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Not a thing Ken, just see it on the way to South Boston when I get that occasional van run down there. It's not far from here at all, I can take a ride down there and check it out more if you want.

I think i'd paint those hubs either black or red though, i'm just not feeling the green.

Yes I took pictures of it when it was behind the firehouse in Gladys, but I didn't know what happened to it.

I took a load of pipes to New Castle Tuesday. The weather was crappy. I took a load of pipes to New Castle Thursday. The weather was not too bad. I made this much hot sauce a few weeks ago. Those little wine bottles are the cat's ass! I saw this truck in Roanoke a few weeks ago- ...and saw it again this week on I-64 between Afton and I-81 I think. I also saw a big Mack truck in New Castle. A big Mack truck on rt. 501 near Halifax. Been for sale for a long time. And I spotted that B model that was parked behind the firehouse in Gladys that time, pulled into this garage on rt. 24 near Yellow Branch.

Nice Bob!

Old Bill sent me that in an e mail yesterday, first time i've heard from him in a while.

I haven't watched a game all year, no need to start today!

I know it's late notice, but a friend of mine has two tickets for the Super Bowl in Minneapolis, MN at the new U. S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, February 4th. They are box seats and he paid $3,500 per ticket, which includes the ride to and from the airport, lunch, dinner, a $400.00 bar tab and a pass to the winners locker room after the game. What he didn't realize when he bought them last year was that it's on the same day as his wedding. If you are interested, he is looking for someone to take his place. It's at St. Paul's Church at 3pm. Her name is Ashley. She’s 5'4", about 115 pounds, a good cook, loves to fish and hunt and will clean your truck. She’ll be the one in the white dress.

Yes, I use a shorter blade myself. They all pretty much fit everything any more, so I put 16'' wiper blades on it because while they don't cover as much area, they seem to cover it better. I think it came with 20 or 22'' wiper blades.

I went to Wal Mart today, and they had Michelin wiper blades so I bought one. First time i'd seen them at the Wal Mart store.

I wish I could find a wiper blade that doesn't ice up like that, but no luck so far. That's a Rain-X blade, and as you can see, it sucks. I tried a Michelin blade once and that worked very well, but last time I looked at the parts store they didn't have any.

That's great Rob, stop in more often!

You know, you're right! Now that you mention it, I think i've seen a couple of them before.

I almost forgot, I saw three wimmens on the moon too.

Actually, I wasn't even loaded, I was empty. However, I wanted to have time to stop and get a sammich before I went to get loaded, so I didn't have time to stop for those bimbos.

I saw a bird on a light pole. And I saw a big boat. And more bigger boats. And I saw a big Mack truck. I don't know what kind of truck this was. I saw this girl just sitting right in the highway through the one clean spot on the windshield. I would have stopped to see if she needed any assistance, but I did not have time. A big pile of coal. Then I saw another girl just standing in the left lane of the highway. I think she probably knew the other girl, who was sitting in the road, but I don't know, because once again, I did not have time to stop.

But, they are almost right on some points Ed- I seldom miss a meal.

Same deal with Anthony's Towing in Sam Black Church, West Virginia. I've never had to call them, go by their place all the time. I read an article about rip-off towing companies in Landline Magazine a few years ago. One of the companies mentioned was Anthony's. They had to refund some trucking company well over a thousand dollars because they overcharged them for a tow. I don't remember the exact amount, but it was a lot. All they did was pull a trailer out of the ditch up on rt. 20 somewhere. Sounded like the driver didn't, or couldn't, swing wide enough to get around the curve and ran the trailer in the ditch, and Anthony's burned them a new one for getting him back on the road.

Happy birthday.

Happy birthday Paul.

Yep, i've heard that before too. I was on the verge of giving up, but I knew if I did there was going to be a wrecker bill, so I just kept digging.

I was up in Erie, Pa. last week with a van trailer. I missed the turn I was looking for, so I was looking for a place to turn around. But there was so much snow piled everywhere I couldn't find a parking lot I could get into. So I pulled out my trusty Rand McNally at a red light, and it said if I went up this street and turned left, it would take me over to another street where I could make a left, then make another left on the street I was on when I missed the turn, and get back to the street I missed in the first place. So, when I turned left on that street- which was shown in the atlas as a truck route, mind you- I went about a quarter of a mile and saw a sign indicating that there was a 13-2 underpass ahead. Not knowing what else to do, I stopped in the street, pondering my next move. I could back up to the street I had just turned off of easy enough, but then what? It was a major street, too dangerous to back into. I could drop the trailer and bobtail home, but that would have serious repercussions later, for sure. There was some kind of business on my left, and a snow covered driveway going around back of the building. Then a woman came out from that place of business to go to the mail box. She saw me sitting there looking stupid, and she said "there's plenty of room around back to turn around, this happens all the time!" So I thanked her...looked at that driveway...there was no way I could make the turn. The trailer tires would run right into that snow bank. But maybe it was soft, fluffy, snow. I've got to do something, can't sit here all day- so I went for it. The snow was not soft, it was not fluffy, it was hard and crunchy. When the trailer tires hit it, I started spinning. So, i'll just back up, hit it again. Nope, truck won't move. Just sits there and spins like it was tied to the ground. So I get my old piece of shovel out of the tool box. A square point shovel with no handle on it that I found somewhere. I dug out the snow from behind the tires on the left side, the other side was pretty clear. Got back in the truck, tried it again. Will not move- at all. Get out, dig some more. Try it again, nothing. Get out, dig even more, almost down to the ground now. I'm about worn out from digging. Get back in the truck, still won't move. If it would move just 6 inches, I could get out, but it doesn't move an inch, just sits there and spins. Put the transmission in the high side and try it- nothing, goes nowhere. If I don't get out of here soon the cops are gonna be here. Get out, dig and dig with the broken piece of shovel, until I think I might just collapse. Try it again, moves just a little. Pull up, moves about 6 inches, reverse, moves about a foot, pull up, back up, and finally i'm back in the street, dripping sweat. So then I try to back into the driveway and turn around, but I have to pull up and back up about 15 times, because the street is so narrow because of the snow piled up on each side I don't have enough room to swing the cab around. I can only work the trailer over a foot or so each time I pull up. But I do finally get turned around, and back to my original destination. And when I got back, I bought me a square point shovel with a handle on it, in case this happens again. I saw a big Mack truck in Pittsburgh. Then one day I picked up a load of aluminum logs in Petersburg, Va. going to Bristol, Tn. It was snowing, 460 was pretty much covered until I got almost to Roanoke. It was slush and slop...the next morning, it was 9 degrees. The tarps and strap winches were coated in ice. I had to use a hammer and my crowbar to chip the ice off before I could get the straps loose. The fork lift driver waited patiently while I got it untarped and unstrapped. I passed by the NASCAR track in Bristol. The NASCAR track is to the left, the drag strip to the right.

That is a great picture!

That's just funny right there!

Yeah, right, that's a good one! It'll be more like this- Large- "Dad, i've got a-" Dad- "well what do you expect me to do about it, fix your own problem- bye!" Extra Small- "Dad, i've-" Dad- "where are you sweety, i'll be right there!"