hot freight and big citations

  as i was eating my poorman’s porridge this evening , the cell phone interrupted…. it was my highway patrol son-in-law from down in grayson county, explaining how he met a friend of mine today…during a routine traffic stop………..oh yeah , who ?

  he went on to say how the night crawler’s oilfield service company from nocona , had set a new record for single-stop violations on a five-axle vehicle in grayson county… two big chief tablets listed all the inoperative mechanical and electrical safety features in disrepair….stop lights… turn signals…improper axle weight distribution…etc. on and on and on……. one shy of twenty open road violations….

  obviously attempting to dodge interstate weight stations, why else would he be traveling thru Sherman on his way to Shreveport… can you say boot-leg ?

  the truck was grounded til the most flagrant violations were repaired…and the driver acquires a valid license…

  actually , the son-in-law reported , he was as lenient as he could possibly be without jeopardizing his own job… only fined the crawler enough to build two more miles of four-lane interstate highway and two county road bridges , thanks to his close association with the shortman…. ( nothing like having friends in high places)

  sorry crawler , the fact that you admitted knowing me could have actually cost you several hundred…next time you’ll know !  cut through oklahoma !

walker’s woe’s

  got several calls last night … concerned friends of the traveling man desperately trying to establish communication with minimal results…. seem’s chipper’s having mechanical problems again… with his 500,000 dollar e-bay motor-home…. he’s stranded in a bar-ditch somewhere near st.louis…on a sideling slope… leaning precariously towards the jone’s…in cell phone purgatory! …that washington D.C. stock-broker fleeced him like a sheep on the motor-coach deal …

     the silent bid coach has thrown double-six… resembles a gutted snow-bird with exhaust system parts scattered down the right hand lane of the interstate for a quarter mile behind him…  low bid chickens are coming home to roost !

      as the entire exhaust system was exiting the engine compartment , it took the high-dollar super 24 volt starter with it !………. no starter means no cool-air…. no hydrolic leveling system…no mobility… no happy wife !… he’s in a nine-line bind !

    he’s got a stand-by motor home back at the toy box in nocona, but it’s five hundred miles away… what’s a multi-millionaire to do ?   supermeg said he’d deliver the big thunder to the missouri ditch for a service fee and a platinum credit card… what say you, chipper ?

   remember the five P’s  ?….. proper planning prevents poor performance…. why don’t you hire oil-can killen to travel with you ever-where you go… he’s got wrenches and industrial engine mechanical experience… he only drinks beer on week-ends and don’t eat much compared to a montague county coyotee …..he certainly would’nt get grease on the leather upholstery… you’d give a thousand to see him drive up right now !

    try giving that secret secret masonic distress signal from the paved shoulder…. watch for flying beer cans !

   i’m not financially able to send cash….besides , my entire life savings would look like chump-change to you . so i’m doing the next best thing…. posting your dilemma on the world-wide -web in an effort to get you some road side assistance… i like doing what i can to help !……. good luck chipper…

climate change = pocket change…

   algore’s global warming comes to montague county and tommy o’neals tomato patch….temperatures hanging at 105 and direct sunlight have reeked havoc on tom’s fruit of the vine… sun-blistered and weather cracked vegetables have motivated this fourth generation farmer to initiate unfamiliar techniques….

  he learned of obama’s mandated closure of mc natt chevrolet in denton county… closed a leased on three acre’s of car-lot sun screen canvas and stretched it over his garden…

   most successful farmers would be slow to invest five thousand dollars in shade protection for fifty dollars worth of vine ripe tomato’s…but nobody said tom was a successful farmer…..perhaps the batteries are low in his pocket calculator…..maybe he’s planning to use it at next years shadey fenotee reunion…only his personal secretary really knows what makes him tick….and she’s not talking !

  it absolutely doesn’t make mathmatical sence… but seems to be working very well for him ! …meanwhile just enjoy the fresh tomato’s on the prime cut salad-bar and leave the math to uncle melvin’s prize student….he’s making it work !

montague mikey

    here’s another one for the record books…. if you thought the seventh inning fight at the bowie kids baseball park was exciting , wait til you get the story about church camp….

   you guessed it !… church camp youth volunteer , mike  ” tyson “ , gave one of the  out-of-town councilors a light lesson in rural justice….  improper conduct with a juvenile church camper led mayhem -mike to administer an old fashioned southern baptist pounding to the south texas visitor….  justice delayed is justice denied , so mikey gave it his best shot …right then !

 it was a two-man armageddon… fight to the finish …..that came when the clay county laws showed up… cuffed’em and stuffed’em…

   pretty unorthodox sunday school lesson for the bewildered kids , but memorably effective….there is consequences for inappropriate behavior even at church camp…especially at church camp….way to go mikey !! … hope that knuckle swelling goes down soon…

shopping “tip”….

  unsolicited..unpaid public service announcement…

   next time your in the vicinity of montague , stop by the ultimate convenience store… park under the new canopy , shoot some of that competitively priced fuel in the family wheels…sports-car to john deere tractor….. venture on inside where the smiling face of little tipton lights up the day… grab a red brain-freeze slushy or gourmet coffee at the bar… order up one of judy’s custom made burgers hot off the grill… mighty fine….

 for the more impatient… there’s the heat lamp deli… fresh baked breakfast biscuits just like mickey-D’s…  various canned goods and household staples line the shelves of the best little grocery store since “poochy ’s on the square “… ice and cigarettes …. milk and bread…  they’ve got it !  clean rest-rooms under lock and key….

   stop in soon if your not a regular , the ultimate store is a God -send for the locals and an ultimate convenience for the fifty-nine travelers passing this way…. 

         to paraphrase tractor-supply…..  ( he’s got what we need out here )…..hats off to brady and the friendly staff , for a job well done !  that’s your  “tip” for the day !

descriptive definition

    webster defines heroic as : 

…strong…brave…noble…exalted…eloquent…daring…courageous , larger than life , less than colossal….admired for qualities of achievement…regarded as a model or mentor……

   bingo….!… all those relative descriptive adjectives are character traits of my oldest grand-daughter… jordon bailey roth… (answers to jo jo ) …known more for involvement than idle chatter….freshman accolades include the dean’s list at vernon college….freshman of the year…. all conference second base softball…. athletic scholarship…life-guard and swimming instructor at bowie municipal pool , where she has rescued two potential drowning children this summer…

  i could easily bore you to tears regarding all her high-school achievements… but for her sake , i’ll digress…..she’ll blush red while reading this in complete solitude…

      she’s shy yet intimidating…athletically aggressive … academically studious…  an experienced parasailor who finds most guys only moderately interesting….

  if her next twenty years are equally as productive as the first twenty , she’s destined to greatness… despite the carter genetics…..love ya jo jo…thanks for making us all proud  !

buy bottles…..

    i’m back at the salt-mine this morning , producing potable water for the good citizens of bowie… they’re running water at an alarming rate….. filling dog-bowls and swamp coolers.. swimming pools and horse troughs…. the average person uses about a hundred gallons per day during the winter and fall , but in the summer that number can easily double or approach triple….. watering flowers and st. augustine…. crepe myrtle’s and ruby begonia’s…washing dust covered cars and sweat soaked tee-shirts…. bathing the twins.. !

    it’s time for me to return to being a productive member of society…providing  pressurized… chlorinated…. filtered….tested .. treated water… to flush whatever needs flushing today…. some-body’s got to do it … and once again , it’s my turn…. i’m thinking you need to conserve !

landmark lamentations

   the nineteen-nineteen court-house replica office headquarters of bra-dee oil and gas production company, is progressing tolerably… on the south side of the square , the center piece of the montague business district . the dominant feature of the court-house surrounding structures…a positive addition to the traditionally recognizable sky-line….

  modern innovations like external air-conditioning ducts maximize usable work space in the perfect mix of modern and historical ambiance….inset ceilings and a working fireplace accent the second floor office of c.e.o. , tommy o’neal …. large windows provide a stunning view of batista salvi’s court-house construction across the spacious public sidewalks ….

   this  welcomed neighbor to the museum area , adds culture and architectural diversity to corky’s barber shop turned bail-bond office just down the street….

  nothing screams contrast like placing the silk purse directly next to the sow’s ear… the reconstructed log-cabin of the montague centennial of fifty-eight, stands humbly in the evening shadows of tom’s high-rise…. relocated from the heard ranch during the centennial celebration , a proper tribute to the lovely grand-daughter , julie….it now leans precariously towards the east …as though making room for more modern progress along the historic south side….

   the more things change , the more they remain the same…. tom’s new office is a reflection of a proud structure , during a proud and memorable portion of our past heritage……salvi would be proud ! …. so would hugo chavez  , his boys built the place…..

dog gone disgrace

    once again montague county has gained the attention of national news net-works….once again , the breaking news story casts the county in a negative light…

   heddins kennel  , located four miles down alamo road from ed’s windmill retail outlet , was home to four hundred and ninety mistreated and ill-kept dogs… neighbors complaints lead to a deputies sense of shock at the puppy mill discovery….

  the step-child mutts were quickly relocated to more humane facilities , from the  boiler room temperatures down alamo road last week…only fifteen reported dead on location… pretty low percentage of five hundred dogs in 100 degree heat….

  stevie’o boy reported a new-found silence at his country home… from the previous endless barking of four hundred plus yeppin biscuit burners….he can actually hear tommy o’neal’s oilfield pump-jack now , echoing through the peaceful scenic valleys of central montague county….

  that steady incessant roar of E.O.G.’s un-natural gas compressor stations are once again the audible norm ,  above the single distant occasional bark of a lonesome country hound….     aahhhh yes !….sweet country life….

affirmative arrogant action

  sonia sotomayor is puerto rican , and will render future controversial judgements on cases according to the direct influence of her ethnically biased opinion rather than on interpretation of constitutional law ….she’s opinionated… she’s liberal….she’s minority oriented… read her past opinions !!

  her appointment hearings begin on monday , before a democratically controlled congress.. nominated by a most liberal democratic president ever , promoted and supported by politically correct  advocates of gay rights , pro-choice , feminists , and affirmative action proponents….

   my question as a conservative white guy with a job , is… what could she ever do as a supreme court justice to create a level playing field for the average employed  conservative american white male … unaffiliated with any special interest group…( the REAL  modern american tax-paying minority)…

  she’ll be another liberal in a fraternity of liberals with life time appointments and benefits…. pretty darn “affirmative action” on her behalf…. a politacally correct term for a life-long -term of reverse discrimination….