mrsmackpaul

I dunno, we have only had the Anthem for a couple of years We tend to hang onto what we like in Australia a lot longer than most countries Is Australia and NewZealand the only countries to still have a COE Kenworth in the line up ? Even the Macks here a lot different than what I see in the U.S. Paul

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I was working with a crew maybe 6 or 7 years ago on construction Anyway a big crew, 130 electricians and the older blokes were still running rings around the young blokes Was stinking hot 115°f plus during the day so it was all night shift, still over 100°f at 3 in the morning Younger blokes were dropping like flies, who would of thought that "Red Bull" and the like doesn't work as well as water Old blokes are to tight and to smart to drink energy drinks Anyway Doecke's, once of the sparkies came up to me and said "your one of team, Team Sun Screen" What's Team Sun Screen I asked, yo which I was informed, we are SPF 50 + ha ha ha Old Doecke's popped his clogs not long after, bloody shame, he was a good bloke and funny bugger RIP Doecke's, certainly gave me a lot to laugh about over the years Paul

My 2 cents worth Are you sure everything in this department (Tee circled in red) is working correctly? If it isn't building pressure here properly then it maybe just leaking back to the tank to quick Apart from that useless information, carry-on Paul

Well done on the 37 years and how ever many you other blokes have Paul

Old style Anthem ??? They are still the new kid on the block in Australia Paul

Struth, that's a good deal Should make a good ute for many years to come Paul

Brocky I wishing you a great day mate Paul

Ha ha ha, yep Paul

Well something arrived While you blokes were jaw boning about yacking on the CB I checked behind the cushions on the couch and emptied the ash tray Waiting for me when I got home tonight looks like the real deal to me Sometimes we just need to take that leap of faith Paul

That's still about half the price of petrol in Australia NewZealand is probably half as dear again Think Europe is probably even dearer Paul

Bugger, things go wrong pretty quick sometimes Paul

Also flogged from Facelessbook Credit to Greyhemi and Gordon Dahm down town Tokoroa ..rogee Paul

I saw something recently, it really struck a cord with me, or maybe a reality check It was youtube video, this fella is a retirement planner for people in the US Anyway the guts of the video was, he asked his 80 year old clients what the regretted not doing or doing at different times in their lives The biggest regret by far was (as I understood it) was people not seeing that in their 50's they, by and large have it all, let me explain From the time we start work as a young bloke we can work 20 hours a day 7 days a week and never get tired This is very handy as we are generally struggling to get a foot hold in life In this time frame we can make good money by working long hours, we have our health but we don't have enough spare time to enjoy the fruits of our labour's Most of us apparently find that by our 50's we are now smart enough and capable enough that we don't still need to work these long hours, yet apparently by this stage, that is what we know works so we keep on working Our health is generally really good still, we can make good money and still work long hours What we don't seem to see coming is that this good health only lasts maybe another 10 years and starts to slowly go down hill before accelerating until we pop our clogs and the journey is over These 80 year olds, by and large regret working to hard, for to long and not winding back on the work front and winding up on the enjoying of life and enjoying the fruits of labour's Our health and the ability to just do and enjoy things apparently goes pretty quickly and catches unaware I say to people When I was a kid at school hours took days days took weeks weeks took months months took years I think we all remember those summers that went on for ever These days years are gone in months months are gone in a week weeks are gone days Anyway Larry we have completely ran this thread off into the side cut But reading comments above, it sort of confirms what this video was saying Enjoy every moment as best as we can Paul

We call them a "Granny Scarer" And yes they do scare the occasional granny Paul