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I ain't scared-I believe I can take her...unless she pulls a knife or gun on me! Maybe I should start packing a can of pork and beans while i'm off for protection. ("don't bring anything to a fistfight you can't eat"-Freightrain)

now THAT I believe!

mozzie?..

this is true-when I was a kid,and even 'til I was grown,somebody might have an argument and get to scrapping today and be friends tomorrow. Now you're always hearing of people arguing,and if they're not already packing heat one or the other goes home and gets a gun. It's crazy-I knew a man in Cumberland co. who was stabbed to death,arguing over a loaf of bread! And that's true.

I carry those too. New trucks are about the same as new cars to me,there's a lot of stuff you can't fix anymore,with all the electronics and computers-unless you're a rocket scientist or something and drive a truck for a hobby. I do carry a screwdriver in the bed of the Ranger to open the tailgate-the latch handle is PLASTIC,and broke a long time ago,so I just stick a screwdriver in the hole and pry the little thingamabob up to release it

Well,my first day of vacation is about over-i'm ready to go back to work. Got up at 3:30 this morning,for no particular reason. Climbed up onto the roof when it was light enough to see and fixed the shingles that the wind blew off earlier this year. Used a homemade ladder I built out of some treated 2x4's I brought home. Weighs about 9,000 lbs. but it worked OK. I didn't replace the shingles,just put a lot of tar on it. Then I went over to Wal-Mart and got a weedeater and a sprayer,so when we got home I tested the weedeater for a while,then sprayed some miracle-gro on the garden. Had a pretty good little rain shower yesterday,and another today,so the garden looks pretty good right now...that reminds me,I need to go spray my anti-varmint spray again now (AKA pepper spray) or the rabbit will eat everything by morning-see ya!

"...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.