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July 3, 2008 by MasonM
Found this linked on a forum, pretty creative and amusing.   http://alanbecker.deviantart.com/art/Animator-vs-Animation-34244097
July 2, 2008 by MasonM
July 2, 2008 by MasonM
I recorded this on Monday, the 30th but just got it uploaded today.  
July 2, 2008 by MasonM
Yesterday my escort and I arrived at the Port of Miami with the really long oversized load. We checked in at the security checkpoint. Everything seemed pretty normal, present identification to the police officer and he runs it through the system. This process normally only takes between ten and twenty minutes. After an hour of waiting I knew something simply wasn't right. The cop said their system was down, but I didn't buy it. As soon as three police cruisers pulled up I knew something was d...
June 29, 2008 by MasonM
June 29, 2008 by MasonM
I'm holed up in a motel in Georgia until Monday morning. I won't have to worry about getting and early start tomorrow as I can't pass through the Atlanta area until after 9:00 am due to the restrictions there for oversized loads during rush hour. Last night I went to the little sports pub and grill next door for some dinner and adult beverages, and just to get out of the room for a little while. I had a pretty good time there.  I had a number of people, especially the women, express inte...
June 28, 2008 by MasonM
Since Georgia has a curfew on oversized load movements from noon Saturday until sunrise Monday I checked into a motel. This gave me the chance to spread out the sweater and shoot a progress pic. Still a ways to go before it's  finished but it's coming along.
June 26, 2008 by MasonM
As much as I despise insurance companies I went ahead a signed up for health insurance through my company. I figure worse case I can use them for the routine crap they normally don't cause a fuss about and if I need something they want to be pricks about I can just do it on my own like I always have. The economy is getting tighter and I came to the conclusion that perhaps the insurance thing might be a good idea if things get worse or I do develop some serious illness. I'm not too concerned a...
June 22, 2008 by MasonM
After I shaved my head for the Summer I noticed a large growth on top of my head. It's over an inch long. As it's on top of my head, and I was concerned it might be skin cancer, I took a photo of it so I could see it better. It doesn't look like any photos I've seen of skin cancer, but I haven't a clue what the hell it could be. I do know it's quite ugly and I'll be seeing someone about getting it removed as soon as I can afford the time and money to do so.
June 22, 2008 by MasonM
I made it to Little Rock around 5:00 this afternoon. On the way down I-55 in AR there was a fatality accident that shut down the interstate and backed up traffic. Luckily I was able to use my handy dandy GPS to route myself around it pretty easily without losing much time at all. I do enjoy the fact that our technology has reached a point where things like navigation and communication are quite easy for anyone. Just a few button presses and one can navigate anywhere around the world, or be ta...
June 20, 2008 by MasonM
When I finally made it to the yard yesterday I put my truck into the shop for servicing, which didn't take very long. Once I had my wheels again I checked into the hotel for the night to get some rest after a busy week. Once I had jumped into the shower to de-hog myself I walked over to Appleby's for dinner, a few adult beverages, some conversation, and some knitting time. The sweater is really coming along and I am almost finished with the ribbing at the bottom. Once that's done I'll just ha...
June 18, 2008 by MasonM
I'm currently sitting in Seymour, IN waiting to hear from dispatch. I pulled in here late yesterday afternoon. I picked up some electrical equipment in NC and am hauling it to a Wal Mart store currently under construction in Milwaukee (as if they need another damn Wal Mart). Since I still have a lot of open space on the trailer they're looking around to see if there's anything else I can pick up along the way to add to the revenue. Personally, I'd just as soon deliver this crap and go to the yar...
June 13, 2008 by MasonM
It's been an interesting few days. I picked up a couple of military trucks down near Houston on Tuesday. The place was seriously busy and I sat out in that hot sun for over eight hours waiting to load. It was well over 100 degrees. Once I finally got loaded I started North towards Wisconsin to deliver the trucks at Ft. McCoy. I had planned on being there yesterday but ran smack into the serious storms hammering the Midwest. I wound up parking and sitting out one storm Wednesday night as the r...
June 7, 2008 by MasonM
I made it back to the yard in WI late yesterday after delivering some railroad spikes to a rail yard in Green Bay. I'm having the truck serviced this morning and then picking up another load of oil field compressors and heading back to Texas again. I picked up the railroad spikes in a small town in Arkansas on Thursday. I had to run a lot of back roads to get there and it was an interesting ride past a lot of rice patties and not much else. They grow a lot of rice in AR, the largest rice prod...
June 2, 2008 by MasonM
I made it to the Chicago area and delivered the two forklifts on Friday. I then ran down a bit SW of there to pick up three pieces of construction equipment going back to the factory in WI. When I got there I stopped in at the little fuel stop near the place to grab a quick bite to eat. I saw another one of our drivers parked there and walked over to say hello. It was "Scooby" and he didn't look happy. Seems he had been sitting there since 7:00am that day waiting to pick up some of the same s...