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Cheswick,Pa.-that's where I went. I remember now,since I've already been there and back. I called Tina,one of our drivers who had been to this jobsite before, and after I talked to her I was beginning to regret taking this load instead of the pipe going to Anderson,S.C. She said it was very cramped,they sat all day waiting to get unloaded because they were pouring concrete,and concrete trucks were in and out all day until 5 o'clock that evening.She also said you had to go down a steep hill and drive onto a barge to get to the island where they were unloading,then they had to be pushed back up the hill,and they had to pick the back of their trailers up with a crane and move them over to make the turn through the gate at the railroad tracks to get out. Geez,what have I gotten myself into here? Usually if you're expecting the worst,it's never that bad. I made it in,you had to cross the tracks and make a hard left after you crossed the tracks but you couldn't pull very far forward through the gate because a crane was set up there,then hug the chain link fence on the left,because then you had to make a hard right to go down the steep cut they had made in the bank,but again you couldn't pull very far forward to make the turn because of a pile of stuff they had on the ground,and there was a little green thing on the right-looked like a gas meter or something-that you had to clear before you turned. I had dumped the trailer air on the back axle and locked the power divider in at first,and made all the turns with inches to spare.When I got down the hill I had to get over as close to the air compressor parked on the right at the bottom to make the hard left onto the "bridge" which was actually barges side by side across the river.When I talked to Tina I thought they put the truck on a barge and floated over to the island,and I wasn't too sure about all that! But I felt pretty good about the bridge when I saw them drive a bulldozer across it before I went across. So I made it onto the bridge and went across and got unloaded,turned around,and went back up the hill OK,and made it back through the gate without having to pick the trailer up and move it over. I should mention that I had a 48' trailer,and the others had 53s, and like I said I had only inches to spare on all the turns,including getting onto the bridge. I reloaded at Macedonia,Oh. for Roanoke and unloaded there Thursday night. Yesterday morning back at the shop Todd gave me a choice of another load of piling to Cheswick or kyanite going to Orrville,Oh. I went with the Orrville.

I get that too,I'll be looking forward to reading it.

Just got my "Double Clutch" today.Good story,though sad,about the Procter Company.Just a great restoration of the B-813SX though.What a tough truck!

Welcome indeed-some (OK,one then)of my best friends are from Ontario. (Elliot Lake)

Handsome chaps you got there Joe-but the one in the little hat looks like he's dreaming about driving a tri-plex-what's up with that? What are their names? One looks like a Bill and the other looks like a Tom.My name's William Thomas by the way.How about Joseph William Paul Van Thomas Scott.. ? No? well,it was just a thought.

You are exactly right,on every point you made.There is a difference between "immigrant" and "illegal immigrant" that a lot of people don't seem to get. And we had a pile of broken chain binders at the shop in the floor-not bent,broken-that said "made in China" on every one of them. The ones that say "made in USA" might bend,but they do not break.These Red Wing boots i'm wearing right now are a couple of years old and I just had them resoled,so they should be good for a couple of more years. Everybody on welfare in this country,unless they're disabled,ought to HAVE to (I don't know how to underline,but anyway...) do something,whether it's picking up trash along the highway or cleaning at the school or courthouse,instead of popping out babies and collecting even more money. A lot of people say "why SHOULD I work,when the government pays me to sit on my fat a** and do nothing?",so that's exactly what they do. Maybe if they had to work anyway,they'd get a real job and be a productive member of society instead of a parasite to everyone else.I know some people need and deserve help,but too many people just take advantage of anything and everything they can-it's not about the common good,it's what's good for ME! Me,right now!..oh yeah,I could go on and on...

Hi Paul,just got a preview of the '08 F.L.Moore and Sons calendar-has an H-model on it.

Thank you Paul...thank you very much.

Made the Fremont turn,and brought coils back to Roanoke again to the frame rail plant.After I got unloaded I loaded some rails and took them to Rustburg,to the school bus place.Now I've got to go load some 51' beams in Petersburg at 10 am tomorrow going to...gee,I forgot.But it's in the Pittsburgh area,on rt.28 just north of the turnpike.Had some leftover turkey and sweet potato pie for supper,still delicious.Had turkey sandwiches for lunch this week that I took with me. Now i'm just waiting for a tape i'm copying from a DVD for Big Jim to finish,and i'm gonna turn in.I gave Big Jim a BMT calendar,and he said he was going to keep the mixer picture and frame it when the calendar's out dated.I told him i'd be glad to print one for him so he could keep the calendar intact,so I did. I'm very proud to have the picture of it on the calendar.

Way to go Joe!...and you said they're eating like little WHAT'S?!!...Wait 'til they're teenagers-you might want to buy Food Lion stock now,so you can get a discount on your groceries.Are they boys or girls? Or perhaps one of each?P.S.-Way to go Joe's wife too!

nice choice,that red with black fenders.

I'm tellin' 'ya-that turkey,taters,onions,and celery-it's really good!

I only got three days,but i'm sure i'm a little fatter! Gotta leave for Fremont,Oh. as soon as I take a shower.

it's good.She always made it out of the leftover turkey. It might be better'n poke salad,but i'm not sure.

I could almost guarantee that somebody here could do that conversion.

sounds like you work at a wood yard

Since I had pictures of the whole turkey smoking process,I might as well show how it ended-with all the meat that was left pulled from it,placed in a pot with potatoes,onions,celery seed,and some thickening (flour and water),little salt and pepper...it's what Mama used to call turkey hash,and it's better than the turkey was! There's one of them sweet potato pies there too.

Thanks Joe-hadn't heard from you for so long I thought maybe you'd transferred to an unknown location somewhere near the arctic circle-either that or you were at the hospital.

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Hi!

Well it's almost time for the holiday to end and get back to the real world.Gotta leave for Fremont in the morning. I got a letter from DMV this week,and I've got to get the mixer retitled,and pay another $50.My wife's name was on the title as co-owner and since their records indicated that one of the owners was deceased,I have to get a new title and tags. I don't see what difference it makes,but it makes them 50 more dollars. Nobody would have ever caught it ,but a few months ago DMV sent a form to everybody that owned a vehicle with antique tags on it.You had to fill it out and have it notarized before you sent it back,or they'd pull your tags.It just had questions about how you used the vehicle,and if you had another vehicle. Va. law restricts antique vehicle use to club activities,exhibits,tours,parades,test drives and so on,but you can't use it as a daily driver,or to and from work.A lot of people did abuse it,you see beat-up '71 pickups with antique plates on them all the time hauling firewood and beat-up '68 Biscaynes at the grocery store,vehicles people never had any intentions of restoring,or even fixing-vehicles with antique plates don't have to be inspected in Va. either. So,even though I'm good on the usage part,that's how they ran across the name on the title and hit me up for the " one time "$50 fee. again.

this is a nice looking B-67 that was on the F.L.Moore and Sons calendar this year-best looking truck on the calendar.Didn't say who owned it or where it was from.

private Big Jim,you've been volunteered for a very dangerous mission if the General says it's a go...good luck

Absolutely! I'm not much in the kitchen,but when it's outdoors it's a different story-i've got 4 grills,all charcoal,in various sizes,the smoker stove,and the stew pot. My good friend "Big Jim" lives in Reynoldsville,Pa. and he's a master griller-and just happens to have a big brand new gas grill.He would be a member here,but his PC has been down for a long time.He took it in to be checked out and found there's nothing wrong with the computer,but his phone line was messed up,so he just uses his cell phone.If Barry think's it's a good idea to cook out too,i'm gonna volunteer Big Jim to bring his grill. I'll tell Jim he's been volunteered too-he'll think he's back in the Marines.

Thanks Paul,it WAS good! I started cooking it on the lowest rack in the oven,but if i'd raised it up 2 levels,which I had room enough to do, it probably wouldn't have gotten so brown.I put the extra drumsticks on the top rack at first,then flip-flopped them later. I coated it with olive oil and then coated it with a rub before I put it in the oven too,so that's why it's so dark .And even though it looks very well done,i've never smoked a turkey out doors that was dry-it's like it dries or seals on the outside.The first time I ever used one of these ovens I cooked a hind quarter of venison,kind of as a test run.I expected it to be too tough to eat,but surprisingly it was very tender and juicy.I think I cooked the turkey about 5 hrs.before the timer popped up,and I let it stay in a little longer.I like to check it with a meat thermometer too,just to be safe.The old leg bone test is still about the best way to tell for sure if it's done-you grab the end of it and twist it a quarter of a turn and if it feels like it's gonna pull off in your hand,it's done. I made 4 sweet potato pies too,and they were about the best I've ever had.Got 2 of them in the freezer.