other dog

no, the stealer is not supposed to get caught, and when you do the owner is not actually supposed to shoot AT you, just in the air to scare you when you're running like hell! They must not have known the rules of this tradition

I would guess a junk yard or find an old unit sitting in the woods somewhere...I don't know, they're hard to find anymore. If i'd only known 20 years ago what I knowed now, i'd have bought a few dozen. Then you could go in any truckstop and find a wide variety of knobs, adapters, extensions, whatever you wanted. Then they had to go and change the range selectors and splitter button.

We were hauling piling from Va. to Conoco-Philips in Roxana for a long time, all spring, but I guess it's over with. Hopefully they're just driving some of what they had on the ground and they'll need more later. Things are kinda slow now.

raiding a watermelon patch is a time honored tradition-kinda expected.

I agree. I was robbed at the old TA truckstop on I-70 just north of Dayton around '80 or'81. While I was taking a shower a thief reached over the door and stole my pants off a hook. Got my wallet with my drivers license, what little cash I had, all my keys-had to take the switch out of that F-model and start it with 2 paper clips. I still wish i'd seen that arm coming over the door so I could have twisted it off and showed him what the other end of it looked like.

I have way to much respect for you as a human bean to accuse you of such a dastardly deed-or to pick on you.

I got the first contribution today! A very generous donation from A BMT member. I'm gonna wait a little while to send it, just in case more comes in.

South Roxana, Il?..we've hauled a pile of piling out there this year to the Conoco Philips refinery!

stimulus money?.. yay, stimulus money! ...right. Anyway, the tomatoes are growing, looking good- already got green ones on the vines. Best looking garden i've had for several years. Even the herbs look good, I think...never grew any before, and don't know what to do with Basil, Chives, Oregano, Cilantro, Sage...and something else. I need to be figuring out which to dry, which to freeze, which to use fresh, when to cut it, and so on.

Crap!..This week STILL ain't going too good so far- I went to the doctor today and he told me to come back tomorrow (again!) so he could look at it and change the bandage (again!). Only tomorrow i've got to see him in Lynchburg. The doctor couldn't believe the amount of stuff that was still in there. He said "I think we've about got it!.. no, wait- spoke too soon." He said maybe tomorrow I would be good to go with just a band-aid. Same thing he said yesterday. And the day before...and the day before. Meanwhile, no income, and i'm getting crankier all the time. Had to pass up a load going to Fremont, Ohio today. I try to tell myself it's best to do what he says and not risk having even bigger problems with it, or having it get infected or something, but this is getting old fast. I feel fine, but he's had to work on it every day this week. Good thing I can't get to it, or I might monkey up And how about David Carradine (Kung-Fu)? Just saw where he had hanged himself in a motel room. So many people in the world struggling to live...and he kills himself.

thanks for using the "w" word- Jo called me a "pu..." word. , just because I was writhing in pain when she grabbed me and wanted a smooch Friday.

Damn, that's more crooks and liars involved than you should encounter in a lifetime! I hope you get this mess straightened out, good luck.

i'd prefer clifford the big red dog band aids, like i had before once.

Crap!..This week ain't going too good so far- I was supposed to deliver that load of beams in Birmingham tomorrow, but I went to the doctor today and he told me to come back tomorrow (again!) so he could look at it and change the bandage (again!). So, I finally had to give the load up. The doctor couldn't believe the amount of stuff he got out of it today-it had filled up again. He said it had to be a golfball sized amount of nasty stuff that was still in there. He said maybe tomorrow I would be good to go with just a band-aid. Same thing he said yesterday. But he said it was one of the largest cysts he'd ever seen, so I feel very special. Going broker every day, but special.

The Superliner wrecker had to pull a Western Express Freightliner out of the ditch. He tried to make a u-turn and ran out of room. The dozer that pulled me up the hill was a...I don't remember what it was...not a Cat though. I should have taken a picture, but sometimes ya' gotta constipate on the task at hand. I had gotten unloaded and was headed to Lexington when I came upon the wrecker. I still wonder how the other 4 trucks (all different companies) made out at the job site. The Western Express had a 53' trailer, but had the 48' axle setting, and it was a Columbia Freightliner. I'm sure I had the longest truck, and it was TIGHT!.. very TIGHT!

I picked up some steel in Lexington last week, at Harry Gordon Steel-kind of a tight spot to get into!

Looking for advice, eh? Well, you've certainly come to the right place for that. Folks here are full of good advice. Rob is one of the best advice givers, but he hasn't been seen or heard from in a while... oh Rob, it's you! Howdy! nobody has said anything about you, or even mentioned you while you're gone-I been keeping watch for ya

yeah, just some you enjoy more than others.

I was supposed to deliver that load of beams in Birmingham today, but I went to the doctor yesterday and he bladed that cyst and stuck some kind of drain in it, then told me to come back today so he could look at it and change the bandage. So, I tried to get the delivery put off 'til today so I wouldn't have to give the load up, but they said to bring it Thursday. Worked out real well because the doctor told me to come back again tomorrow. I think he's gonna pull the drain thing out and I should be good to go with just a band-aid. It's in a bad spot because I can't reach it or see it. Or maybe that's a good thing!

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Been around "suicide circle" too many times. Rosie looks like she sees a short piece of 2x4 coming at her cheek!..or maybe she's looking at a buffet. There's an ATHS show in Cherokee, N.C in October. The one i'm gonna try to make used to be the Troutman show, this year they moved it to Lincolnton. The ad in Wheels of Time says Taylorsville, the brochure says Lincolnton Anyway, this is the one-I went last year and the year before, and once before Becky passed away. It's always been a good show. Be sure to stop and pick up Joe and the family on your way! Will you be flying, or riding your bike?

no doubt i've had way too much time to kill lately

well, the good part is you can't see my face! I actually took that picture myself with 2 mirrors. Took the picture in the small mirror I was holding in my hand.

this might have some useful information- http://www.oldmacksrus.com/trannys.htm

No, I haven't. I like the shows too, never been to the national show before though. They had it in Baltimore a couple of years ago, but it might as well have been on the moon. I wouldn't drive around D.C. and Baltimore for it. I'm gonna try to make it to the North Carolina show in July. Winchester is a really good one too, but I couldn't make it the last 2 years. I think Rosie's the best-she looks so natural.