Rob

Bored. Here is a picture ofr some radar output pulses. And then here are a few photos of my R model door pile. I still have a few more to dig out upstairs. Rob

He's prolly out trying to purchase that R700 I've had my eyes on for quite some time........ Rob

Glad you were able to get back on. Several folks have had troubles the last few months. I don't know what has changed except the format but I've never really had problems. Takes what seems like an eternity to put a truck back together. Certainly comes apart much easier....... Keep it up, you'll get there. Rob

Just the start??? Rob

The mirrors are incorrect for your year of truck. The standard mirror in those days was the bubble back style with "MACK" stamped into them from the backside creating a raised profile on the outer surface. The 1/2 dog profiles on the doors faced forward on the truck. I'm not aware of any color but chrome for the script on the hood, and the V8 emblem affixed to the hood. Superdog will be able to clarify for certain. Rob

Saddest part was my daughter actually "found" him and called me in tears, (I always HATE that). I've not seen a single live mouse around the shop this past winter and usually they are plentiful. Typically I don't like cats around the shop as they won't stay off of anything including customer's cars. Now that spring has arisen I'll prolly find a loving home for "Mouser I". A couple folks have expressed an interest in him. Thanks, Rob

One of my shop cats, (Mouser II) decided to check out the hi-way last evening. This surprised me as fast as he and his brother, (Mouser I) would skedaddle when I'd start a car or truck in the shop. He didn't win, and this is another case of "Curiosity Killed the Cat". I'll bury him tonight with the skid steer. Truly a sad day in "Paradise" as I really liked this cat. Rob

Once upon a time there lived a king. The king had a beautiful daughter, The PRINCESS.. But there was a problem. Everything the princess touched would melt. No matter what; Metal, Wood, Stone, Anything she touched would melt. Because of this, men were afraid of her. Nobody would dare marry her. The king despaired. What could he do to help his daughter? He consulted his wizards and magicians. One wizard told the king, 'If your daughter touches one thing that does not melt in her hands, she will be cured.' The king was overjoyed and came up with a plan. The next day, he held a competition. Any man that could bring his daughter an object that would not melt would marry her and inherit the king's wealth... THREE YOUNG PRINCES TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE. The first brought a sword of the finest steel. But alas, when the princess touched it, it melted. The prince went away sadly . The second prince brought diamonds. He thought diamonds are the hardest substance in the world and would not melt. But alas, once the princess touched them, they melted. He too was sent away disappointed. The third prince approached. He told the princess, 'Put your hand in my pocket and feel what is in there.' The princess did as she was told, though she turned red . She felt something hard. She held it in her hand. And it did not melt!!! The king was overjoyed Everybody in the kingdom was overjoyed. ! And the third prince married the princess and they both lived happily ever after. Question: What was in the prince's pants? M&M's of course. They melt in your mouth, not in your hand. What were you thinking??

Big stick, a garden hoe, peas, carrots, mushrooms, and various seasonings with a big boiling pot of water is all that's needed to prep that. Rob

BE SURE YOU LOCK YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS! A Florida man was found dead in his home over the weekend. Detectives at the scene found the man face down in his bathtub. The tub had been filled with milk, sugar and cornflakes. A banana was sticking out of his ass. Police suspect a cereal killer.

Sorta like "What do you tell a woman with two black eyes"? Nothin she ain't been told twice already. Rob

Save your skull. Cut triangles out of tennis balls and glue them to the corners or the receiver. You'll thank me later. Rob

Good for parts only. That kind of damage has many items damaged that will be found later. Rob

Fall Classes for Women at THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED By March 25, 2011 NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM. Class 1 Up in Winter, Down in Summer - How to Adjust a Thermostat Step by Step, with Slide Presentation. Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hrs beginning at 7:00 PM.. Class 2 Which Takes More Energy - Putting the Toilet Seat Down, or Bitching About It for 3 Hours? Round Table Discussion. Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours. Class 3 Is It Possible To Drive Past a Wal-Mart Without Stopping?--Group Debate. Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours. Class 4 Fundamental Differences Between a Purse and a Suitcase--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics. Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks. Class 5 Curling Irons--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Bathroom Cabinet? Examples on Video. Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning At 7:00 PM Class 6 How to Ask Questions During Commercials and Be Quiet During the Program Help Line Support and Support Groups. Meets 12 Weeks, Saturday and Sunday for 6 hours beginning at 12:00 PM Class 7 Can a Bath Be Taken Without 14 Different Kinds of Soaps and Shampoos? Open Forum. Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours. Class 8 Health Watch--They Make Medicine for PMS - USE IT! Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours. Class 9 I Was Wrong and He Was Right! *Real Life Testimonials. Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined. Class 10 How to Parallel Park In Less Than 20 Minutes Without an Insurance Claim. Driving Simulations. 4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours. And my favorite Class 11 Learning to Live--How to Apply Brakes Without Throwing Passengers Through the Windshield . Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined Class 12 How to Shop by Yourself. Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

When we were out to sea I actually liked the MRE's as they were much better than the "sliders" prepared in the kitchen. Only drawback was than next morning you were ready to "feed the fish". Rob

Good to hear from you again. Was wondering how you were doing. Rob

A fresh engine will help without a doubt and using a properly calibrated pump, injectors, and turbocharger is about all you can do with an E6 series engine and it live a long life. 350 horse is about all you want to go. If you install a mechanical E7 series, the power can gained can be much greater. Rob

There was a knock on the door this morning, I opened it and there was a young man standing there who said: "I'm a Jehovah's Witness". I said," Come in and sit down". When he sat down I asked, "What do you want to talk about"? He said, " Damned if I know, I've never got this far before" Rob

Went out tonight and bought two new group 31 series batteries and installed them into my 64 B61. This truck hasn't been started since August and has sat outside all winter. Upon hitting the starter button the engine cranked for not more than 3/4 of a second before firing and running on at least five of the six cylinders. Bout five seconds later, it picked up the last one. I let her warm up for about two minutes and put the ole quad into lo-split and reverse and eased out the clutch with just a bit of throttle. After climbing out of the six inch deep depressions the front tires left in the dirt, I took a jaunt around the property. All seemed good but only could go about 15mph through the fields and stay in the seat. This has always been a good horse and I hate the thought of dismemberment that is upcoming but it's parts will prolong the life of two more in much better condition. The 711 turbocharged engine runs like a swiss watch in my opinion with good power. I've never really pulled anything with this truck in all the years I've had it with the exception of another truck with a chain. Never had a trailer except an empty container trailer for a short drive. Tonight I hooked up to my dropdeck and gave her a little test. The sun was just right in the sky that I could observe the silouette of the truck and exhaust stack as I accelerated. Pretty neat to see the smoke from the stack just about a second after grabbing the next higher gear., (had to repeat this several times). The front rear is burnt up in this truck and really howls badly when the load is on. It just screams driving down the road bobtail. But man do I like that transmission with a light load on it. Had something funny happen at the shop tonight. A customer of mine and a friend of his stop by. His friend asks if he could bring his Pete by for me to look at wrenching the frame back into shape under the 5th wheel. No sooner had he said Pete, Randy, (my customer) starts laughing his ass off almost doubling over. Charlie, (the Pete owner) looks over at him and asks "What so damned funny?", (I hadn't said a thing) when Randy says "Hell no you can't bring no Pete around here, Robbie's got a reputation to uphold!", (No shit, that is what he said). Well now that he was in the loop we spoke and I'll head to his shop to look at pulling the rails back to center, and rolling the right rail back to vertical. The truck was hit in the tandems by a pickup and totaled due to being a 1994 model year. The engine is an out of frame major 3406C that supposedly is hopped up. The truck as hard as it is to admit; is nice. The real purpose of their visit tonight was to donate a very nice clean set of R model doors to my cause, (whatever that is). Sadly, both windows are broken and one of the wing window frames is bent, but the doors are absolutely rust free. The windows roll up and down nicely and the tracks are in good shape. They are Mack green inside with the older rotary style latch. I went ahead and stripped them to bare shells and will send them out to the blaster next week alongside some other B model parts. Charlie had them in his building for several years and no longer has anything Mack. He must really enjoy working on things cause most of his stuff is PACCAR and he really stays busy. He told me he was ready to take a "ribbing", but I was good and left him alone. Enough rambling for tonight. Rob

Holistic Medicine: Ahkmed the Arab came to America from the Middle East and he was only here a few months when he became very ill. He went to doctor after doctor, but none of them could help him. Finally, he went to an Arabic doctor who said: ''Take dees bucket, go into de odder room, poop in de bucket, pee on de poop, and den put your head down over de bucket and breathe in de fumes for ten minutes.'' Ahkmed took the bucket, went into the other room, pooped in the bucket, peed on the poop, bent over and breathed in the fumes for ten minutes. Coming back to the doctor he said, 'It worked. I feel terrific! What was wrong with me?' The doctor said .... ''You were homesick.''

BOUT THE WRITER: Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald. Colonoscopy Journal: I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis. Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner. I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn't really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, 'HE'S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!' I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called 'MoviPrep,' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America 's enemies.. I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous. Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor. Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons). Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon. The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, 'a loose, watery bowel movement may result.' This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground. MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but, have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet. After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep. The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurtage. I was thinking, 'What if I spurt on Andy?' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough. At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts, the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked.. Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep.. At first I was ticked off that I hadn't thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have no choice but to burn your house. When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere. I was seriously nervous at this point. Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand. There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, 'Dancing Queen' had to be the least appropriate. 'You want me to turn it up?' said Andy, from somewhere behind me. 'Ha ha,' I said. And then it was time, the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, because I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like. I have no idea. Really. I slept through it. One moment, ABBA was yelling 'Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine,' and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood. Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that It was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never been prouder of an internal organ. On the subject of Colonoscopies... Colonoscopies are no joke, but these comments during the exam were quite humorous..... A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies: 1. Take it easy Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before. 2. 'Find Amelia Earhart yet?' 3. 'Can you hear me NOW?' 4. 'Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?' 5. 'You know, in Arkansas , we're now legally married.' 6. 'Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?' 7. 'You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out...' 8. 'Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!' 9. 'If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!' 10. 'Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity.' 11. 'You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?' And the best one of all: 12. 'Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?' Rob

I never wear clothes during a ride to slight parasitic drag. Rob

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? WITNESS: He said , 'Where am I, Cathy?' ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? WITNESS: My name is Susan! ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No , I just lie there. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget.. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo? WITNESS: We both do. ATTORNEY: Voodoo? WITNESS: We do.. ATTORNEY: You do? WITNESS: Yes , voodoo. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ____________________________________ ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He's 20, much like your IQ. ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shitting me? _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? WITNESS: Getting laid ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: She had three children , right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death.. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Take a guess. __________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male. _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of them.. The live ones put up too much of a fight. _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral... _________________________________ ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question? __________________________________ And last: ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? WITNESS: No ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? WITNESS: No.. ATTORNEY: So then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

I don't think so myself. Looks like about 75-80% humidity with a temperature of mid 20's to low 30's coupled with a slight breeze from the trucks rt. side when the photo was snapped. Look at the receding frost on the cab and sleeper. The truck has probably been in that position several hours. Rob

Your mindset is the same as the criminalistic idea generator I have. A simple "decade counter" would be easy to fabricate to allow correct operation of your speedometer, yet reduced output for driving the tattletale machine. Slewing a GPS receiver is easier yet. Rob