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I got a really cool T-shirt for my birthday-it's hilarious. I'll wear it tomorrow with a Peterbilt hat. Might even take a picture. Now tomorrow is yesterday-I did get a picture-I put the shirt on backwards for the picture...

hey,Bulldogman-welcome back again. I only saw it that once, but i'll be watching tonight.

go ahead and plant some green peas, people plant them in February here. I never had any luck with peas, because I never got them planted early enough. Then after you pick 'em, shell 'em, and freeze 'em you can pull them up and plant something else where they were. I went to Orchard Park Monday and saw snow still laying around.

here's the picture-

looks like an outstanding job!

hope this helps-took a picture of a picture in a Mack truck book, scanner still ain't working.

only thing wrong with the mural is it ain't big enough!

oh...so in other words, you want to actually be able to use the bracket to mount the pump? that's a horse of a different hue. call if you need anything

it's easy-just get some flat stock, bend it in the vise, drill some holes in it, bolt to engine, done.

I took those two coils to Suffolk Monday morning, but didn't get a load out until Tuesday. I could have loaded in Petersburg Monday, but the load was going to South Plainfield, New Jersey so I whined and cried my way out of it. Had to spend the night in Petersburg though. Then I ended up going to Moneta and loading treated lumber anyway. That went to Mercer, Pa. and I loaded at Masury, Oh. for Roanoke. Then Thursday I loaded more treated lumber going to Alliance and Kent, Ohio. Picked up a big single coil, 45,000 pounder, at Ohio Steel Slitters in Canton going back to Suffolk, Va. for tomorrow.My son Morgan and his girlfriend came over yesterday so I grilled some hotwings and a hamburger or six-very good! My cabbage plants are really growing too. Was gonna plant some onion sets, but I gotta let the garden dry out some. I'm afraid they'd rot before they start growing if I put 'em in the ground now. I did put some tomato and pepper seeds in a plant bed though. Even got a plan for the rabbits this year-chicken wire. So maybe i'll have some corn and beans this year too.

that's why I never engage in a battle of wits with anyone- i'm out of ammo.

so THAT'S where i've been going wrong-i've been boiling my parts in cold water! that's a good one right there...anyway, women get bent out of shape over the littlest things. Reminds me of the time Jo got pissed off just because I used the good dish towel to wipe my stew pot down after i'd just reseasoned it with Crisco

Little cooking tip here- you can also save that water and freeze it after you boil the parts and hot dogs, and you'll have an excellent stock to make soups and stews with. Wow, next door to a restaurant-with a dumpster outside! How lucky can you be? Reminds me of my first driving job. Drove a garbage truck- paid $2.75 an hour, plus all I could eat.

..."watch your mouth son, this is a public market".(the storekeeper guy)

I just checked my books and found that picture in "Mack-Driven for a Century". Never paid any attention to the name on it before.

that's right, I remember that scene from the movie now, "Rob's European Vacation"

I saw the show last night for the first time. I really liked it. They sure do talk funny up there in Maine though - "i'm taking my truck to the gradge".

Well, Big Jim said he was there 2 hours before he finally got loaded, after the guy told us to quit talking so he could get in and get loaded. But he said the guy came outside and brought him his bills when he was tarping, and apoligized for taking so long, so he might not be so bad. Yeah, that's where that B-model is-across from the Go-Mart in Fairplain. I've seen it there for a long time, but I don't know what the place is. I've asked at the truckstop and they didn't know. Never seen anybody over there, all the doors are always down, and there's a fence around the place and the gate's always closed. Lot's of trucks and equipment in there. I thought maybe it was a truck dealer, but i've never even seen a sign at the place.

You were right-former sheriff, now judge the honorable Buford T. Justice said, "I always said 'you can think about it-but don't do it!'. And there is no evidence that this plan ever got past the 'thinkin' 'bout it' stage. Case dismissed". Now undoubtedly the gang leader who earlier fled the country will return and claim he was just taking a vacation, and deny any knowledge of the plan.

Geez, I can't remember anything...oh, it's coming back slowly now. Made three rounds last week for the first time in a while. Took some treated lumber to Akron Thursday and thought I was coming home empty, but got a load out of Malta, Oh. late Friday evening going to Bedford, Va. When I unloaded in Bedford Monday I went to the shop and got a Conestoga and loaded Kyanite for Chester, W.V. Sat all day in Chester after I unloaded Tuesday-didn't have a return load. I did get a load Wednesday going to Roanoke, but it was next week's load, so I just brought it to the shop and dropped it. Then Thursday I loaded treated lumber going to Middlefield, Oh. and reloaded in Canton at Ohio Steel Slitters. I don't know if everyone who works there is an a-hole, or just the guy that loaded me. Probably just him, odds are against everyone there being one, but he was certainly an arrogant, hateful jerk-pure a-hole, like he holds it against you for coming there to pick up a load in the first place. Unfortunately, that's most often the case where ever you go to load steel or make a delivery.Big Jim loaded there too. I was already backed in when he got there and he walked over and asked me where the shipping office was. As I was telling him, mr. hole walked over and told us we need to quit talking so I can pull out, he's on a tight time schedule, blah-blah-blah. I had 2 big coils, 20 and 21,000 lbs. so I put 1 chain through the eye of each one and pulled out. Put 2 more chains on each outside, then tarped the load and left. I was heading south on 77 down below Dover when I was talking to Jim on the phone-they still hadn't started to load him.Makes it hard to be sympathetic when they close the doors because people decide to get their steel from China or Brazil. Gotta deliver in Suffolk tomorrow. And I got started on the garden yesterday-planted some cabbage. Gotta pick up some onion sets this week, and i'll be good for a while. I'm going to start some tomato and pepper plants in a plant bed. took a few pictures last week, nothing spectacular- loaded with lumber at the truckstop couple of Macks in Fairplain,W.V. closer view of the b-model, Fairplain,W.V. sitting in Chester,W.V.-you have to blind side through that gate to back up to the dock.good picture-if anyone wants to learn to drive that truck that just passed by,just call that number. Mack dump on a dirt pile strange looking VW crew cab bus van pickup thing in Moneta. Old White on rt. 20 in W.V.

waiting on those photos...i'll post a couple to help pass the time

As Delmar said "I don't mean to be talkin' 'outa school...", but Rob and Joe, AKA Larry and Curly, might be gone for 5 to 10 (maybe less,with time off for good behavior) for "conspiracy to hijack a cement mixer against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth...blah-blah-blah". The ringleader Paul, AKA "Moe", has already fled the country and is still at large. Larry and Curly are already furiously denying any involvement in the plot, but the evidence against them is overwhelming, mostly their bragging about their plan right here on BMT. Gee, sounds like you have a pretty good size garden compared to mine. Mine is only about the size of the kitchen and living room together here in my single wide

you're right Mike...looking back now, any time spent with her was the highlight of my life. Just didn't realize it at the time. But, hey-time marches on, right? I put the "Miss Becky" sign on the front of the truck shortly before she died and showed it to her. Just used stick-on letters, and i'd never put letters on so straight before or since- they were perfect. Now it's a double meaning, not just the name of the truck.

Just as I suspected.

your story reminds me of when I drove the mixer home for the first time-my wife was following me in the car. Felt like I was flying! When we got home I said "how fast was I going?" She said "about 53, but you got up to 55 once, going down rocky run hill" . It has 7.?? rears in it.