other dog

I'm tempted to say you probably don't, but I don't have enough facts so i'll be quiet

the "chick magnet" in that picture looks about 22 or 23 years old

the original photo...

naw, she looks plenty old enough to have a helper. probably been around the block more times than I have...I don't see the problem.

That's another story- I went through 2 DOT checks, had my log book checked 4 times total on this trip, but I was surprised actually at how nice and friendly the officers were at the scales and ports of entries. Guess i'm just used to Va, Pa, and Ohio where they tend to treat you like a criminal for driving a truck. I like the 11 hours you can drive now and I like the 34 hr. reset rule, without it i'd have been a day later getting in. But I do not like the fact that from whenever you start you'd better be off the road in 14 hrs. If you stop to eat, rest, or take a couple hour nap to wait out rush hour somewhere it counts against your time for the day.

Sure I would, here's a picture of myself when I got back from Puyallup, and one taken just before I left...

is UPS taking applications? I want to be her helper

I think that's you and "Momma" when you were first married, around 1967 or so?

are you saying it could have been caused by exceeding the maximum weight capacity?

the throttle response on them is very sensitive too, at least on the 237s and 300 I drove.

yes, I would certainly like to do it again, I made pretty good money. Only if I do, I hope it's in summer. I'd never been to Wyoming, Idaho, or Washington before. The only states in the lower 48 I haven't been in now are North Dakota and Oregon.

"...yeah,everybody funny -now you funny too "- George Thorogood

it's good for you,relieves stress!

I'm a weak person I forgot to tell the story in my blog about how I almost had "the big one". The right lane on I-25 in Wyoming was solid ice where the snow had been packed. The left lane offered a little more traction on the snow, and I was in the left lane just motoring along when I saw a bull rack coming up behind me. I got in the right lane to let him pass and saw a little blue car ahead of me. Didn't take long to figure out the car was barely moving. I'd look in the mirror, look at the car-look in the mirror,look at the car. It was obvious the truck wouldn't get by in time for me to fall in behind him, and I knew if I touched the brakes there was going to be a helluva crash, involving at least myself, so I hit the shoulder and passed the car on the right, by the guardrail. Shortly afterwards I got the 2 packs of Marlboros.

yeah, it's good to be home.

I agree, it is hard-very hard. I quit once for 10 years and started back, like a dumb ass. I quit last year for 2 months and started back-like a dumb ass! Next time they have one of those quit-smoking hypnotist deals around I might give that a try, I know that's worked for some people. Last week when I was driving in the snow and ice in Wyoming I stopped in Buffalo,Wy. and bought 2 packs of Marlboros, chewed up and swallowed one pack, and smoked the other before I got to Billings,Mt. (job related stress!)

it's a

Indeed, we love ya' Rob- I even sent you a birthday present. It's in my great western adventure gallery, page 2, photo 13.

who?

where'd you find that cartoon picture of me?!!

I ain't believin' this sh...uh,stuff

I delivered that load in Roxana Monday, and boy did I get a surprise! Neal told me when I called in empty to go to Blytheville, Arkansas to pick up a load going to- he said "I can't pronouce it, but it's p-u-y-a-l-l-u-p". I said "well what state is that in?" He hesitated a few seconds and said "Washington". So I said "yeah, right-where am I going?" He said "you wanna talk to your boss-man?" I said "yeah...it's probably in Kentucky somewhere". Then Jeff got on the phone and I asked him if I was going to Washington and he said "that's what Todd said". I still thought it was a joke and everybody at the office was in on it until I got loaded and it was on the shipping order, right there where it says "ship to", it said Puyallup Washington. I went to Blytheville, got loaded, went back north to St. Louis, turned left and headed west. Had to stop and buy tire chains, because there's a substantional fine for not having them, but I had no intention of using them, if I had to wait 'til spring to cross the passes. I know Rob would have sent me a sammich by Fed-Ex. Only bad weather I hit was in Wyoming, from south of Casper all the way to Billings, Mt. Some of the slickest roads i'd ever encountered. Except for that, and fog in Washington (I saw Mt. Rainier from the top of the 10 mile 4% grade you climb after you cross the Columbia River in Washington,and never got to see it again because of the fog) , and high winds in Montana and Wyoming on the way back, the weather was great. It was warmer out there than it was here last week. It was 70 degrees in Denver when I came through on the way back. I unloaded in Puyallup Friday morning, then reloaded in Seattle for Houston, Tx. Had to stop in Spokane Friday night and take a 34 hours off because I was out of hours. Did all my laundry and left there Sunday morning. Unloaded in Houston Wednesday morning, went up to Midlothian and loaded steel going to Milton, Pa. Got to the shop at 6:30 this morning. I took I-70 to Kansas City, then 29 north into Iowa, rt. 2 into Nebraska, then I-80 west to rt. 26 into Wyoming, then I-25 north to I-90 west all the way to Washington. Came back the same way except I stayed on I-25 all the way into New Mexico, then took rt. 87 and 287 to Dallas and I-45 to Houston. Then it was 45 and 287 to Midlothian, then 20 to 30 to 40 to Knoxville, and 81 back to Va. I took 350 pictures on the trip, which i'm trying to put on discs now. I'll probably put some on webshots too. I'm gonna put some pictures on here now, but since there's so many i'll just put them in a new gallery, so check them out...

Yes, I was at the inauguration as chief of security, but I can't give too many details or i'd have to kill myself and then kill you...or something like that, i'll have to go back and re-read the manual.

Thanks Rob,that's very touching,but i'm out of the shop and back at home now.

to simplify everything, main in first,shift under,direct,and over in the aux ( that's low split,direct,hi split in the compound for a Mack triplex or quadruplx-same thing) . then 2nd,under,direct,over,3rd. under, direct,over,4th. under,direct,over,then to 5th. in the main with a quad,if your main is overdrive in 5th. If it's direct in 5th. shift the aux. or compound under,direct,over like the lower gears. You shift a quad. just like a triplex on the road, don't use lo-lo.