- It is quite unnerving to drive a large truck so close to a jumbo jet that you can no longer see anything but the actual belly of it.
- It is almost as unnerving to be on the bucket of said truck so that you can inspect the rear engine on the tail of it.
- A large truck handles very differently after you load 1500 gallons of water into it.
- Buckets on booms, high pressure hoses, sprays that rebound right up your noses. Sunshiny days, trucks that handle rough, this is a bit of my favorite stuff.
- It is always a good idea to know which end of the nozzle the spray is going to come out of before pulling back on the trigger.
- Overheard on the radio: “Please do not back up the truck when its rear end is pointed at the airplane. STOP BACKING UP THE TRUCK! STOP!”
- It wasn’t directed at me.
- No bad things happened, but it’s never a good thing when people come running so that they can witness something that looks really interesting.
- When one of the hinge joints on your jaw refuses to cooperate, it’s time to call the rheumatologist.
- If de-icing was done in gorgeous weather like we’ve had the past few days, I’d volunteer to transfer. Of course, it’ll only happen in January when it’s blowing and snowing. That’s why it’s called ‘de-icing’ and not ‘de-sunshining’.
- I got my new barrel from York Arms today. Time to buy the rest of what I need to complete the upper.
- You know, after watching how the parks department and VA have been treated during the shutdown, I think I would support efforts to place all veterans and war memorials, as well as the entire VA, under the purview of the Department of Defense. I’m not saying that the Pentagon isn’t a bureaucratic leviathan that squashes ants for fun and profit. What I am saying is that when this happens again, it probably won’t be hard to get volunteers to keep the VA hospitals and war memorials open and maintained. My guess is that a Marine lance corporal or Army specialist would be a heck of a lot more respectful and polite to aged veterans than the jackboots that have been prominent so far.
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Posted by daddybear71 on October 10, 2013
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/ October 11, 2013A well known US Airline used to have a truck at a small Midwest airport that was probably built before prohibition. No one liked it and it was only when it caught fire that they replaced it. Someone built a model of a Triceratops, mounted it on a display board, painted it in their livery and labeled it Deiceasaurous.
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/ October 11, 2013Our oldest trucks are probably about 20 years old, but they’re preferred by the full timers because they’re more comfortable. Apparently the really plum trucks to get are the ones where instead of a bucket, the boom has an enclosed cab with a heater. I’d love to learn how to use that one, but there isn’t much chance of me getting one assigned to me unless it really hits the fan weather wise.
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