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Looking for the bearing buddies, don't see any! .....Hippy

Jim, Was that down at the Yankee Candle show this year? .....Hippy

With time and practice (10 X practice ) before you know it you won't even be looking at the tack or using the clutch Just by the sound of the motor you'll know when to shift. And then they will just slide in and out of gear as if on their own. Good luck and be patient. .....Hippy

That's too bad, all three of them going to hell. .....Hippy

Coming home from shopping this afternoon and met a UPSF Volvo P&D unit. It was still fully in OVNT colors with the OVNT logo on the airfoil! Hope the driver doesn't get jealous if he ever sees our truck! .....Hippy

Bob, Found them over in Greenfield NH on an old 45'er in the bushes being used for storage. Both sides and the door and another one for the door (Our people make the difference) on Ebay. .....Hippy Thank you Vlad. .....Hippy

We got our signage on and paint removed covering the lettering on the nose of the trailer. .....Hippy

If Watt's can't help try Ebay. l found one for the MB on there and another one at the Ballston Spa NY truck show. .....Hippy

Bruce, Where and when did you drive for OVNT? The one l have is a 1970 that came out of Cumberland MD. .....Hippy

Hum, the only thing l see wrong here is her top is on backwards. The field of stars should always be to the top left. Just saying. .....Hippy

Maybe try State Line in Fitzwilliam NH ....Hippy www.statelinetruckservice.com

It was too bad that his trucks were parked so far out in the back lot from the main area! l don't think many people knew that they were even out there. It sure was an impressive collection of fine looking trucks and trailers. …..Hippy

l've always said if your going to learn to drive a truck, it needs to be a standard with manual steering. Just ask Ricky! lol .....Hippy

Larry, Bob is correct. lt would be the OVERNITE logo l need for the front of my trailer. Thank you for asking. .....Hippy

Try www.berubes.com catalog page seven. Chrome dog with lighted eyes, $57.00 #513. Gold dog with lighted eyes, $76.00 #513G …..Hippy

What a great story to tell for all to read! A tip of the hat goes to OD. Nice job on the pork shoulder to F.W.D. As l type this l have a roast in the pellet grill/smoker. .....Hippy

That's the way it was back then when drivers were drivers. Now you get cut off, jammed up, or get the finger! Hooray for me and screw everyone else! Just a few more years and lll be done with it. .....Hippy

lf all else fails try a little Moxie! .....Hippy

Don't leave us hanging on. Let us know how the story ends! .....Hippy

2,042 miles later, Rick and l got home this afternoon. lt was a great show with the exception of the rain and shuttle bus problems. Got to meet Freightrain and farmer52 which was nice, but missed a few others. …..Hippy

Are the BMT crew getting together for a group photo? lf so where and when? .....Hippy

What kind of fire is the Boy Scouts teaching kids to start? Angry parents want to know now that the organization is making condoms an official part of its World Jamboree. Almost five years to the day that they threw open doors to homosexuality, BSA leaders are making their leftward lurch complete with the announcement that birth control would be provided at their next 12-day jamboree where 12- to 17-year-olds will convene. A document from the three-country planning committee is making the rounds — and the hosts of the West Virginia event have an interesting mandate. Jamboree organizers must now guarantee that “condoms are readily and easily accessible for all participants and IST [staff] at a number of locations on the site. Heads of contingent must be informed in advance and made aware of their responsibility in communicating this policy to their participants, unit leaders, and IST in an appropriate way.” While drug possession and/or alcohol consumption is forbidden for minors, sexual encounters are not. Obviously, the jamboree’s three hosts — Scouts Canada, BSA Scouts, and the Asociacion de Scouts de Mexico — wanted to give campers a real feel for the event’s theme: “Unlock a New World.” Unfortunately for the 160 participating countries and territories, this is exactly the kind of irresponsibility Scouting has historically discouraged. But, as most people who’ve caved to the Left’s demands will tell you, accommodation is a slippery slope. Now, a half-decade into this new social experiment, the Boy Scouts has lost members. It’s lost money. It’s lost its moral compass. And it’s lost most people’s respect. Of course, if it’s a wilderness experience the Boy Scouts is looking for, its dwindling numbers have given it plenty. Down 1.7 million members from its high-water mark, the Scouts doesn’t seem to have gotten the message that sexualizing kids is the best way to lose support. After barely surviving its clash with parents over same-sex scouting, the century-old group now seems intent on traveling the path to complete irrelevance. As if putting out the welcome mat for kids who identify as homosexual wasn’t unpopular enough, the organization knuckled under and let openly gay scout leaders serve too. Boys who identify as girls were next — until it threw out gender altogether and, this month, invited girls to join. Earlier this month, the organization even announced it was dropping “boy” from its name. Now, the program is in a national nosedive — and leaders think the best way to revive it is to throw a two-week sex party? John Stemberger, who chairs the board of the BSA’s thriving Christian counterpart — Trail Life USA — couldn’t believe it. “It’s not clear how far down the rabbit hole the Boy Scouts will continue to fall. With the addition of condoms and alcohol, the World Jamboree is starting to sound more like a 1960s Woodstock festival rather than a campout that parents would want to send their children to. All of this should be deeply disturbing to the churches that are chartering Boy Scout troops. The fact that they are requiring that condoms be ‘readily accessible’ and are communicating this to everyone … shows that the BSA is both anticipating and facilitating sexual conduct between minors at this event. These policies are both outrageous and completely irresponsible.” After the BSA opened up its ranks to gender-confused scouts, the mass exodus was already well underway. Even the Mormons, who stuck with the Scouts through some of its worst decisions, are calling it quits. Inviting girls to join, the LDS Church finally admitted, is a bridge too far. The Girl Scouts isn’t exactly a fan of the idea either. “We both need to increase our membership numbers,” a GSA spokeswomen said. Like the boys, it’s had a terrible time recruiting and retaining scouts after this period of intense radicalization. Now, the thought of having to compete with the BSA for girls is giving GSA headquarters fits. “The Boy Scouts’ house is on fire. Instead of addressing systemic issues of continuing sexual assault, financial mismanagement, and deficient programming, BSA’s senior management wants to add an accelerant to the house fire by recruiting girls.” Of course, the GSA took a faster route to controversy than anyone, partnering with Planned Parenthood, welcoming boys who dress like girls, and handing out copies of the sex manual “Healthy, Happy, and Hot.” Now, after a decade of promoting every cultural extremism, both national organizations are in a frantic search for scouts. And thanks to decisions like the World Jamboree’s, that’s not going to change any time soon. In the end, even the Boy Scouts might not have the survival skills to weather this kind of storm. Fortunately, there are very good alternative organizations for boys and girls. Trail Life USA is a great scouting program for boys, and it’s growing by leaps and bounds. American Heritage Girls offers the similar values-based opportunities for girls. --Tony Perkins--

Hi Paul! l was thinking the past week you were among the missing. Your post explains it all. Glad to see you back! .....Hippy

l always had two maps for NYC. One hidden encase some SOB stole the other l could find my way out! .....Hippy

My Dad had two small signs in his wood working shop. "Do it tomorrow, you've made enough mistakes today." And "Mistakes will happen but why must you give them so much help!" l still quote them now when l can slip 'em in. ha .....Hippy