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"...it's up to you,as Davy Crocket said..." I remember that song from the Walt Disney Davey Crockett movies. Buddy Ebsen (Jed Clampett) played Davy's sidekick,but I don't remember his name in the movies.

sounds like he's an a-hole. sometimes there ain't no other way to say it. he should at the very least be polite to you.Good for you for standing up for yourself! I hate having to deal with a-holes myself,but unfortunately I run across them sometimes when I go somewhere to pick up or deliver a load. Like everytime I go to Galv-Tech in Pittsburgh...or United Steel Service in Masury,Oh.

even though you've never been known to be wrong about anything,I have my doubts about this

I saw one of the mechanics at the shop yesterday trying to shut the door on a Freightliner. I said "that's like the Peterbilt I drive-takes two or three tries to get the door shut on that too. Sure don't make 'em like they used to". The doors shut fine on the mixer,at 43 years old.

Amen brother! Tree huggers and Democrats,they need to lighten up on the restrictions here- John McCain is in favor of drilling in ANWR and offshore,Barrack Hussein Obama is not. I vote republican myself,but i've not been too happy with them either-neither party seems to want what's good for the people,they want whatever keeps their particular party in office!

I used to carry a lot more tools than i do now,but still carry a few wrenches,sockets,screwdrivers,hammer,nails,oil,sardines and crackers,antifreeze,spare fan belt, can of spam,filter wrench,windshield washer fluid,air hose to hook to gladhand,triangles,flashlight,coveralls,fuses,bulbs,kit to plug tires (which i've never had any luck with!), first aid kit in case I hurt myself trying to plug a tire,airline fittings,duct tape-the usual stuff. I probably forgot something-when I open either side box I have to jump back,so stuff won't fall out on top of me

...reminds me of the old joke about the guy that gets beaten up in the bar by a much bigger guy. After he beats the smaller guy terribly he tells him "that's judo,from Japan". A few days later the little guy goes back to the bar,and sure enough the big guy is there too,and beats him up again. Then he says "that's karate,from China". So a few days later the little guy goes back to the bar,and sure enough the big guy's there too.The little guy proceeds to beat him to an unconscious bloody pulp in the floor,and says to the bartender "when that s.o.b. comes to,tell him that was a crowbar from Sears and Roebuck"

I was gonna ask if y'all were expecting trouble,but you already answered that question. Nothing like being prepared.

Hi Paul! I just looked at Beach Lake on google earth...didn't see you anywhere. So,where've you been for real ? We can keep a secret here.

yeah,I don't need a 5 and 4 anyway-i'd be at my destination long before I ever got in the "big hole"

well,thank you very much indeed!

...yeah,this is a giant steel mushroom on rt. 51 in Pittsburgh,a random shot from Phillipsburg,Pa ( -Jobyna asked lots of questions about this picture-lots of people have probably never been through Phillipsburg,and wonder what it looks like! ),a couple of Mack dump trucks on I-77 in W.V,a big Mack all-wheel drive wrecker in Broadway,Va, the load of cement mixers I picked up in Malta,Oh, the old Cedar Grove Truckstop on rt. 60 in W.V,the old truckstop in Ansted,W.V,and the old weigh station just east of Ansted. I have stopped at both of these truckstops when they were open. ...and for the weekly report,I went to Orchard Park,N.Y, Brookfield,Oh. back to Roanoke,then to Zelienople,Pa,Brookfield to Roanoke,and to Conneaut,Oh. and Brookfield to Roanoke. Riding my a$$ off in other words! Got to go to Petersburg tomorrow and get a load going to Fairmont,W.V. and reload at Brookfield for Roanoke. Then I'll make one more turn and be off on vacation for a week. Normally I wouldn't have to leave on Sunday after making three rounds,but I agreed when they agreed that i'd be off when I got back from the second turn on Thursday. Sometimes you got to negotiate

Stupid computers-that's why I don't get any parts at Advance Auto Parts. Went to the one in Appomattox once to get a battery for my lawnmower.Looked like a motorcycle battery.The guy said " I need the make,model,and serial number". I said "it's an MTD,the battery looks just like a motorcycle battery". So he threw his hands up and said "I need all the information,there's a hundred different batteries". I threw my hands up too and said "you don't have a hundred different batteries in the store!" and left,leaving a couple of items i'd picked up laying on the counter.Went right up the street to Western Auto,told the guy I needed a battery for my mower,and he went and got one off the shelf and said "does it look like this?" I said "yes-exactly".Same thing when I needed some half inch studs-a generic type item,but if you can't give them some type of vehicle to look up they don't know what you're talking about. Ran into the same situation when I stopped at the one in Dillwyn to get a low beam headlight for the Peterbilt-all the rectangular headlights are the same,I think they're 1a1 and 2a1 for low and high beam. As soon as they asked what type of vehicle it just really made me hot so I said "i'm building a spaceship in the backyard and I want to put headlights on it".The girl behind the counter didn't say anything,just went and got a head light off the shelf. I paid for it and when I was going out the door she said "good luck with your spaceship". I said "thank you".

that's a good looking B-61 you've got there.

If creatures eat all the fruits and vegetables I might have to join P.E.T.A.-that would be the "people eating tasty animals" one,not those other ones 219's not a bad road at all,kinda hilly,little crooked but not too bad. It's even paved now I don't see many coal buckets on it at all. Most of the truck traffic seems to be going to Johnsonville to the bratwurst factory. Either that or the paper mill in Johnsonburg. I don't know how much it's changed ,I used to either go up rt.15 from Harrisburg to Corning,or sometimes 79 to Erie and across the thru way. Neither's really a bad way to go,but not really a good way.I used to consider Buffalo one of those places you can't get to from here,but going up 220,99,350,80,153,and 219 it's only a little over 500 miles. I used to like the part of rt.15 from Williamsport to Corning,that's beautiful country.

I found one,couldn't scan it too good because it's in a hard cover book.

Dang it! Got up this morning and looked at the peach tree in the back yard,which was full of nice big peaches as recently as yesterday evening,and it was stripped bare! They weren't quite ripe,just starting to turn red,but apparently they were ripe enough for whatever ate them. A few were still on the tree half-eaten. I don't know if it was squirrels,racoons,a possum,or crows-crows ate all the cherries off the tree,and the rabbit about got the beans before I started spraying them with the hot sauce and soap. Should've sprayed the peaches too I guess. Got a little shower of rain yesterday,barely enough to settle the dust,but every little bit helps. I must be off now,to start that long trip to Orchard Park. I'm already dreading that long hard ride up rt. 219,but i've gotta go. might have the answer here-a fake owl! and the runaway ramp,Ridgway,Pa. rt. 219 ...so much for the fake owl idea-owl looks so real even I think it's real-there's three crows on the ground and a squirrel in the peach tree right now. Apparently they're way smarter than I am,I spent almost $20 for that owl. $20 will buy a lot of Texas Pete! back to the old pepper spray! ok,final update before I go to work-Jobyna insists that the owl has to actually be in the tree for it to work.It was only about 20' from the tree at first. I say if the squirrels were intimidated by the owl at all,it's close enough-but I moved it over into the tree anyway.Now we'll see who's smarter around here-me,her,or the squirrels.

Me too-the ones in my B have never been bent or modified. I don't have a picture showing them all the way to the floor. I have changed the shift knobs from the round balls though.

Hey Paul,we've missed you...you did say you've been away,didn't you? Uhh,anyway,whenever I finally get to see that B-67 i'll be wearing a trench coat, a hat with a brim on the front and back,carrying a magnifying glass,and blowing bubbles out of a weird looking long stemmed pipe

yeah,that pretty much sums it up. and i'm sitting here hoping for rain

Well,I got in one trip this week anyway.Went to Export,Pa. with a load of beams-that's near New Alexandria,but I didn't have time to stop and see Barry.Or more likely,he doesn't have time to fool with me. I had to get over to Malta,Ohio and get a load of cement mixers and everything that goes along with them. Had the trailer loaded from back to front,front to back,side to side-had 2 stacks of plastic bins piled up in the middle to 13' 6",a couple of wheeled carts,and the rest mixers. Unloaded them in Vinton this morning,stopped by the shop and fueled,then went to Dillwyn and loaded for Orchard Park,N.Y. for Monday delivery.

but it's good-and cheap!.."uh....what is this stuff anyway? no wait-don't tell me,I don't want to know!..good though" " sauteed cicadas in garlic sauce with broccoli,with lightly smoked tenderloin of a calico". "@%&*# it!!!!-I said I didn't want to know!!!"