I'll have a Glenlivet straight up while we listen to some good music.

Don't be shy Big C. We'll give anything a listen. I have thousands and thousands of songs, cd's, tapes, 33s and 45s. I had a very old box of 78's too, but they were just way too far gone... My taste is vast, so I don't mind hearing whatever you wanna share... Long as it's not gonna get us in too much hot water. I have my preferences, but you guys are encouraged to play what YOU like.

bellsaj wrote:

I'll have a Glen livet straight up while we listen to some good music.

Bell, you know if you play that backwards, it will sound weird. Anyway...

You got me on an oldies kick

Wore out 5 or 6 of these tapes in high school...

When good becomes even better...

Well........

I just came in to get a coke and found this



What happened? Yall have a party? And worse, yall didnt invite me?!?!

tKestrel wrote: Well........

I just came in to get a coke and found this

What happened? Yall have a party? And worse, yall didnt invite me?!?!

Poor Manfred...

I woke wondering what happened. If it was pink duct tape, I'd have a suspect. Aside from that, all I can do is blame the lowest tipper.

Don't all dig into your wallets at once

I'm gonna be in and out for a few days. Real life is requiring me to go from point A to B in a great big friggin hurry for a couple of days. Manfred and Parrot, don't let anyone burn the place down while I'm out.

Thanks guys

Jacklpe

I have said it a few time but I could not do your job jack. No way, but I guess thers not a lot of people that want to cut trees near high voltage power lines. Lol

Jason ... You and Quack be careful this year...

Round of long islands, wow the place is packed. With bacardi superior too! It's ok Jackie, Giz has it covered.
Manfred

Where's point B Jackman?

Saginaw, MI. I loaded south of Tampa around noon. I've gotta be there byTuesday @ 7AM sharp. About 1320 miles loaded + 140 to go get loaded this morning, then I've gotta be back in Orlando by Friday.

jasonmc wrote: I have said it a few time but I could not do your job jack. No way, but I guess thers not a lot of people that want to cut trees near high voltage power lines. Lol

With the wind and weather you guys have, that's a tall order. Good thing you don't have any trees....

Hot damn!!! Look what someone sent to the Jolly Roger's email account! Looks like we have some money coming our way!!!
Hahahah

Is that a million bucks, a million euros, a million yen, or a million points?

If it's points, I'm IN.

Manfred

Hey Manfred ,how about a Hot Toddy,just getting over the flu bug are something similar to it. Big tip if you cure it with the magic you do.

Hot Toddy, with an extra flaming brandy shot. Make sure to blow out the flame first. It sucks to have the flu and a burnt upper lip
Manfred

Jackboss, godspeed on your travels through cold icy flatland. Your PM reminded me of a drive I took decades ago, through the same stretch.

My friend and I were driving from eastern PA to Chicago over the course of a week, with daily entertainment and tourist stops in between. Near the end of the trip, we were driving west through northern Indiana, and the gas tank was getting low. Really low. Should have stopped at that last station. Next exit better have gas. We saw a sign for Gary Indiana. Hey, just like the Music Man! GA-ry In-DI-ana Ga-RY IN-diana GA-ry IN-di-AN-a... Thoughts of pleasant townsfolk dancing and singing took our minds off the needle which had bottomed out on the lower stop. As we took the exit ramp toward Gary, we noticed that the cute little town wasn't so cute and was a little rough on the edges. Buildings looked abandoned, and signage was graffiti over silkscreen. Broken windows, boarded up Check Cashing businesses, trash blowing around, and not even a street thug on the corner. As we rolled into the gas station, we discovered where all the street thugs hung out.

Now, as a personal rule, I've never done the $5 temporary gas-up. You see, I keep this log of gas fill-ups and like to calculate my gas mileage, so partial fill-ups would ruin the data set. Yeah yeah, don't judge, I'm just telling you what it is. My friend said Screw the Log, pump five bucks and let's GO. Six very tough looking guys were staring us down from across the station while I pumped gas into my little VW. BTW, I now understand that just because we had left Michigan DIDN'T mean that we were outside the zone where non-US-cars were a bit of a stigma. Struggling between the integrity of my gas log and living another day, I think I pumped $20 and ran into the store to pay. I could have stayed in there all day except for my poor friend. We finally left the station, and got back on the freeway in search of another gas station.

I trust that Jackie's trip will be safe and sound.

I trust I've offended no one here. I'm sure that Gary is a wonderful place to visit these days.

Manfred

Manfred wrote: Jackboss, godspeed on your travels through cold icy flatland. Your PM reminded me of a drive I took decades ago, through the same stretch.

My friend and I were driving from eastern PA to Chicago over the course of a week, with daily entertainment and tourist stops in between. Near the end of the trip, we were driving west through northern Indiana, and the gas tank was getting low. Really low. Should have stopped at that last station. Next exit better have gas. We saw a sign for Gary Indiana. Hey, just like the Music Man! GA-ry In-DI-ana Ga-RY IN-diana GA-ry IN-di-AN-a... Thoughts of pleasant townsfolk dancing and singing took our minds off the needle which had bottomed out on the lower stop. As we took the exit ramp toward Gary, we noticed that the cute little town wasn't so cute and was a little rough on the edges. Buildings looked abandoned, and signage was graffiti over silkscreen. Broken windows, boarded up Check Cashing businesses, trash blowing around, and not even a street thug on the corner. As we rolled into the gas station, we discovered where all the street thugs hung out.

Now, as a personal rule, I've never done the $5 temporary gas-up. You see, I keep this log of gas fill-ups and like to calculate my gas mileage, so partial fill-ups would ruin the data set. Yeah yeah, don't judge, I'm just telling you what it is. My friend said Screw the Log, pump five bucks and let's GO. Six very tough looking guys were staring us down from across the station while I pumped gas into my little VW. BTW, I now understand that just because we had left Michigan DIDN'T mean that we were outside the zone where non-US-cars were a bit of a stigma. Struggling between the integrity of my gas log and living another day, I think I pumped $20 and ran into the store to pay. I could have stayed in there all day except for my poor friend. We finally left the station, and got back on the freeway in search of another gas station.

I trust that Jackie's trip will be safe and sound.

I trust I've offended no one here. I'm sure that Gary is a wonderful place to visit these days.

Manfred

Nah. Gary is such a dump that the city is giving away free houses to anyone willing to live there and bring it back to life. Like many others, Gary was a US Steel town. Unlike the others, it still has a few smaller mills open. But, when US Steel packed up and left, so went the town.


Now Detroit is the one that is freaky. Much of Detroit is deserted right now, or so it seems to an outsider. Think post Armageddon ghost town. Not all of it, but a whole lot... Hopefully with their bankruptcy, they may be able to make something good out of the place again, but right now it's pretty bad.

Guess that's the world we live in right now.

I will say this about Gary... The last few times I spent any time there, it is starting to show a few signs of being ready to get better. They seem like they know that they've been through hell and back, and now they are getting serious about trying to bring their town back to at least being a reasonably decent place to live. Time will tell if they are serious.

Luckily I don't play the piano, otherwise this would start to become a bit creepy
Can a fellow gas logger have a soda?

bellsaj wrote: Luckily I don't play the piano, otherwise this would start to become a bit creepy
Can a fellow gas logger have a soda?

I hear these folks need a new Piano player.... ....I kinda got fired.. something about the wrong benefits package....you know Don't touch the merchandise....

Jack I see you on line let me buy you cup of coffee.

Also I sent you a pm.

[DD]Big C wrote: My music taste is very different than yalls... I give up. It's not that I don't respect the classics, I just don't listen to them much.

Here's a new "classic" BigC.

Just for all of you red heads out there.
(Stick with it. I changes pace about a minute in.)

Thanks for the kind words in game Jason. Now next time, don't show up in red...

Man it was good to fly with you jack. I will do my best to be blue next time.

Jacklpe ,you all talking about Indiana reminds me of a little story that occurred to me back when I was an owner operator. Back in the eary 90's I own a KW and pulled a 39 foot frameless dump trailer ,I haul feed, coal,apples,potatoes,ect. On this one trip I had 35 tons of lump coal (yes I know a little bit over weight) delivering to a private individual. I called the person to let him know when I would get there that night and made arrangement on where to meet. After traveling all the back roads from WVA to Fort Wayne without getting caught ,I felt pretty good when I got to our meeting spot. I called the person and told him I was there. He said he was just a short distance from me and he would be there soon. The next thing I seen was one of Indiana finest pulling in behind me. First thought came to my mind was oh crap that DOT,here I am overweight,log book way behind, I'm going to jail. The officer walk up to me and asked me if I had a big load of coal for him .i said I really don't know how to answer that seeing what you do for a living. He grin at me and said follow me and I'll show you where to dump. Well he was pleased with the tonnage and I never got a ticket,ended up being a good trip after my little scare.