Brocky

Paul states: Slim and Joy lived a very different life I would imagine to any country singer from the States as Australia is very different as Brocky would know.. Paul, Actually in the post war years up thru the 80's the majority of the American Country and Western artists had busses which carried the artist and their band to bars/pubs, State and County fairs, and radio station sponsored events. They would just pull up unload, perform for a couple of hours, get back on the bus and head for their next stop.

I hope this works?? This link should take you to Waltzing Matilda, the unofficial Australian National Anthem. You must click on "Watch on You Tube" in the bottom left corner to get a listing of 88 Slim Dusty songs on the right side of the screen. If you click on the red arrow in the middle you only get this song. Some are videos, some are a slide show, and some just show the album cover. Sometimes I can search for a individual song and get a video that was not in another listing. Once in a while I get a message that this song is not available in our country, just go to the next song and then they all play.. Enjoy his music. The majority of his recordings sound a lot like Tom T Hall with a lot of Australian history and folklore. Click on the bottom left bar of Paul's first post "Light on the Hill" and go to the listing on the right. When you then select the song "We Have Done us Proud" It is an excellent video and the song also applies to the United States as well as Australia!!!

Paul It looks like You are having trouble with copyright laws not allowing you to post an Aussie video on an American website..Give me a while and I will try to fill in the gap..

For most of us Statesiders, Joy McKean was wife of Australia's best country singer, Slim Dusty. The pair cowrote many of Slim's greatest hits.. I believe she wrote "The Lights on the Hill" which Paul posted above. Slim Dusty recorded 104 albums during his lifetime which ended in 2003. If you search You Tube for Slim Dusty you can find about 500 of his works. Joy Has lasted another 20 years. Paul how old was she??

About the same schedule I had over the years.. Spent maybe half dozen weekends on the road, except for about 9 months when I had Thursdays off and loaded out of North Jersey for Atlanta on Friday and about 1/3 of the time I had a load in west GA waiting for me to be back north on Monday AM

Thank You for the update on display trucks.. Dick Callaway's father was part of the Autocar dealership in Greensboro way back when,, This is where he got the truck bug to write about them..

How many trucks do they have inside on permanent display??? Last Fall I talked with Dick Callaway, ATHS WOT author from NC, and he said they were in the process of selecting some..

Thanks Bob!! Fighting with sugar created ulcers and abscesses..

I am sorry I had to miss the show and meeting / visiting with all of you folks, But my wife is having health problems..😓

Thanks for the picture of "Old Yeller".. I can see at least 3 of our chapter members in it..

Damn!!! Those are really long poles!! Especially on a single axle truck..

And eat, sleep and have clothes on their backs!!!! I would not be surprised if it is Soros money!!!

Vlad, Thanks for the scenic travel log!!!! It is great to see the other parts of the world I will never see otherwise.. What is the reason for the long delays at customs / border crossings???? Did you get held up with the Bike or with a car???? With the number of smaller countries in the area it must take months to travel any distance?????

There were a lot of the RM(???) single axle dump trucks configured as 4X4 with snow plows in the northeast, especially in the "Lake Effect" snow areas of upstate NY..

Probably a week early.. have just see a bunch of Mothers Day sales in the ads mixed with the news on the TV😨

Thanks everybody!! Had a quiet time at home with the wife.. since it was Mothers Day as well we will go out to eat some other night..

Definitely save that push button turn signal switch!!!! There are not many of them left for original restorations..

Just sent both Eddy and Jeff an email.. Will post if I get an answer..

The seller is Ritchie Zigmont, a big Brockway man.. I have his email address.. If you need it PM / email me.

Other than that damn Tachograph it look like you have a nice clean unit!!!!

Got my "Fastline" Farm equipment sales magazine today.. The agricultural industry is as much insane as the trucking industry. $250,000 for a machine you only use for 2 months a year!!!!

Happy Birthday.. And have a drink on me!!!

As a tourist or one of the figure employees?????? As Buck Owens sang "Just Act Naturally"!!!!

Beautiful truck.. I love the oil field winch trucks..

His real name is Jerry Ayers, from the Roanoke VA area, if you can search him down other ways.