other dog

on rt. 60, just east of Rupert,W.V.

I noticed it was painted just like Dr. Bill's but I didn't know they had it down there. I saw it had Va. antique tags on it, just thought it was a different one painted similar. Got a couple of videos of it, definately gotta go check that out.

if she was there i'd gladly pay for a hotdog and get an overweight ticket too.

I've got ribs smoking now, i'll have pictures later.

the forklift at the shop.

Not much really. But since i'm always scouting the the elusive U-model nowadays, I think this wrecker is a U. Can't see the front or side, but I think it is. Not the Dodge, but the one back farther off the road. It's sitting at the same place this one is. I saw a Superliner smoking- seen this one before at the truckstop at exit 146 on 79. saw another Superliner that was not smoking 2 red Macks a girl in a car texting some scrappers- I hate when I get fuel and some idiot has left the nozzle like this. If I were king i'd fire someone for sliding it on the ground underneath a truck, it's not necessary. I waste a lot of ether or brakleen cleaning the fuel nozzle before I stick it in my tank.

except when you tipped over dumping- hope it didn't twist the frame too bad.

Bob Dylan's only 40? wow, I thought he was 40 when I was just a boy. "you shouldn't oughta talk like that, you're just a boy"- Karl Childers

yep, they're pretty sharp about that kind of thing- almost like they have ESPN.

Remember a while back when I said I saw a yellow G-model on rt. 360 in Keysville, Va. and rode over to look at it in the pickup, but it was gone?..nobody? I know Mark remembers because he said he went to Keysville to look too. Well, anyhow, when I was leaving for Moundsville, W.V. with a load of those mats Wednesday Jeff Moore was leaving in his pickup to go to Va. Truck Center. in Roanoke. That's the Mack and Freightliner dealer. He told me I should stop by, they had free hotdogs. I told him no thanks, because the scales right across the street from them might be open. Not worth getting an overweight ticket for a free hotdog. Hotdogs aren't that expensive anyway, and I had a couple of bucks in my pocket. Yesterday he told me they also had some old trucks there, and I could have parked at the truckstop at Troutville and rode with him. Too bad we didn't think of that plan Wednesday, eh? I wasn't too interested in a hotdog, but I do love old trucks. He said there was a bright yellow G-model Mack and an H-model painted in Roadway colors there, plus some more old units on a trailer. He didn't have a camera, and didn't know how to take a picture with his phone. I told him about the G-model I saw, and he filled me in on some background about the Jones brothers. One Jones brother owns Abilene Trucking, out of Richmond. It's called Abilene because they're originally from Abilene, Va. One Jones brother owns Key Truck and equipment in Keysville, where I saw the G-model parked. One Jones brother is a truck salesman for Va. Truck Center. One Jones brother worked for Roadway. They also have this http://www.keystonetractorworks.com/ and that is where the yellow G-model and Roadway H is. I didn't know they had so many trucks there. I knew they had my late friend Gary Barr's Diamond T, he drove for Abilene, but on the museum website they just had tractor pictures.I found some truck pictures on their facebook page- I'm gonna have to go check this museum out soon. I'll see if Mark and David want to go too, we could meet for a hotdog.

I've heard some wild stories about Hunt's Point Market, especially back in the 80's. Don't know how much was true but i'm still afraid to go to New York.

Amen.

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I used the little magnet antenna that came with the xm, only place it would stick was on the spot mirror over the passenger window and it only cut out in a few spots. It always cut out at Eagle Rock, by the big rock cliff, and at Iron Gate when you go between the mountain and the river. When the antenna finally gave out I cashed in my fuel points at Truck World and got a mirror mount antenna with the big knob on the end. It was only a few dollars more than another magnet type, and it never cut out where the magnet one did. The Sirious in the KW uses the antennas already on the truck, and when I put the xm in the pickup there was nowhere to mount the antenna so I had to buy another magnet type anyway. The antennas cost more than I paid for the radio in the first place.

that's true, i'm only 5' 4", weigh about 120.

He was, he was great. Even if a "kook" did call in he talked to them like they knew what they were talking about, and who knows- maybe they did.

I'm with you on that- cain't see worth a crap at night, especially if i'm meeting another vehicle on a 2 lane road, or if it's raining.

yeah, lot of that, aliens, conspiracy theories, ghosts, paranormal stuff, politics. Lots of what most people would consider "kooks" on there, but it was very entertaining at night and it all made you think "well, what if it's true?" He had guests on that would spell out exactly why this country can not continue on it's present path, and it all made sense. I really liked it.

wait a minute here- on the other hand, I do love some Bruce Springsteen.

Ha-ha, he should have retired the instant the tape stopped turning after he recorded "Born to Run".

I had XM in the Peterbilt, then added the "best of Sirious" package. The KW came with Sirious, just had to call and activate it, but I don't get all the channels I had on XM. I can't get "Coast to Coast AM" anymore, that's what I miss the most.

I like "Born to Run"...so Bruce Springsteen had other records too?

thank you- don't recall ever hearing either of these, but I liked 707.

I do like Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys version of San Antonio Rose.

She even hates "Smoke on the Water"...WTF?