Sunday, July 25, 2010

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.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

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!!!