other dog

Ya mean ya didn't crank up some Pink Floyd and make it an all nighter?!?!

I wish we could have, but it was in Pamplin and we took the back roads home. Only 37 miles I think, but narrow, crooked roads,no lines,Jo was driving,I was hanging on. They did have some Steely Dan going before we left.

Hey Tom, congrats to your son & his new bride!

Hope a good time was had by all!

That sofa can be repaired, hope other dog's insides didn't get plugged up with upholstery!!!!!

Thanks Herb,they said everyone had a great time at the reception,some more so than others! We left kind of early,got to turn in early nowadays. Only had 1 cup of beer from the keg.

Mass 10 used to be called "the dump" with good reason!..there used to be a pretty good place at the RI/CT state line on 95, think it was called the republic grille (or something like that) real good burgers,milkshakes and strawberry-rhubarb pie! thats gone now too,theres a pilot (sort-of) there now,i holed up in there wed.night before i went into the boston area $20.00 bucks a night to park (without fuel at $3.44 gal.) no idiling,no generators,no reefers!........Mark

Yeah, that was the first part of the country that I traveled that had the no-idle law.

Now, aren't you guys ashamed?

Congrats to the family Tom.

What happened to your thumb? Oh yeah thats right.

Legal advise said do not discuss

I can talk about it now, the case is over. The tomater can people hired some big shot city slicker ambulance chasing attorney from New Jersey who now lives in Virginia. He said I didn't have a leg to stand on because the can had a warning label on it just for dumbasses like me. I can not prove it didn't because the can has since been disposed of.

It aint any better now then it ever was,just less places to park,harder to get around, i was 3 days up there last week without a shower!not even a motel with truck parking (not under a $100.00 anyway) theres just no place to go! the old Mass 10 truckstop closed down years ago (which was a shithouse anyway).....i hate going up there,just the price of doing business i guess!............Mark

I remember that truckstop, and their bumper stickers-"where in the hell is the Mass 10?". There was another one where you got on the Mass Pike where you could "spin the wheel" if you got fuel,and I missed getting the big prize-full price of your fuel back-by one peg one time.

Heard you talk about riding a bike on the "dragon" before. just happened to see this when I was looking for a picture of a Swift truck-

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/news_swift.html

My youngest son got married yesterday. I thought they were going to wear the top hat and veil thing with the mickey mouse ears that they wore at the rehearsal, but they didn't.

Check out the suit and tie-that's Jo and I. Lot different from my usual weekend look,eh?

Me and Becky's sister Donna

...one of her other sisters, Kim with the happy and snoozing couple

daughter Karla-I told her I would not have this all over facebook or something today,didn't say anything about BMT though!

I know i've posted this rant before,just still makes me mad that people don't know where they are!.....call this "masshole" for directions to his place of business, says he'll put his son on (he's not good with directions) this is downtown quincy,Mass. old,little streets,low bridges,lenght/weight restrictions etc. so after i hand write a page and a half down, no,no thats no good,i'll put mom on, she'll get you here! mom thinks 3 maybe 4 lights (not sure)does'nt know the names of ANY of the streets, may or may not be a low bridge (our car fits under it) but she has SEEN trucks here before!.....long story short,i find the place,have to back down a one way street,go a few blocks down,go around a "rotary" (traffic circle).come back up the street,blindside into an alley around a dumpster,a piece of construction equipment,a crane,a chainlink fence,between 2 buildings,and around a fire hydrant.......get all this accomplished,city cop walks by, says "thats funny,never had a truck this size in here before"!...........so,thats pretty much how my week went! get to start all over again monday with 21 stops!.......Mark

I can feel your pain there. All during the '80s we hauled structural steel from Montague-Betts in Lynchburg to Boston and the surrounding area. Not a truck friendly place to be then, I would dread the thought of having to go there now.

Got this in an e-mail, thought it was worth repeating-

545 vs. 300,000,000

Read this slowly, let it sink in, VOTE in November

This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. please

read the entire article.

The article below is completely neutral, not anti republican or democrat.

Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel has hit the

nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the

final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that

impact each one of us every day.

It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!

545 vs. 300,000,000

EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST

HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR

CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.

Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.

545 PEOPLE -- By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and

then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are

against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation

and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on

appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme

Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are

directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the

domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that

problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its

Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally

chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason.

They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a

senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.

I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash.

The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what

the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to

determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that

what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con

regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive

amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a

Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating

deficits.... . The president can only propose a budget. He cannot

force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole

responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and

approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?

Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and

fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they

want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if

they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace

545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence

and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that

is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp

the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal

government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to

exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red ..

If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in

IRAQ . If they do not receive social security but are on an elite

retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it

that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they

hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and

advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to

regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not

let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied

mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that

prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power..

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are

their bosses.

Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

What you do with this article now that you have read it......... Is up to you.

Sales Tax

School Tax

Liquor Tax

Luxury Tax

Excise Taxes

Property Tax

Cigarette Tax

Medicare Tax

Inventory Tax

Real Estate Tax

Well Permit Tax

Fuel Permit Tax

Inheritance Tax

Road Usage Tax

CDL license Tax

Dog License Tax

State Income Tax

Food License Tax

Vehicle Sales Tax

Gross Receipts Tax

Social Security Tax

Service Charge Tax

Fishing License Tax

Federal Income Tax

Building Permit Tax

IRS Interest Charges

Hunting License Tax

Marriage License Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Personal Property Tax

Accounts Receivable Tax

Recreational Vehicle Tax

Workers Compensation Tax

Watercraft Registration Tax

Telephone Usage Charge Tax

Telephone Federal Excise Tax

Telephone State and Local Tax

IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)

State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)

Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax

Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax

Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)

Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax

Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes

Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the

most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in

the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians? ' I hope this

goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!

YOU can help it get there!!!

GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

Go Green - Recycle CONGRESS!!

LMAO!!!

I need to practice-only got 27 of 88.

Art Reed might have just what you're looking for. He had a big red steel nose Mack, I couldn't get a picture.

http://www.allbusiness.com/companyprofile/Art_Reed_Equipment/CD581A0DA7AE3D16D26F2372A09B0F8D-1.html

sometimes things aren't what they seem...

My mechanick, playing. 94 tons net...

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Uuummmm,,,,,,,,it's a train,,,,,why didn't they move it with another TRAIN!!!!!!!

yeah!..what Greg said. Train didn't have enough power- must've needed Peterbilts to do the job.

3000 Toys.com,

I guess I fit right in their with you guys!! I'm still lookin for the Matchbox Cooper-Jarrett Hendrx. doubles, also the Dodge Fruehauf double dump trailers. I have seen a few on line but they were parts trucks!!

Ernie

I think I saw Cooper-Jarrett trucks at www.diecastdirect.com , but they weren't matchbox.

I bought mine at the ATHS show in Colfax,N.C. last year. That's coming up soon,Nov. 6th.

West of Charlottesville at the foot of Afton Mt. Do you have any idea of the truck I'm looking for??

Thanks, Mike

no,not right off hand. I live down south of Lynchburg a little ways and I travel up 64 pretty often.

He is just pulling your chain, aka.... making a joke.

...which is a common occurence here.

Nice collection there. I like that McLean truck-mine's a straight truck.

whereabouts in central Va. are you,if anywhere?

It's not just Mack or dealers. (Although I had to wait 2 weeks for rocker cover gasket for my DM). It is computers. Parts countermen used to have hands on knowledge of what they sold,most were floor mechanics who moved to the parts room. Now you move from fast food to parts. Add in bean counters who look only at what moves the fastest and that is most of the problem. We had a few real auto part stores here,Napa and Devo both who used not only computers but REAL CATOLOGS!!! Both out of business. I spent the better part of Monday trying to buy a dozen 1/2 i.d. star washers The new parts stores had no idea what it was because it wasn't in the computer (plus I think last week the counter help was working at Mac Donalds) I went to the Mack dealer...after showing what a star washer was.....I heard the phrase " It's not in the computer, whats it for?" "It's for the ground straps on a 1969 Mach DM" "we don't stock any parts for that old a truck" "than look it up for a 2009 Mack." "whats it for?"

Well long story short...I pointed to the Bowmen cabinet and said there are the washers I need on the top rack, I left without them ,I couldn't be billed because they weren't in the computer......... but hey do you want fries with that??

That's exactly why I hate Advance Auto Parts! You can't even buy a generic type item without a serial number for something!

I tried to get a battery for an MTD mower once, but didn't have the serial number. The parts guy threw his hands up and said "I need that,there's a thousand different batteries!" So I threw my hands up and said "they don't even make a thousand different batteries" and

left the other items I had picked up on the counter and went across the street to Western Auto. Told the man what I needed and he went and got one off the shelf.

Pretty much the same deal as when I stopped at a different Advance store to get a headlight for the truck,and told them it was for the spaceship I was building in the backyard.

I went to the local KW dealer looking for an old style clear-with-glitter KW shift Knob for my BroncWorth,and the parts man couldn't even find a mention of it. He didn't even know who MIGHT have 'em. I think his words were something like,"Wow-damn,I can't even remember the last time I had to find parts for a truck that ran THAT kind of transmission!" A couple of days after that,I was helping a friend pull the engine/trans. out of a '48 GMC pick up,and it had just what I wanted in the glove box.

Speed

If I had only realized then...I'd have bought a truckload of 'em and put them in the deep freeze!

30 years ago you could walk into any truckstop and they had dozens and dozens of gear shift knobs on the shelf,all shapes,colors,and sizes. Now you just can't find them or they're outrageously expensive.

I had 2 red glittery ones,one was in the top of my toolbox and I put one on the transfer case lever on the mud bogger. The guy I sold the bogger to gave it back to me when I asked him if he'd sell it to me, and I put both in the mixer.

I dont know about "texas" chili,but mine has kidney beans and ground meat in it,only way to go as far as i'm concerned! red,green peppers,onions,tomatoes (fresh and stewed) secret spices,little butter,can of beer, little pinch of sugar (to cut the acid,so says my mama!)...let it go pretty much all day,always seems better the 2nd day anyway.........Mark

It do,it do! That's pretty much what I use,but I left out the can of beer this time. I did hear several people say it was the best chili they'd ever had. I put 4 1/2 lbs. of ground beast in it.