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great! the Sasparilla truck should keep him busy for years, with all the bottles, spokes, and chain links to color.

...reminds me of the one where the man goes into the bar and orders 12 martinis. Can't tell it for fear of getting banned though. I'll just tell the punch line- he said "no, that's ok- if twelve of them won't kill the taste, i'm sure 13 won't". good one, eh?

Just find a Holiday Inn Express and sleep in their parking lot...couldn't hurt.

yeah...we be smart too. driving a Mack actually makes you smart. Larry is double smart 'cause he drives a Mack AND stays at Holiday Inn Express periodically.

I'm always looking for old trucks during my travels. I spotted these 3 B-models near Auburn, Al. last week when I was on the way to Mobile. Too bad the 4-wheeler obstructed my view when I got a picture this week. Then about 10 miles or so east of Montgomery I saw at least 3 bullnose KW's. I didn't get a picture because I was unprepared, but found them on Google Earth's street view. They look to be complete and unrestored. I also saw a mashed Peterbilt, and a nice looking Pete with the track vehicle on the trailer. I don't know what the military vehicle is, but it's a cool looking truck and i've seen dozen's of them on the road lately.

hmmm...copy...paste...search...WOW!-awesome!

no one knows...

maybe you should give one of those mask things with a filter in it a try, before it's too late... Just a thought.

Thanks Mike, i'll remember that if I go there again. There's plenty of places to pull over and park all along where I took that picture. I didn't of course because I didn't have time. Had to be in Foley by 3 o'clock to load. Got there at 2, time to spare, but not a lot to spare. About 5 minutes after I got to Azek Building Materials 2 more trucks came in to load. Good place to load, I just hate where i'm going. I might have seen Lambert's on tv before. I remember seeing some restaurant on the Travel Channel where they throw the rolls to you.

hmmmm...I use an Astatic too...never had any problems. Is the spring shorted on a wire or anything?

unfortunately I did not see any boobage. There's lots of boobage to be seen at flashyourrack.com though. I did see planes, trains, and automobiles. Even a battleship- the USS Alabama in Mobile. First extended hood locomotive i've seen. Plane was over I-285 in Atlanta. Gibson's truck parts is in Cowpens, S.C. I've seen B-models and H-models there from 85 but I haven't had time to stop and look around yet.

reminds me of a song- "it's the second week of deer camp, and all the guys are here- we drink, play cards, and shoot the bull but never shoot no deer. The only time we leave the camp is when we go for beer- the second week of deer camp-the greatest time of year!"

it's a long ride down I-85 from Petersburg. 836 miles to the state port in Mobile. Had to lay over in Montgomery Tuesday night to load sand in Elmore Wednesday. Was late getting unloaded Tuesday because of Mardi Gras-truck control was closed at the port because it was "Fat Tuesday" and we couldn't get escorts.There was 3 of us there and none of us had a twic card, and you can't get into the ports without a twic card or an escort. We found a driver there with a twic card and he took our loads in and unloaded them for us.We dropped our trailers and took all the chains off but 2 and he took them in for $40 cash- not bad really, the escorts charge $35 an hour anyway. I was last to get unloaded, so I ended up laying over. Unloaded the sand in Seaford, Va. about lunchtime Thursday and was happy to get another load to Mobile- I was thinking Monday delivery. But nooooo, it had to deliver Friday and by the time I left Petersburg Thursday it was 5 pm. No more sand Friday, so I had to go to Foley, Al. Friday evening and load building materials going to Phoenixville, Pa....to close to Philadelphia for me-blehhh!

got an e-mail from Bill- Hi Tom; (This is my form letter, will catch you later.) Just to let you know that my web site will be on line again, with all the contributed pages. A teacher approached me about reinstating my web site as he was using it for his students as a learning tool on transportation. Whatever you had on my site before will return the same. The sponsorship is for the next 2 years to start with. The web site is now on line in pieces. Searching and putting the missing pieces back together again is time consuming. Have patience, it is in progress.................. If you wish to link back to my/your pages, please do so. In the meantime, I apologize for not being able to have kept the web site active. Take care; drive safe............... William (Diesel Gypsy) Weatherstone. --- http://www.thedieselgypsy.com/ ---

now that I can believe!

that's so old the first time I heard it I kicked the slats out of my crib.

ask Nikki. That's what I would do. Or Barry, if Nikki's unavailable for comment. Thanks for the link too, that image could be very useful in future picture projects.

looking for the hidden spy camera and microphone...got to be in here somewhere...

12:55 PM today- 17 empty cans and 9 empty bottles ago.

Nothing wrong with a Peterbilt- as i've said before all of my downtime has been because of the Cat engine, nothing really that I can blame on Peterbilt.

This is true. The one I drive is a 2006 with the twin turbo ACERT 550 hp, and there's no comparison to the older single turbo 550's performance wise. The old 400 and "4 and a quarter" Cats probably would out pull the 550 I drive, everything else being equal.

Old Bill, AKA The Diesel Gypsy, sent me this neat Caterpillar bottle opener/magnet. Here i'll demonscrate it's use-right in line with the "What's Your Favorite Beer" topic. It probably opens soda bottles just as well, but i've never tested that function.

'04?..over 500,000 miles?..daycab?..for that kind of money?..the blue paint must be covering a gold plated truck.

Pleased to meet you, Rob and Pete. How are you? I am fine, thank you. I have a Mack. I drive a Pete for my real job.

Pabst Blue Ribbon was one of the first beers I drank, then I started drinking Stroh's I believe it was, then Old Milwaukee. Old Milwaukee is plentiful and popular around here. I've drank a boatload of it myself, but I switched to Bud Light as a compromise with a friend. He drank Budweiser, but it gave me a head ache, and he didn't like Old Milwaukee, so we'd always buy Bud Light when we got together and I just switched to it altogether. Now i've switched to AB Natural Light, mainly because it's cheap, but it tastes like water with a little beer mixed in it. I used to smuggle a case or two of Old Style back from Chicago some times, back in the '80's, but i'd be afraid to have one can stashed on the trailer now. I bought some Blue Ribbon in long neck bottles last summer- first time i'd drank it for years, and it was mighty tasty! I've tried most all at one time or another, from Falstaff to Ballantine, but the worst ever had to be Carling Black Label followed by National Bohemian. I don't think they even make those anymore, but that's a good thing as far as i'm concerned.