tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post6568540574811940942..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: You're only as old as you feel, Jim- when you're a truckDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-69033691249989746882007-12-17T04:35:00.000-08:002007-12-17T04:35:00.000-08:00Mule, I hate to tell you but when I've lost my job...Mule, I hate to tell you but when I've lost my job and given up my home and sold all I have of value and the only way to eat is to sell that truck, I'll crawl up in the cab and wait for night to fall.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, JJ. She's a gem and practically road-legal in Arkansas.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Cooper.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-53070853396375107662007-12-16T20:53:00.000-08:002007-12-16T20:53:00.000-08:00I'm impressed.I'm impressed.Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465484210397122019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-83311346959500840352007-12-16T11:34:00.000-08:002007-12-16T11:34:00.000-08:00i've never seen so much soulpacked into one little...i've never seen so much soul<BR/>packed into one little vehicle...<BR/>she is a beauty.javajazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519195811911296496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-59224421362596389842007-12-15T14:10:00.000-08:002007-12-15T14:10:00.000-08:00doug - is this for real? Man oh man. Let me know i...doug - is this for real? Man oh man. Let me know if you put her up for sale.The Old Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469707883604282375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-12756475392842970172007-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:002007-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:00Thanks, G, Quilly and Neva. I like 'em with a few...Thanks, G, Quilly and Neva. I like 'em with a few teeth missing.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-51533877132000140762007-12-15T05:45:00.000-08:002007-12-15T05:45:00.000-08:00Quilly: guessing she ranks right up there with a g...Quilly: guessing she ranks right up there with a good steak and/or a quiet evening at home with his dogs. ; )<BR/><BR/>Grand post about a Grand Old Dame, Doug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-72102599790836019392007-12-15T00:00:00.000-08:002007-12-15T00:00:00.000-08:00So, at last we meet Doug's true love.So, at last we meet Doug's true love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-56654825812586246402007-12-14T21:43:00.000-08:002007-12-14T21:43:00.000-08:00She's a beaut!She's a beaut!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-18160703741873999602007-12-14T17:18:00.000-08:002007-12-14T17:18:00.000-08:00Rooby Roo!Rooby Roo!Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-47874853987787778702007-12-14T17:17:00.000-08:002007-12-14T17:17:00.000-08:00It is a beautiful magic bus.It is a beautiful magic bus.tsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-31476904081465702932007-12-14T16:06:00.000-08:002007-12-14T16:06:00.000-08:00Amoeba, I heard that joke by a native American fro...Amoeba, I heard that joke by a native American from an island in Puget sound about a Navajo.<BR/><BR/>JD, estoy muy contento te ayudar. Preguntiste quando quieres.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-57945721996632536862007-12-14T15:36:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:36:00.000-08:00We had my grandpa's old truck for quite awhile.A f...We had my grandpa's old truck for quite awhile.<BR/>A friend of ours wanted it, so we gave it to him.<BR/>I loved that truck because I love remembering how funny my grandpa was when he drove it. He was an awful driver. His passengers got whiplash.<BR/><BR/>Thanks SO much for the Spanish info.<BR/>I copied it and saved it to my desktop, so I can reference it as needed.<BR/>Entiendo. <BR/>Puedo hablar un poquito español, pero no puedo entenderlo.<BR/>Necesito practicar más.Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-14427705228713485652007-12-14T15:31:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:31:00.000-08:00That picture, and the mention of pickups in Texas,...That picture, and the mention of pickups in Texas, gave me a Yankee earworm. Here ya go:<BR/><BR/>"I don't know about your farm in Maine, Mister, but I have a ranch in Texas that is so large, it takes me five days to drive around my entire spread."<BR/><BR/>"I have a cah just like that muself."<BR/><BR/>- <I>Texas vs. Maine</I>, <A HREF="http://www.bertandi.net/" REL="nofollow">Bert and I</A> (Marshall Dodge, Bob Bryan)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-60936492388831099772007-12-14T13:32:00.000-08:002007-12-14T13:32:00.000-08:00My pleasure, Jim."The cart came into the field of ...My pleasure, Jim.<BR/><BR/>"The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and stopped there. A large stone was there; so they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord." 1st Samuel 6:14<BR/><BR/>I love when Jerry Jeff Walker tells pickup stories from Texas.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-77010031014391311832007-12-14T13:18:00.000-08:002007-12-14T13:18:00.000-08:00Doug, thank you a lot! I really enjoyed this post...Doug, thank you a lot! I really enjoyed this post, soooo much.<BR/>Some day when I am in the story mood I will blog about the day I sold my last truck (pickup).<BR/>In Texas, you've just hit the downward slope when you don't have a truck anymore!<BR/>Anyway, I love it!<BR/>..<BR/>There might also be another post or two about the trucks in my life (lives). :-)<BR/>..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-20881150414594599512007-12-14T12:45:00.000-08:002007-12-14T12:45:00.000-08:00Thanks!Thanks!Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-72980730599953395082007-12-14T12:31:00.000-08:002007-12-14T12:31:00.000-08:00Good memory, Ariel, but that was a red van.A man c...Good memory, Ariel, but that was a red van.<BR/><BR/>A man can only talk about himself so much before he turns to metaphor. That story is <A HREF="http://bitterbierce.blogspot.com/2005/12/sleigh-course.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-65012718134736811922007-12-14T12:27:00.000-08:002007-12-14T12:27:00.000-08:00It reminds of the time when you shared stories of ...It reminds of the time when you shared stories of your own life on Saturdays. I even remember one including this truck, you and two friends, and two cops you called George and Lennie.<BR/><BR/>Engineering, building castle in the sand.Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.com