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Exactly right. He had failed the CDL test, he should not have had a CDL in the first place. It doesn't matter where he's from. And the minivan- I know the truck was at fault for attempting to make an illegal U-turn, but the minivan driver had to have some responsibility, from what I could see they appeared to drive right into the side of the van at full speed. I mean it didn't look like they even tried to slow down, swerve, or take any kind of evasive action at all, so the driver might well have been distracted.

Hmmm, no surprises there.

Yes, I've been dealing with it for years.

I just got back from the eye doctor. Last time I went the pressure was 24 in my left eye. Not sure what that means, but the pressure should be in the teens. It got up to 21 in both eyes when I first started using eye drops years ago. So she said last visit she wanted to re-check it in a month, and if it was still too high I might be a candidate for laser surgery. And today it was 21 in my left eye, 16 in the right eye, so she's going to refer me to the laser surgery guy. I put drops to reduce the pressure in my left eye 3 times a day, then another in both eyes before I go to bed. I told Zina before I left that I was as nervous as a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I talked to Jeff Moore about it though, he had it done and he said it wasn't that bad.

That reminds me of the late Mike Snead, "jig saw". He had a green and white Transtar of his own leased to H.H.Moore before he started driving one of H.H's trucks, had a 318 and a 10 speed in it. We were hauling wood chips from Ivy, VA. to Covington for Westvaco and jig Saw's uncle would ride with him sometimes. They'd climb Afton Mountain on 64 just a little bit faster that you could walk, and both of them would be holding the door open with their foot because it was so hot. That truck was weak even for a 318.

Yes, I'm a big fan of law and order myself. Too many people have gotten away with too much for too long. Remember all the riots because the thug and criminal george floyd died of a fentanyl overdose while the policeman had him pinned down? The policeman is still in jail as far as I know, all or most of the rioters went on their merry way. People who protest by blocking a highway, and pulling truck drivers out of their trucks and beating them, like the gang of thugs did in Ferguson, Mo. when a policeman shot the thug who had just robbed a store tried to take his gun, if a few of them got flattened maybe they would think twice about blocking a highway. The police are too nice to them, the mobs throw rocks at them and spit on them, and the police pretty much just take it. That's when the police should knock them into the middle of next week. I guess they're afraid of the department being sued if they hurt somebody. My opinion, if they're out rioting, which they call a "peaceful protest" of course, but it's a riot, they do it at their own risk and shouldn't have the right to sue anybody.

No indeed, we have a dog for that 🤣

I was wondering if the fox I saw with the groundhog killed it or if it was bringing home road kill.

Well, whaddya know- I was looking for a totally unrelated picture on a totally unrelated topic on a totally different subject on a totally different page when I ran across this picture of a girl in a car. It's one of my favorites. This was on I-40 in Knoxville. There was a long backup because of construction on a bridge, one lane was closed. This girl came up beside me and looked over at me. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Oh

Happy birthday!

here's a firetruck.

Looks just like the one I saw, but it's probably not. You didn't happen to see 2 red and white hounds on it's trail did you? 🤣 The one I saw out here in the field with the dead groundhog that time was the first fox I'd seen in years. Now I've seen 2 in a couple of months. I think the last one before that, that I can remember anyway, was when me and traveling kid were running together and he hit one with the truck on rt. 460. That was right near here, just before you get to Concord. He pulled over to look for it, but he couldn't find it. He said the hide was worth about $50. That was about 25 years ago, I think he passed away in 2001. I don't know what he would have done with it if he had found it, you can't really carry a dead fox around with you. Well, you could, but it's probably not the best idea.🤣

My dad had a '74 GMC pickup and it had a little pouch on the door, and he always had a pack of cigarettes in it. I'd sneak out at night and smoke a couple of them.

We used to ride in the back of my dad's pickup all the time. We'd ride in the back from Cumberland, VA. to Farmville when we went to see my grandparents on my mother's side. My grandparents on my father's side lived right across the field. But that's all we had, my dad bought a brand new '66 Chevrolet pickup, blue with a white top, 292 engine, 3 spd. on the column. He had a '58 Chevrolet pickup before that, that's the first vehicle he had that I actually remember. And there was 6 of us, I have 2 brothers and a sister, and everywhere we went we went in that pickup. I do remember him borrowing my grandfather's car a time or 2, he had a '60 Chevrolet, 2 door, 283 with a powerglide. I remember a lot of stuff. Then when my mother got a part time job she bought our first car, a '65 Impala, 2 door, 327, powerglide transmission. Nice car. The first brand new car she bought was so expensive I couldn't believe it. $4100 I believe, and around $3000 was typical for a new car then. 1971 Impala, 4 door, 400 small block. That was a really nice car too.

Only if they were the pointy ones 🤣

Exactly, I've picked many a tomato and wiped it off on my filthy shirt and ate it. Always had a watermelon patch near the tobacco field, at break time if nobody had a pocket knife with them we'd pick a watermelon and break it open on the ground and eat it with our hands. We'd get our own watermelon though, couldn't take a chance on getting any of my brother's filthy germs. 🤣

Or, "the picture I didn't get" of the week. I looked out of the window a minute ago and saw a beautiful red fox just trotting across the front yard and across the driveway. Of course I didn't have my phone so I could get a picture. Then 2 red and white hounds came moseying along on It's trail. I felt kind of sorry for the fox. Anyway, here's some dogs. And here's the hot sauce I made this morning.

Trying to maintain law and order is a far cry from taking over the city. I'm not a fan of thugs and criminals on the streets myself. I remember when Chicago was one of my favorite places to go. We had several places in Chicago, plus Gary, In, Crown Point, In. and Hammond, In. that we hauled kyanite to regularly. One of the places in Chicago was Chicago Fire Brick, right down town, on 79th. st. I think. No, you took 79th. St. and then turned north on Ashland ave. I think. It's been 40 years, anyway I would go there and park right on the street and go to sleep until they opened the gate in the morning, nobody ever bothered me. Nowadays? No way, you couldn't pay me to go to Chicago and sleep in a truck on the street.

Yeah, remember when that stupid bit- sorry, I meant to say AOC, stupid autocorrect, said she didn't even know how she could afford to pay rent in Washington, and now she's apparently loaded?

It sure hits close to home, a good friend of mine just passed away Sunday. I was driving for H.H. Moore Jr. in the early 80's when he started to work there. Ran many loads of steel to Boston with him. He came off the road several years ago after he had heart bypass surgery and when he recuperated he went to work in the shop at FLM. Worked his ass off too, mainly on trailers, doing lights, tires, brakes, etc. Many times I'd go in the shop and he'd be working and just pouring sweat and everybody else would be looking at their phones or something. He was a great guy, came over to Gladys one time to help me work on that old Dodge pickup I had, came to several backyard barbecues. I had just asked Jeff last week why he was still working, and he said it was so his wife could stay on his insurance. He was the same age as me.

Yeah, but if they hadn't do you realize how much spotted owls would cost at Piggly Wiggly now? Or if you could even find one, then I wouldn't get to use my spotted owl cooker.

Sorry for your loss.

Where's mrsmackpaul? Oh, never mind, he's probably shoveling snow. 🤣

You would have loved it around here then, I think it was 90+ every day for the entire month of July. About did me in. It's cooled down a bit now though, it's only in the 80's.