St. Marys. You can see part of the bridge beyond the Superliner dump. There's a few little towns and stop lights but for the most part rt.7 is good running.

finally, after nearly a week of nonstop work without food or rest, they make a breakthrough at the BMT control center...

The head of the "getting folks back on BMT when there's a malfunction" department is not pleased with the situation.

Meanwhile, Spot has other priorities...

I didn't take this picture of course, but I added the caption.

...and this one, but it's much too tasteless to even think about posting it-

( i'm sure it's chocolate syrup!)

I'm done,i'm outa here.

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And here, a 50,000# line pull winch.

Man, taking pictures of things is fun.

Rob

It is, it is!

Glad the secret recipe was recovered! i made a boneless pork roast on the grill,made a "cavity" filled with garlic,onions,tied it all up,marinated it in some "special herbs and spices"and some of Colonel otherdogs' down home,not too hot,jess right fingerlickin' good no-nonsense ol' southern syle sauce MY MY! it was as they say in the south, "sho' nuff good!"..................Mark

Have you ever tried my bbq sauce on a pork roast? It's pretty good too, and cheap to make a gallon. A gallon lasts a long time too. I've posted it several times here before. It was given to me by someone else but I changed it to my liking. I've got almost 2 gallons of it now.

I like to smoke a boston butt or pork loin and I usually make pulled pork bbq from the boston butt or chopped bbq from the loins.

I take a gallon jug of vinegar, pour some out into another container, and add a bottle of liquid smoke,a bottle of worcestershire sauce, about half a bottle of garlic powder, some black pepper, some crushed red pepper, and some hot sauce. The original recipe called for a spoon full of everything and it tasted like vinegar so I started adding a whole bottle of everything- hard to make a whole gallon of vinegar taste like anything but vinegar, but this is really good on bbq'd pork. It makes a good marinade too.

Here's how you do it-

make your barbecue.

pour some sauce on it.

call me when it's ready.

forgot this odd looking loader I saw in Ohio.

I prolly need "chastising" for this poor photo Master, I should have put something like ink pen or something to show size comparison. These are giant grub worms that came out from deep within a stump. They were biggest i ever did see, would be a full meal deal for an old catfish,,,,randyp

I'll take care of the size comparison for you.

Good Pics Master Other Dog, since I am your apprentice, I will showcase a few I took this week, hope you dont mind if I Hitch a ride on your post,,heres one of a lil flying squirrel, I pushed a tree over, saw him in it so I put my gloves on and he let me move him to the fence line where he would be safer. I put him on a tree, he climbed up it, spread his furry lil hide and glided off into some new woods,,bye lil buddy,,,randyp

Not at all,that's a good picture. I haven't seen a flying squirrel since I was a young chap. One lived in the woods at the back of the field and we'd go back there just to watch for it to see him sail from the tree. That's only one i've ever seen actually.

I like seeing pictures of things - so keep it up! The photo"bug" takes hold, doesn't it?

Yeah, I even took a picture of this mixer driving hat I bought at Lee-Hi truckstop last week.

While Randy and Spot have their share of super hero/spy type adventures, sometimes they just have your average ordinary adventures just like everybody else. Like this one-

Randy has just finished another hard day's work and is ready to head home,but Spot has runnoft again...

Tom, You got to be kidding us. Not who i'm thinkin of. Ya must have felt special to get a call from him. Did he tell ya he was coming up for a visit for a week or two? we have a bunch of Texans here at work and man they can put down some food. We had JACK"S BBQ for lunch thursday and I never seen any people eat as much as the Texans in our building. You might want to get some extra groceries this week for the bunch coming to see ya.

What are you going to do with Jo during the event?

mike

send her to Tennessee I guess.

The camera is always in my shirt pocket except when smashed by a tandem axle Mack, or dropped in a snowbank.

Use the camera to take pictures of things eh? Guess I never really thought about that.

Rob

yeah, there's a word for that, taking pictures of things,but I can't think of it.It's my hobby-taking pictures of things.

I got a call from a real Texas dignitary this week, right up there with Sam Houston, George Bush, and Billy Gibbons.

I don't want to name him at this time because I don't have his permission or authorization to do so, but I was impressed.

I was on the way to Ambridge again with a 60' load, tarped , when the phone rang. When he identified himself I said

"no it's not!"

He said "yeah, it is!"

"No it's not-you don't sound like a Texan, you don't have a Texas accent"

"Well, it's me"

Then I figured a sure way to tell, ask him a question only he would know- "all right then, what's yore dawg's name?"

"Spot!!!"

Then I knew it was really who he claimed to be. He's actually a member here, told me he hasn't been able to sign on all week.

Hard to fool me, eh?

Not near as good as what Rob took pictures of this week...

This B-model dump with a chrome radiator shell sits on rt. 51 in Pa, just north of I-70. It's a little too far off the road to get a really good picture of it.

This is the old bridge from Weirton,W.V. to Steubenville,Oh. This was taken from the Ohio side. I've been across this bridge many times and it was very narrow.

A whole fleet of Clines on rt. 2 in W.V.

A fleet of big green trucks.

Nice looking Superliner dump-been trying to get a decent picture of this truck for years,still haven't. Stupid pole...

....... Tom, if you could put that on your garden this spring, it's sure to grow some great veggies this summer.

mike

are you saying b.s?

Some years ago in a small town somewhere in central Illinois a similar occurence took place. An unidentified man was working on his R-model in his driveway,where he'd run it out of fuel. His young daughter came out of the house with the family dog on a leash and said she was going for a walk.

The man knew his dog was also in heat,but he was busy and really didn't have time to explain to his daughter why she couldn't take the dog for a walk.He quickly comes up with a plan-he gets a gas can out of the garage and pours gasoline all over the dog's back half,thinking male dogs wouldn't bother her because she smelled like gas. Then he said "OK honey,you can take the dog for a walk now".

A little while later the little girl and the dog return home. Pop had gotten the truck started and is in his La-z-boy smoking his pipe and reading the paper. "Hi sweety-everything go all right?"

"Yeah" she said. "The dog ran out of gas about half way around the block,but don't worry-another dog pushed her all the way home".

Great looking trucks! Glad you had a camera! You should always have a camera with you so you can take pictures of things. That's my hobby ya know,taking pictures of things.

You're both very welcome! Jo told me today on the way home that she mailed it and I said "it wasn't ready for shipment,there's a new one that just came out I haven't added yet!"

I support the privately owned "Carquest" branded store 100% with my parts purchases if they have access to what I need. This is a small family owned store with two employees open six days per week with another employee that is only a delivery driver. Their parts may, or may not be higher priced than the chain stores but the service is very much from an earlier time and quality. It pains me to see some chinese manufactured parts in "Carquest" branded boxes, but this is the way of the world.

As an example of service; How many parts stores owners will get out of bed at 2:30am and either give you a key to the door, or travel to the store to either get you the part you need, or provide the support you need to keep moving? Try that with one of the chain stores even if you know them quite well. I exercised that option a few times when we were running cars for truck parts.

I've never been one that shops solely on price. It's the reputation and service that brings me in the first place, and the support that keeps me coming back.

Pardon the pun but I try to be a "loyal old dog" with my vendors. Of course I'm not ashamed to tell em if I think they're too high in price for something also.

Rob

Me too-I used to live in Appomattox, but moved to Gladys a little over 5 years ago. Whenever I need parts I go all the way back to Carquest in Appomattox just because they're a good bunch of folks.