other dog

Oh, never mind- I think I see him.

I rode over to Winfall today, saw this girl getting out of a car at the dollar store. I think she was trying to attract my attention, but I had to get a pack of Newports and a carton of Schlitz malt liquor bull, so I didn't have time to see what she wanted.

which one's Ed?

It is that...that's the only thing they don't have in Winfall, a hot dog stand. But, anyhow- I discovered a new TV channel a while ago...OK, I probably didn't really discover it, but I didn't even know I could get it. It was...I don't remember what it was called, but it's channel 364 on Directv. It had Daniel Boone, The Virginian, High Chaparrel, The Big Valley, Bonanza, and more old shows. I remember watching The Virginian with my grandfather when I was just a kid. I watched it today for the first time in almost 50 years, good show. I was trying to get "Everest" on the pay per view thing, but I never could figure out how. I've read Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air" about 8 times and really wanted to see the movie, which is based on the book. Maybe it'll end up in the discount bin at the Wal Mart store some day.

It is here too, but Winfall is "special". And it is indeed a real place- http://roadsidethoughts.com/va/winfall-xx-campbell-profile.htm

I got to Concord about 10 o'clock last night, and the blue truck wouldn't start. The battery was low- It started fine Wednesday, when I drove it down to the bank, and I hadn't left anything on. So I got my jumper cables out and started the other blue truck and pulled down to the blue truck and jumped it ,started right up. I'll test the battery with the battery testing device at the shop. I've had it over 10 years and only remember putting one battery in it, so it might be time for no.2.

thank you Ron!

I saw these two wimmins in Winfall when I was coming home last night around 10:30, but I didn't have time to stop and chat.

smart ass

I passed this truck on 81. I've seen a couple of them lately but don't remember ever seeing them before. Their website said they've been in binness since 1989. They're out of Quebec. Catchy name! I got to Clarksburg about 7pm. I stopped at Broadway on the way and got a bite to eat, and I got a big submarine sammich about 4 feets long to take with me because they said they probably wouldn't start unloading any trucks until about 9 or 10 in the morning. But I ate it when I got there... I saw the sun coming up Friday morning- Crane boom- Some 'quipment- Had several snow flurries pass through while I was there. Dozer working the road- they had to keep the top scraped off because that red dirt was slicker than ice when it was wet. Saw a flock of those wild puhterradactiles passing by. and more snow flurries... ...and I finally got unloaded late yesterday evening. The mud was terrible, two of us tore mudflaps off the trailer backing in. After they washed the mud off the tires I left at 5:15- a little over 22 hours on this jobsite I hope I never have to go to again, but probably will. And I saw this picture of this old truck on the interweb, but I couldn't make out what it is because it's a little blurry...

Where'd I leave off...hmmm, maybe this is new- From Jan. 16- had enough snow here to make a little snowdog on the back porch. Had enough snow last week to make about anything. Heading out to work Monday morning- I had a van load of kyanite already loaded at the yard going to Chester, W.V. I took this on I 64 in Va, so I could compare it to how crappy the road would be in West Virginia... but they surprised me. I was expecting the usual "2 tracks in the right lane" all the way to Beckley, but it was all clear. A load of little piggys. I went from Chester to Akron,Ohio to get 8 pallets of synthetic rubber going to Bedford, Va, about 20,000 lbs.Passed by Freighttrain's place, I think this is his garage that he keeps his race car in. Saw a pretty neat looking old wooden bridge across the street from where I unloaded in Bedford. Then I had to drop the van and go back to work. Took a five coil load to Greensboro, then went to Roanoke and got this ugly-ass load of structural steel going to Clarksburg, Md. It looked pretty high, so I measured it- 13-4. I ended up putting 8 chains and 2 straps on it.

I had a red pedal tractor when I was a kid. I don't think it was a replica of any particular brand or model, but to me it was a 300 Farmall.

I went over to Winfall to hit the slopes today, but it was too crowded, and I don't know how to ski anyway, so I went home.

yep, me too- happy birthday Rob, wherever you are...

...names- http://ilyke.co/u4770p6168/i-was-looking-for-hot-sauce-when-i-found-the-most-ridiculous-name--actually-18-of-them/73663/?pid=1

I think congratulations are in order for Superdog, the human encyclopedia of all things Mack. He's not one to toot his own horn, but he was mentioned numerous times in the cover story of the latest Wheels of Time. He was instrumental in finding the H67 on the cover for the owner, and in providing many parts for it and helping to get it running.

Thank you Vlad!

I'd trade my scrapple for a bowl of pinto beans any time.

Geez...next thing you know there'll be a call for a "national ambassador of scrapple" position on here.

I would buy all the stationary 2 cycle Detroit Diesel engines I could find and have one anonymously shipped to 1958 FWD every couple of weeks.

No, not their shirts, but their underwear is now hanging on the rear-view mirror.

I was at the westbound Bedford service plaza when you went by...you didn't even wave.

People just drive too fast in those conditions. Too many of those "super-truckers" out there that watch too much tv or something too, I don't know what's wrong with them. It doesn't matter how good of a driver you are, when you can't see, you can't see, and when it's slick, it's slick. I slowed down as soon as I hit the white-out, and pulled right into the service plaza. If it hadn't been there I would have pulled into the next wide spot I got to to get off the road. I was talking to nocluejoe66 on the phone and he was talking about a facebook post he'd seen that was basically saying something like "for those of you that can't drive, get off the road and out of the way of those of us who can, because we've got to go". So that's what I do, get out of those super truckers way- i've never had a load in 37 years that was that important.

Then I went back across the bridge to go to Petersburg, Va. to get another load of beams, 60 footers going to Neville Island, Pa. that were supposed to be delivered by 3pm Tuesday. I'm trying to catch up to that boat... uh-oh, it's the police. Nice looking Mack on 95 south of Fredericksburg. I made good time to Petersburg, got there at 4pm. Called headquarters to get my load number and appointment time and they said the earliest they could get was 10pm. I said "and i'm supposed to be there by 3 o'clock tomorrow?" They said "don't worry about that, we'll just get them there when we get them there". Which is pretty much what I do any way. So I wait 6 hours to load, come out of the mill at quarter to twelve, pull out to the chain down area, and go to bed. I chained the load and put my lights and flags on the next morning. Instead of going through the woods like I normally do, I figured i'd run up to Breezewood and take the turnpike to save time. And i'd already heard on the satellite radio's Pittsburgh weather channel that 79 was closed south of I-70, and 70 was closed somewhere because of "accidents and jack-knifed tractors and trailers". I made it to Breezewood fine, but before I even got to Bedford it was like hitting a wall- the temperature dropped from 38 to 31 degrees in a matter of minutes, then I was in a white-out. Couldn't see 50 yards. The road was completely covered in about a minute, and when I found the ramp for the service plaza I pulled in and found a parking spot. I went inside and got a sammich at Subway, and when I came out the snow had slacked up some and the salt trucks were working. I was just about to pull out and get a little closer to Pittsburgh when the eastbound trucks going by said there was a bad accident over around Somerset at the 106 mile marker. They said 10 trucks and a bunch of cars had a major pile-up, a car carrier and the whole load of cars was on fire, and the turnpike would probably be closed for a long time. So I waited there at the service plaza until morning. Got to Neville Island around 9am, didn't leave until 12, then I went over to McKees Rocks to get a load of coils. They still hadn't gotten everything cleaned up by the next evening. Unloaded in Lynchburg yesterday morning, then hung around the shop, patched my tarp, and was about to go home when I got a van load of Kyanite going to Sanford, N.C. Left the truck at Truck Enterprises on the way in because the check-engine was light on- pretty sure it's DEF related, because the red light was on in the DEF gauge too, and it was almost full- just filled it before I left for Sanford. They still had my old red truck at Truck Enterprises too-