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That IS a real trailer Larry. You've got every right to be proud of your outfit,that's a sharp looking unit!

better take off to the bank around 3:15 so you'll get there before Paul and James,then you know yours will be good.

Hi geon! where are you from, if anywhere?

your checks from Mack are in the mail...might want to wait 'til Friday to cash 'em. Tuff times ya' know.

Hey,I might see you over in the woods somewhere.

stories?..ok, I was sitting at home minding my own bidness when I happened to notice it was snowing. I started reaching for my mike to ask where the next motel or truckstop was, then I realized I was at home. I took a couple of pictures of it from the front porch and back porch, and put my parka and snowshoes on and walked out to the road and took the last one, after they had closed the road. The rest of the story...since the road was closed due to the heavy snow, I invited everybody that was stranded over for coffee. By this morning the road was open again, and all the traffic was gone. This picture of the road was taken from the same spot as the other one of course, looking both ways. And that's my story

No, actually they're not broken. One has a little round crack in it where a rock hit it, but it's down in the corner and doesn't bother me at all. The only problem with them is the guy that washes trucks on the weekends must have used acid to clean the stainless steel visor and let it run down on the windshield, because they have streaks in them that just won't come off. It's not too bad except at night when it's raining and I meet oncoming traffic-then I can't see a thing. I just happened to mention it at the shop the other day, and they've got a man coming Monday to put them in. I would have been happy to just get one on the drivers side, but they're replacing both of them.

Looks like i'm behind a little, haven't said anything since before Thanksgiving. I left Sunday and went to Orchard Park,N.Y. I must say that New York does an excellent job on the roads when there's snow, at least in that area (rt.219 from Pa. to Buffalo). Another driver went to Orchard Park last week to deliver Friday, but he broke down somewhere near Bradford, Pa. and had to have the truck towed to Bradford. He said the wrecker was an old Mack, but I don't now if he meant AC old, b-model old, or r-model old. Big Jim's truck broke down in Ohio the week before last and needed a camshaft, so he left it at the Freightliner dealer in Monroeville and rented a car to drive home to Reynoldsville,Pa. He went to Monroeville and picked his truck up when it was repaired then went to Lantz Corners, Pa. and picked up the Orchard Park load and delivered it. Meanwhile, I delivered in Ochard Park Monday and went to Brookfield, Ohio and loaded coils for Roanoke. Dropped in Roanoke Tuesday and went to the shop and had my truck serviced. Todd told me I could go on home and he had an Orlando load out of N.B.Handy for tomorrow. Sunny Florida is nice this time of year, except when I went in Wednesday Orlando had been moved to Ohio, to a place formerly known as Negley, and the load changed to a load of kyanite. So I unloaded in Orlando-I mean Negley-Thursday morning and went up to Masury and loaded more coils for Roanoke. They said they couldn't unload them until after 1pm, so I lollygagged around and got there at 11:30 and untarped, and they said it would be many hours before they could unload me so I ended up taking them to a warehouse in Roanoke and unloading them. They've got another Negley load for Monday, but they're gonna put a couple of new windshields in the truck Monday morning, so i'll load and go Monday. Jeff's new truck came in last week. A pretty red 386 Peterbilt. He said I could take it or keep what I got, it didn't matter to him. I think i'll just keep what I got. Now the title fits anyway.

I know the feeling-stupid computer! (Freightrain)

It has been a while-Sweet Polly, Shoeshine Boy, and Underdog are the only ones I could pick out of a lineup.

I do not recall that particular riff-raff

I don't know about putting that phone no. out there-you might get calls from all kinds of riff-raff now.

that's right, I hadn't even thought of that! Better check 'er out Joe, you might have to turn the cab around backwards and have a rear steer truck. Then you can extend the hood all the way to the rear-I mean front now-wheels. Or either backup everywhere you go at a high rate of speed.

http://oldmacks.com/ might find something here

I read somewhere years ago that brining the turkey overnight before you cooked it made it really moist, and everybody on the cooking shows I was watching yesterday did it. I'd never tried it before today. I didn't really see much diffrence, but smoking it might have made a difference, and I did overcook it a little.

by the way, where IS Bulldog Man, if anywhere?

extra pies? funny you should ask-I have apple,blueberry,stawberry,pecan,and peach. And a six legged turkey. Bought it really cheap from this farm over by the nucular pire plant

Amen to that-couldn't have been said any better. Sorry for your loss.

you can fly into Gladys International cheap,they have the discount airline service.Bring your own peanuts,and I hope you don't mind being delayed while they dust a few crops on the way

i'm gonna make camel stew with mine. might let it set for a couple of weeks,then make the stew before it starts to turn on me. If you ever come up here to visit, you've got to meet Jeff. I think he can recite the entire movie.

"that don't make no sense Everette"...Pete

come on over, i'll pick you up at Gladys International Airport. My pies contain no fat, sugar, or calories

Last week when I left Thursday going to Masury,Ohio (everybody hates Masury ) Todd told me to "run this load, and you'll be done 'til after Thanksgiving". That didn't really happen, as I left Monday and took a load of fingers (well,that's what they called them) to Milan, Ohio. When I left he said "run this load, and you'll have a four day weekend coming up anyway". That didn't happen either. I delivered in Milan Tuesday, which is near Norwalk, and ran in snow all the way from Strasburg to Milan to Macedonia, which is near Cleveland, and back down I-77 almost to Charleston, W.V. before I ran out of it. I unloaded in Roanoke this morning and went to Dillwyn and loaded up an Orchard Park load for Monday. This is good, I was hoping he was joking when he said i'd be done 'til after Thanksgiving. I like to eat and have electricity too. After I got home today I processed the turkey-you know,got all the accessories out that they put inside of 'em-and put it in salt water to soak overnight. It's in a cooler on ice on the back porch, along with the four extra turkey legs I bought-the ones that cost more than the whole turkey . Then I made turkey stock from the accessory pack i'd previously removed, and cooked all the sweet potatoes I had and made six pies. I feel like I had a pretty good day. I'll slap that turkey in the smoker oven first thing in the morning, everybody come on over!