PERSONAL STUFF OF INTEREST MOSTLY TO ME AND MINE…
What a cruel and bitter blow it was. Our dear Spartacus, which we brought back from the brink of death and hand-weaned, was killed by a stray cat that hung out near the house. I will always feel like my compassion for that stray cat cost Spartacus his life. Had I been more pro-active and removed the cat from the vicinity, we would still have our dear Spartacus with us. Now when I go outside to feed the wild squirrels, I have to hear that cat “meow” and grit my …
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My newest knick-nacks, doo-dads and other goodies. No, I don’t care if you care. It’s mine, anyway. Hands off!
Sometimes you just have to write something about a movie that has affected you, or warn people of the truly horrific.
Occasionally you run across music that you want everyone else to know about. Sometimes they’re deserving.
My family suffered some losses this week. I should probably list them separately, but they happened so closely together that they’ll always be connected in my mind. It seems to be true that when it rains, it certainly pours.
My aunt, Edith Isabel Chaney, died on Tuesday of this week. When I think of Edith, the first thing that comes to my mind is that sweet smile she had. She was such a warm, sweet lady. I can still hear her voice in my head from back in my days of …
MY TRUCKS — MY EMPLOYERS — TRUCKING BLOGS
Mia was the last truck I drove as a professional truck driver. I don’t recall how the name came about, other than perhaps that by the point I was assigned this truck, I mostly thought of truck #27224 as “my truck” – hence, “Mia”.
By the time I was assigned this truck, there were definite problems for me in regard to staying on the road. In 2006 my wife left me and I wound up losing the family home. I drifted about our there …
MY TRUCKS — MY EMPLOYERS — TRUCKING BLOGS
When Epes retired my previous truck (after realizing that I was, in fact, driving the oldest truck in the fleet), as per Epes custom, I was given a brand new truck.
This truck was named after the video game character Bloodrayne. The engine in this truck was so powerful compared to the Mercedes-Benz engine in my pervious truck that I felt like it was attacking the road every time I accelerated. So somehow calling it “Rayne” made sense.
I didn’t drive Rayne for long. Shortly …
MY TRUCKS — MY EMPLOYERS — TRUCKING BLOGS
The was the first truck Epes gave me when I came back. It took some adjustment. I’d gone from a Volvo 770 that I’d driven since it was new to a well-used Freightliner Columbia. But I adjusted quickly. I was happy to get back to driving a manual transmission again.
This truck was named after the ship in the television series Firefly. Mostly because it made odd noises on occasion. I found myself like the captain in that series, often saying “What was that?” in …
MY TRUCKS — MY EMPLOYERS — TRUCKING BLOGS
We campaigned long and hard for this truck. We’d had some problems with our previous truck because the dock at one of the places we loaded out of in Chicago Heights , Illinois during our time on the dedicated run was set down an incline inside of a building. When we were loaded (this place always had light loads), we would often find that our drive tires weren’t even touching the ground. I developed some interesting techniques for getting out of that dock.
The …
