other dog

huh? when?

yeah- like the guy who bought a John Deere instead of the Komatsu dozer, because he wanted to buy American. Turned out the John Deere was made in China, only assembled in the U.S, while the Komatsu was made entirely in Dresser, Wisconsin. Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, and other companies might be foreign owned, but they do have plants that create lots of jobs here. China, on the other hand couldn't care less about us.

Much of what's going on in the world right now is foretold in the Bible. I have felt for some time now that it's kinda coming down to that, but...who knows? "...but of that day and hour knoweth no man...

OK-like most people, I might smoke, drink, or cuss. I used to go to church every Sunday, but I don't any more. But I believe in God, the Bible, and in our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ -like most people. I am certainly not afraid or ashamed to say it.

I'm honored Mack, but I ain't got sense enough to come in outa' the- uhh...what do you call it when water comes from the sky? oh yeah,rain. I think Paul would be a better president, with Rob as secretary of state. I wouldn't mind being appointed to a lesser position, like keeping the grass cut at the white house. I'd hire a few dozen Hooter's girls (with your tax dollars of course) and put them behind a push mower while I sat in my lawn chair with a cold drink and watched...just to make sure they didn't miss a spot ya' know

yeah, and when they contested ACORN in Ohio, the Ohio supreme court ruled they didn't have to check the identity of the new voters registered, so all the winos and miscreants can vote as many times as they want...( sign this paper here man, and go vote for Obama-I'll make sure there'll be a bottle of Hog's Head behind the dumpster for you. Or would you prefer Thunderbird? And tell all your friends too...)

He might be all right, as long as he doesn't let Don Henley influence him

I'm with this guy!

huh? what were we talking about again?

I'm home today so I could go to my brother's wedding. I'm still loaded for Roanoke, but I could have gotten somebody else to deliver the load tomorrow while I took a van load to Georgia tonight. And we had some really good paying loads of 55' piling going to Chicago, to deliver at 3:00 Monday evening. But I had to go to the wedding-Ma wanted me to take pictures. Only thing is, I found out when I talked to her last night that the wedding's not 'til NEXT weekend. D'oh!!!

I've got a full report of my weekly adventures, but don't have pictures to prove any of it, so i'll save that for later. Even took photographic evidence of myself being broke down again, but it was just a flat tire...right front steer tire as a matter of fact. Went to the Appomattox Railroad Festival Parade today, drove the mixer in it.( new video on youtube,by the way ) . What a great day for a parade! Beautiful weather,great turnout, more beautiul women than you could-well...you know. Didn't get any pictures of any of them because Jo-well...you know. Did get a few pictures though. And how about college football? I always thought the greatest college football game ever played was Oklahoma/Nebraska in 1971 or '72, won by Nebraska 35-31. I've been a Sooner fan ever since. But the Oklahoma/Texas game today was also a great one, as was North Carolina/Notre Dame. Now,even though there's not a lot of good news around anywhere at the moment, if Kyle Busch finishes out of the top twenty again...that'll be good. And, some pictures from today... a nice looking restored Duster 340 ( oops-forgot to resize) the Woolridge Brothers chevyII drag race car ummm...62-3-or 4 Chevrolet A model Mack-haven't I seen this somewhere before? '57 Chevy A big dog with "Spot" the book bus...is that dog going to pee on that tire?!! Otherdog (the beagle,not me) would never do that! ...and a beautiful woman scratching her head, like she's got cooties or something...

Amen Brother! I'd bet his pc is out...either that, or he's shunning us

It's Jeff Moore's truck of course, but i'm the only wheel man on it. I've put over 250,000 miles on it in 2 years and 2 months. They have a man that comes to the shop on weekends and takes them down to the old concrete plant and washes them. He does a great job, he even cleaned the trailer with acid-looked like a new one!

all the above is true, and also you can't downshift a 5 speed Mack until the rpms come WAY down anyway. The one I drove ( 300,5 spd.) would turn 2400 rpms but I didn't downshift until it got down to about 11-1200 rpms. Neat thing about a 5 spd. Mack with the high torque rise engine- you can be driving down the road loaded, let off it 'til the rpms drop to 11 or 1200,mash on it and it picks it right back up, with no downshifting.

ouch! ...maybe the old " i cain't see nothing outa' my right mirror, and the right turn signal don't work". My truck has a customized look too-two horns have covers,and two do not.

Hi Rob, this is in response to the Peterbilt pictures you've been axing for...or maybe that was somebody else.

Man, look at that Peterbilt...sure is clean! Figured i'd take it's picture...who knows when it'll be that clean again! And some random photos of an old GMC I saw on rt. 220 in West Virginia, between Franklin and Petersburg and the view from the mountain on rt.33 after you cross into West Virginia,west of Harrisonburg,Va. I erroneously said it was on rt. 42 near Mt. Storm,and the views are similar, but noted West Virginia highway and byway expert Big Jim noticed that there was a climbing lane coming up,which Scherr mtn. doesn't have, and the mountain at Scherr is 10%, not nine. What a clean Pete....oh, and I put another video on youtube today, pulling out after i'd gotten loaded at Sharon Coatings (formerly Winner Steel) in Sharon,Pa.

Here' an A40s in Moneta,Va. Owner unknown, but I did find the chassis no.- A40S 10268. Date of manufacture on the gas tank said 53-11

thank you Rob

well,ain't this a geographical oddity-two weeks from everywhere!

you're not talking about me are you?..you know my feelings are easily hurt

geez...y'all make me feel so...so...well, fine actually. I'm just a stupid a$$ truck driver,have been for almost 30 years, but then everybody can't drive an airplane- I don't want no parts of 'em. I'm pretty happy, see - . I'm glad to be here and pester Rob- one of my heroes!

It do, it do! Actually mine was solid red and I had the fenders painted black in honor of Old Bill, the Diesel Gypsy. Was gonna paint the top of the hood black too, but it has a couple of dents and I figured black would make them more noticable.

the water underneath was something else I saw on TV, the bacon strip was my idea, figured it couldn't hurt. Never did either before, but Jo said the ones I'd cooked before, just on the grill over direct heat, were a little dry so I tried something different and it came out great. And the wood gives it a great smoky flavor. I'm a dog lover too, and I was very upset about the dog. I still miss him, but i'm happy now that I know he's gonna be OK. And...in honor of me? I...I (sniffle) just don't know what to say