7-27-77: A Day To Remember

It was a day back when nobody had a cell phone.

It was a day back when nobody had a PC and computers with relatively low capability that took up a whole room, & put out massive amount of waste heat, used mag tape and punch cards.

It was a day back when the world was supposed to run out of petroleum within the next decade.

It was a day back when there were still two Germanys.

It was a day back when VW (old) Beetles were running around all over the place.

It was a day back when cassette tape was the latest & greatest technology for music.

It was a day back when Jimmy Carter was in the Oval Office.

It was a day back when nobody had a GPS, and satellite dishes were huge and few people had them.

It was a day back when there was still a Soviet Union and the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war was very much still ongoing.

It was the day I met my wife.

It was the day my life has never been the same.

I HATE Getting Old!!!

One of my meals (i.e. dinner) on the road used to be pork & beans; I'd eat either one large can or two smaller cans. But no more. The last two times I et beans, while trying to sleep I ended up having massive gas, major intestinal distress, and have to take a dump in the middle of the night, which means having to fully get dressed (I sleep nekked) & go to the truck stop bathroom, or in the case of the time before last (where there was no bathroom available), take a dump in a a triple Wal Mart bag lined bucket!!!

Moe: Did You Take A Bath? Larry: No! Is There One Missing?

When I was a kid, this is no lie: I'd take a bath once a week, always on a Saturday. Then, it was my younger brother's turn in the same bathwater. Then after that, my grandmother would take a bath!!! You see, she lived lived through The Great Depression, and was extremely frugal.

I remember when granny would use an egg, she'd scrape and scrape the shell with her thumb to get every molecule of egg white out.

I Have Expanded My Job Title

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I used to say I was a CVPOO (Commercial Vehicle Professional Owner Operator), but now I expanded it to:

CVPOO/FRE (Commercial Vehicle Professional Owner Operator / Freight Relocation Engineer).

Ants In My Pee Bottle!

Before leaving for my weekly trek this week, I rummaged through our plastic bottle recycle bin that was on our back porch, searching for any 1/2 gallon bottles to be used as urinals on the road. (I primarily use one gallon Hawaiian Punch Light bottles).

I found a 1/2 gallon fruit juice bottle with the cover on, but not on super tight. There were dozens of ants in the bottle. How on earth did they get in???

I HATE Timid People On the Highway

I detest when on a 4 or 6 lane highway, timid people creep up on my behind, and just stay there, riding my ass. Obviously they were going faster than me, or they never would have caught up with me. So why do they lower their speed and follow me, instead of passing me, and going their original/desired speed??? It burns me up.

I flash them my 4-ways a few times, then if that doesn't work, I sometimes go into the left lane & HOPE they pass me on the right, -OR- I slow down from my usual 60 MPH to 55, and hope they finally pass me. If THAT fails to do the trick, then I slow to 50 MPH, and they finally pass. Then I HONK at them for their idiocy!

Who Is Jack Williams?

*** just curious ***

Man Complains About My Flatch At Urinal

While at truckstop urinal, someone commented/complained about a stray fart I expelled. At 1st I thought he was kidding, and played along, much to my dismay, he wasn't kidding!!! What a moron. A stray fart during peeing is just part of the process!!!

"History Shows Again and Again How Nature Points Up the Folly of Men"

Those lyrics by BOC (Blue Oyster Cult) are quite prophetic!

The Christian Dark Ages

This is a cryin' shame!!! We would all probably have robotic slaves by now to do all the menial tasks, freeing us up for all the fun stuff, if it weren't for the CDA (sob, sob).

Weird Toilet Phenomenon

One of our four toilets has a weird phenomenon; sometimes it flushes perfectly fine, and sometimes it flushes poorly. And I'm talking about liquid only (no solids).

When it flushes poorly, the amount of water coming from the tank is exactly the same as a good flush, but it just swirls with little going down, so if there indeed were solids in bowl, little to none would go down, requiring a (hopefully good) 2nd flush.

How can this be? The flush differences are light night & day. It seems like there is a violation of the laws of physics going on.

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Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!

Indian doctors are studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent the last seven decades without food and water.

Military doctors hope the experiments on Prahlad Jani can help soldiers develop their survival strategies.

The long-haired and bearded yogi is under 24-hour observation by a team of 30 specialists during three weeks of tests at a hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.

Two cameras have been set up in his room, while a mobile camera films him when he goes outside, guaranteeing round-the-clock observation.

His body will be scanned and his brain and heart activity measured with electrodes.

"The observation from this study may throw light on human survival without food and water," said Dr. G. Ilavazahagan, who is directing the research. "This may help in working out strategies for survival during natural calamities, extreme stressful conditions and extra-terrestrial explorations like future missions to the Moon and Mars by the human race."

Since the experiment began on April 22, Jani has had no food or water and has not been to the toilet.

"The exercise of taking this yogi under the medical scanner is to understand what energy supports his existence," Ilavazahagan added. "Jani says he meditates to get energy. Our soldiers will not be able to meditate, but we would still like to find out more about the man and his body."

Jani, who dresses in red and wears a nose ring, grew up in Charod village in the Mehsana district in Gujarat.

He claims to have been blessed by a goddess when he was 8-years-old, which has enabled him to survive without sustenance.

India To Sell Pickups In U.S. Soon

NEW YORK – Indian truck maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. has run all of the required Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Admin. tests necessary for certification to begin selling vehicles in the U.S, but it has not submitted the paperwork.

“The government has nothing to review at this time,” says a Global Vehicles U.S.A. Inc. insider.


Mahindra now says first trucks to be built in India, not U.S.

Global Vehicles, which has its headquarters in Alphareta, GA, has exclusive rights to distribute Mahindra's TR 20 and TR 40 diesel-powered small pickups.

The distributor previously has announced a number of launch plans going back more than a year. But its latest date for this spring seems unattainable, as Mahindra still lacks federal certification.

Global Vehicles CEO John Perez has said Mahindra executives have not informed him of their plans to ship the pickups here, according to the insider, noting Perez has indicated Mahindra is determined not to bring the trucks here until they are totally right.

Global Vehicles has signed up 340 dealers, some of whom have paid a franchise fee of $195,000 for the right to sell the Indian trucks in the U.S. Some paid a lower franchise fee when the distributor started recruiting dealers a little over three years ago.

Mahindra initially plans to distribute the 2-door TR 20 and 4-door TR 40 in the U.S. Both pickups will be powered by a 2.2L diesel engine that generates 140 hp and 236 lb.-ft. (320 Nm) of torque.
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A 6-speed automatic transmission is standard for both models. The trucks also will use a urea solution to treat oxides of nitrogen emissions in order to be certified in all states.

Mahindra originally said the trucks would be assembled in the U.S., but has not selected a site for a plant yet. Instead, the truck maker says its first products will be built in India and shipped here, even though that means a 25% truck import tariff will be added.

Global Vehicles plans to begin distribution in the southeast region of the U.S. when it receives the trucks and then widen distribution across the entire country.

The distributor previously announced it would also bring Mahindra's 4-wheel-drive utility vehicles here as an additional part of dealer portfolios.

Cultural Shock

When I was 16, I drove my family to Florida in 1973 (this was during the "gas crisis") from the Pacific Northwest (all 3,435 miles). Back then, many of the Interstates were not complete, and AAA (actually CAA) had routed us on several back roads for the shortest route.

I had never been in the "deep south" before. Well, going thru such states as Mississippi and Alabama, we went thru hick towns and spied old shacks with "porch monkeys" sittin' out front. It was quite a cultural shock!

Goldie Hawn

She's my favorite Jew.

I've followed her since her appearance on Laugh-In in the 60's.

Did you know she has historic American roots? Her dad, Edward Rutledge Hawn, a band musician who played at major events in Washington, DC is a direct descendant of Edward Rutledge, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

Pens

At our house, I am constantly buying multi-packs of cheap pens, yet rarely (if ever) do we throw one out because it ran out of ink.

We've lived in our house for over 23 years, so undoubtedly I've bought THOUSANDS of pens. Where are all these pens???!!!

My hope had always been, that if I buy enough pens, an ample supply would be around the house, and I'd get to the point of never having to buy anymore, but that point seems to be a highly elusive impossible goal.

I Have Only One Goal In Life...

...to ride in the Oscar Meyer weinermobile! (then I can die in peace).

The Presto Hot Dogger

When I was a kid in the 60's, we had a Presto Hotdogger. They were cool, in that it cooked a hot dog in 60 seconds flat (similar to a microwave), but the drawback, was that the hot dogs had a major "electrical" taste, especially at the ends, where they contacted the electrical probes!!!

Firing Tear Gas In My School's Bathroom!

When I was a kid, my mom had a "starter pistol", that she kept in her purse, that had tiny tear gas bullets that I remember were made in Germany. I guess the idea was, you shoot somebody in the face that tries to attack you.

Anywho, I found that if you throw these "bullets" on hard ground, they go off. So I brought some to school when I was in junior high. So for a prank, I went into the boy's bathroom, and when nobody was around, I threw a couple of bullets on the floor, and then left quickly. Then I'd watch when somebody went in the bathroom and came out rubbing their eyes!!! It was quite funny! Hehe!

Peeing Often At Night - I Don't Get It!!!

I simply don't get it. The night before last whilst in my truck, I lost count of how many times I emptied the ole bladder. Must have been 7 or 8 times, and over 1/2 gallon (my record is 3/4 gallon!).

Last night while at home, I got up only ONE time to pee.

This is annoying, and makes no sense!!!

Also, when I wake up in the truck to pee, almost always I have penile erectility, even though the dream I just had was not at all erotic. Then, I have to wait for it to go down, before I can even begin to micturate.

Sporting A Swastika For Sport

Way somewhere back in the late 60's (whilst in junior high school), for sport I used a black permanent marker, and drew a bold Swastika on the (colored red) end of my trumpet mute. I used it that way in band, all the way thru the mid 70's. NOBODY ever complained, because political correctness apparently was not invented yet!

I even used it in Skokie, IL, which has a huge Jew population, and (back then) had a bunch of holocost survivors.

What The Heck Is Going On Here!!!???

For cry eye! I've been on the road for nearly 5 years now. I've carried 1-2 gallons of milk in my cooler, each and every week.

Until last week, I've NEVER had a milk leak. Both last week AND this week, I've had milk leaks!!! Let me tell you brother, it is not long after milk leaks in a cooler that it sours, and stinks to high heaven, every time you open the cooler lid.

What A Doofus!

Let's Bring Back Tarring & Feathering!!!

There are some cases, where tarring & feathering someone would be an ideal punishment. Example: The case where the mother sent the Russian kid back to Russia!!!
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A Real Riveting Story

I was at a redlight behind a Ford Ranger. Now, Rangers normally have their license plate on the bumper. Well, this Ranger had no bumper. So the stooge maniac owner actually drilled four (4) holes in his tailgate, and actually riveted the license plate on! What a doofus!

Alan (Dis)Grayson: What A Doofus!!!

How did this hunk of turd ever get elected to Congress???

http://www.wftv.com/news/23105860/detail.html
(watch the bizarre video!)

Remember Fizzies???

They are still available, if you order online @ fizzies.com

Why The Deliberate Grammatical Error In Church Signs?

It should say "He Has Risen".

It Is Not Too Late To Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try
No people below us, above it's only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do
No need to kill or die for and no religions too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger a brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing for the world

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
Take my hand and join us
And the world will live, will live as one

The Ole Clock-Radio

Years ago, I used to set alarm to wake me before I really needed to get up, and hit snooze a few times, then I finally got up.

Then one day, I had a brainstorm; hey, I can set the alarm to wake me up at the last minute in order to get to work on time, and thereby get that much more sleep. So that's what I did; as soon as alarm went off, I bolted out of bed and got ready for work.

If you use the snooze - you are a buffoon!

Humpty Dumpty

I can see all the King's men trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together again, but the horses trying? I doubt that part of the story really happened.

Nail Trimming

My intention when trimming my fingernails or toenails, is to trim them all, collect them up, and throw them away as a unit. But sometimes, one goes flying, and I can't find it. I search all over for it, then finally give up. Why do I do this? It is only a nail. Who cares if I don't find it?

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Why I Sport A Mustache

(A) It is the hardest place to shave, it seems. Even when I do, I always seem to have a shadow, and it looks like I am "trying" to grow a mustache.

(B) When I was about 25, the same day I decided to shave my mustache for a change, when I was mowing the lawn, some girl was going door to door selling something. She asked me if my mom or dad were home.

WHY Are Sooo many People Too DUMB To Figure Out How To Use Their Vehicle's Cruise Control???

It really ticks me off that so many people are too dumb to figure out how to use their cruise control on their vehicle.

I often follow people on a two-lane road, and their speed constantly goes up and down. Up and down. Up and down. It is extremely rude to people behind them. They seem to be completely oblivious to their faulty driving habit.

I Don't Understand The Sneeze

I don't understand the sneeze. I'm in bed all night long, then in the morning I sneeze several times. I've been exposed to the exact same air for many hours without sneezing, then suddenly I have to.

I think there must be something supernatural about the sneeze, such as a ghost passing close by me or something.

Best & Worst Presidents of the USA

Some would like to say that Jimmy Carter was the worst President, others foolishly would say George Bush, but neither are true.

The very best include:

* Washington

* Jefferson

* Lincoln

* T. Roosevelt

* FDR

* Truman

The worst include:

* Filmore

* Pierce

* Buchanan

* Harding

Rankings according to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

Broke Down Cars on the Side of the Highway

Why do people who break down on the side of the highway "surrender" their car???

You often see a white cloth or white plastic bag hanging off the car.

Buffoonish Truck Labeling

It is so buffoonish, when they say "WATER TRUCK" on the side of a water truck, because every doofus can already see it is a truck. All they really need to say on side of truck is "WATER"!!!

Click on photo to see what I mean.

Two Peas In A Pod

How does that work? Because most pea pods have well over two peas. Do the two peas just IGNORE all the others??? Just curious!

I Am Really NOT Responsible For My Actions

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Because for the most part, I am merely a "victim of circumstances", and I am just going with the flow, as they say!

I say I am not responsible for my actions, because most all of the time I'm reacting rather than acting.

How 'bout you?

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